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RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
255 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026
DISCUSSION
MAIN FORECAST FOCUS TODAY IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORMS, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. A STATIONARY FRONT WILL
SETTLE OVER THE REGION TODAY, WITH WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHEAST TO THE
NORTH OF THE FRONT AND OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST TO THE SOUTH OF THE
FRONT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE ALL MANNER OF THREATS,
INCLUDING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MILES
PER HOUR. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE
A POTENTIAL THREAT, MAINLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA AS WELL AS WESTERN MINNESOTA. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL RANGE
FROM 30 TO 60 PERCENT, INCREASING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE STRONGEST
WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA (AS WELL AS OVER
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA), GUSTING UP TO 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR.
THE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE ENOUGH TO PUSH THE GRASSLAND
FIRE DANGER INDEX UP TO MODERATE LEVELS OVER JONES AND STANLEY
COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE, GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER IS LOW THIS AFTERNOON.
SDZ033-045-072200-
STANLEY-JONES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FORT PIERRE AND MURDO
255 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026 /155 AM MDT TUE JUL 7 2026/
..MODERATE FIRE DANGER
MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS OR LOWERING MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THERE IS
SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE TO SPREAD. ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE
CLOSELY MONITORED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-034>037-048-051-072200-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-
HAMLIN-DEUEL-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WHEATON, ORTONVILLE, MCINTOSH, HERREID,
EUREKA, ABERDEEN, BRITTON, SISSETON, MOBRIDGE, IPSWICH, WEBSTER,
ISABEL, GETTYSBURG, FAULKTON, REDFIELD, CLARK, WATERTOWN, MILBANK,
HAYTI, CLEAR LAKE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER, KENNEBEC,
AND FORT THOMPSON
255 AM CDT TUE JUL 7 2026 /155 AM MDT TUE JUL 7 2026/
..LOW FIRE DANGER
FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS OR A HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF GRASSES,
AND OTHER DRY ORGANIC MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, INDICATE THAT THE
PROBABILITY OF A FAST MOVING FIRE IS LOW. OUTDOOR BURNING UNDER
THESE CONDITIONS CAN USUALLY BE PERFORMED WITH REASONABLE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS, BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.
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