Weather Alerts For Milbank, SD

# SUMMARY -------------------- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 439 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BUFFALO HAND HUGHES HYDE JONES LYMAN STANLEY SULLY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA FAULK POTTER IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA CLARK CODINGTON DEUEL GRANT HAMLIN SPINK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CLARK, CLEAR LAKE, FAULKTON, FORT PIERRE, FORT THOMPSON, GETTYSBURG, HAYTI, HIGHMORE, KENNEBEC, MILBANK, MILLER, MURDO, ONIDA, PIERRE, REDFIELD, AND WATERTOWN. # DETAILS -------------------- ISSUED AT Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM CDT ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD HEADER WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 439

# HEADLINE -------------------- LOW FIRE DANGER # DETAILS -------------------- THE OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON The grassland fire danger index will reach the low category. ISSUED AT Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 2:09 AM CDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Aberdeen SD HEADER Rangeland Fire Danger Statement # .DISCUSSION -------------------- Chances of showers and thunderstorms will remain in the forecast for the rest of the week. There is an enhanced risk (level 3 of 5) for some storms to become severe, with large hail and damaging winds as the main threat both this afternoon and evening as well as Friday afternoon and evening. The development of a tornado or two cannot be ruled out today. Winds will shift through the morning to be from the southeast while also increasing in strength. Areas over and east of the James River could see wind gusts up around 20 mph during the afternoon, while areas to the west could have wind gusts of 25 to 20 mph. Minimum relative humidity values this afternoon will be between 40 to 50 percent over central and northeastern South Dakota and west central Minnesota. Favorable weather conditions or a high moisture content of grasses, and other dry organic material on the ground, indicate that the probability of a fast moving fire is low. Outdoor burning under these conditions can usually be performed with reasonable safety precautions, but should be monitored. The outlook for Friday afternoon...The grassland fire danger index will reach the low category. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Hamlin, Walworth, Big Stone, Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk, Grant, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman, Marshall, McPherson, Potter, Roberts, Spink, Stanley, Sully, Traverse Including the cities of Wheaton, Ortonville, McIntosh, Herreid, Eureka, Aberdeen, Britton, Sisseton, Mobridge, Ipswich, Webster, Isabel, Gettysburg, Faulkton, Redfield, Clark, Watertown, Milbank, Hayti, Clear Lake, Fort Pierre, Onida, Pierre, Highmore, Miller, Murdo, Kennebec, and Fort Thompson

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO FAR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES...WESTERN KANSAS...AND PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SUMMARY Scattered severe storms are still possible from the northern Plains into the Midwest and Great Lakes regions today into tonight, as well as across the southern Appalachians and Tennessee Valley this afternoon and early evening. 20Z Update Much of the previous forecast remains generally on track, especially for portions of the central High Plains, the TN Valley, and northern New England. However, appreciable uncertainty still exists regarding the potential for focused corridors of severe across much of the northern Plains into the Great Lakes. Relatively robust supercell evolution has occurred along mesoscale surface baroclinic boundaries, amid generally weak upper-level support, to support instances of 2-3 inch diameter hail over central/eastern SD, as well as instances of brief and modest rotation with storms over northeastern IA. Please see MCDs 1440-1441 for short-term details of convective evolution. However, these storms are moving roughly normal to boundary orientation, putting the duration of higher-end severe into question. At least for portions of the Upper Midwest though, there is a modest signal of an MCS traversing a baroclinic boundary along the WI/IL border for multiple hours. A locally greater concentration of damaging gusts could accompany this activity through the afternoon, though confidence in this scenario is not overly high either. Many of the ongoing storms (especially over SD) are occurring over portions of the open warm sector relatively early in the diurnal heating cycle, casting uncertainty regarding the impacts the ongoing storms will have on later afternoon initiation and evolution along other mesoscale boundaries. As such, prudence was exercised in favor of making only minor changes to the outlook to reflect the latest guidance consensus.