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Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this red flag warning at Apr 15, 2026, 1:20 PM CDT for 22 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 16, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT. 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
- Apr 15, 2026, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
All 24 counties
Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel 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
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 12:02 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 16 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:00 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Marshall and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:20 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 8 hr |
Nearby
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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.