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Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 2, 20266 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Aug 2, 2026, 12:02 PM MDT for 6 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Aug 3, 2026, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
Aug 2, 2026, 12:02 PM MDT (18:02 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 3, 2026, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
Aug 3, 2026, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Jones County, SD, Potter County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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
Aug 2, 12:53 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryABRCorson, Dewey, Jones, Stanley19 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 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.