Weather Alerts For Dante, SD

# HEADLINE -------------------- HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Heat index values up to 105 expected. WHERE Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, northeast Nebraska, and south central and southeast South Dakota. WHEN From 1 PM this afternoon to 6 PM CDT this evening. IMPACTS Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. ISSUED AT Friday, September 4, 2026 at 7:42 AM CDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD HEADER URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Dakota, Yankton, Bon Homme, Buena Vista, Charles Mix, Cherokee, Clay, Dixon, Douglas, Hutchinson, Ida, Lincoln, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux, Turner, Union, Woodbury Including the cities of Lake Andes, Hurley, Scotland, Tyndall, South Sioux City, Hawarden, Wakefield, Armour, Tea, Springfield, North Sioux City, Beresford, Corsica, Tripp, Holstein, Battle Creek, Marion, Le Mars, Harrisburg, Tabor, Platte, Sioux City, Ida Grove, Alcester, Hull, Lennox, Rock Valley, Elk Point, Orange City, Sheldon, Centerville, Chancellor, Wagner, Parkston, Cherokee, Freeman, Menno, Avon, Yankton, Canton, Parker, Vermillion, Jefferson, Viborg, Clayton, Delmont, Sanborn, Allen, Storm Lake, Marty, Sioux Center, Irene, Ponca, and Hartley

Pollen Index: 11.5 Pollen Level: high Predominant Pollen: Ragweed, Hemp and Nettle. Pollen concentrations for Saturday will be falling but will remain in the very high range. This decrease is due to falling temperatures, rising humidity, and expected precipitation in the morning and evening which tends to wash pollen out of the air.