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Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 8, 202610 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at May 8, 2026, 7:59 AM CDT for 10 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at May 8, 2026, 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
May 8, 2026, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC)
In effect from
May 8, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 8, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2026Red Flag Warnings in Minnesota, 2026Every red flag warning in 2026

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.