140  
FNUS63 KABR 020713  
RFDABR  
 
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
213 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
AN ONGOING STORM SYSTEM PLUS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE  
REGION THROUGH SATURDAY, WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL, BELOW NORMAL  
TEMPERATURES, AND HIGH HUMIDITY. THIS WILL KEEP FIRE DANGER  
SUPPRESSED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK  
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RETURN BACK INTO THE 50S AND 60S WHILE  
HUMIDITY VALUES START TO CREEP BACK DOWNWARD.  
 
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-022115-  
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-  
WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-  
HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-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, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, HIGHMORE, MILLER,  
MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON  
213 AM CDT THU APR 2 2026 /113 AM MDT THU APR 2 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 FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX  
WILL REACH THE LOW CATEGORY.  
 

 
 
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