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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Aberdeen, SD

March 12, 202513 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Mar 12, 2025, 2:50 PM CDT for 13 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Mar 13, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 12, 2025, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 13, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Buffalo County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 2:59 AM CDTFire Weather WatchABRBuffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 2 more12 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2025Every 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.