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Special Weather Statement issued Oct. 10, 2026 by NWS Aberdeen SD
Special Weather Statement issued October 10 at 1:47AM CDT by NWS Aberdeen SD. Areas named: Traverse; Big Stone; Marshall; Roberts; Day; Clark; Codington; Grant; Hamlin; Deuel.
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NWS Aberdeen SD issued a Special Weather Statement on Oct. 10, 2026, 12:47 a.m. MDT / 1:47 a.m. CDT, according to the National Weather Service's public alert record.
The alert states an effective time of Oct. 10, 2026, 12:47 a.m. MDT / 1:47 a.m. CDT, an onset of Oct. 10, 2026, 12:47 a.m. MDT / 1:47 a.m. CDT, and an expiry of Oct. 10, 2026, 6 p.m. MDT / 7 p.m. CDT. South Dakota spans two time zones and this alert may reach both, so each instant is shown in Mountain and then Central time; the office's own published offset is preserved in the machine-readable record.
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The issuing office classified this message as severity "Moderate", certainty "Observed" and urgency "Expected". Those are the National Weather Service's own categories, reproduced exactly; 605Buzz does not re-rank them or translate them into a scale of its own.
The recommended response type on the message is "Execute".
The alert names these areas: Traverse; Big Stone; Marshall; Roberts; Day; Clark; Codington; Grant; Hamlin; Deuel. The National Weather Service zone codes are MNZ039, MNZ046, SDZ007, SDZ008, SDZ011, SDZ019, SDZ020, SDZ021, SDZ022 and SDZ023.
The full text of the alert as issued on Oct. 10, 2026, 12:47 a.m. MDT / 1:47 a.m. CDT, reproduced without changes:
Warm and dry conditions will combine with strong wind gusts today to create elevated fire weather concerns over the area this afternoon. Due to abnormal warmth, minimum afternoon humidity will drop to 25 to 35 percent. Strong southerly winds are expected this morning, gusting up to 25 to 35 miles per hour. Some localized gusts up to 45 miles per hour will be possible. Winds are expected to decrease through the afternoon, meaning that the strongest winds will not coincide with the lowest afternoon humidity. However, gusts up to 30 miles per hour may linger into the afternoon. Grassland Fire Danger will reach the High Category as a result of the wind and humidity combination. Additionally, these strong winds may create blowing dust today, causing visibility reductions at times.
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