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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD

March 9, 202526 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Mar 9, 2025, 3:11 AM CDT for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 10, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2025, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2025, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 10, 2025, 8:18 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD

All 28 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 8, 11:12 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 11:12 PM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 3:16 AM CST, 22 hours 55 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 3:04 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	ABR	Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey, Edmunds and 4 more	24 hr
Mar 9, 3:11 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ABR	Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds and 12 more	16 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2025 Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2025 Every red flag warning in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.