public-safety
Special Weather Statement issued Oct. 31, 2026 by NWS Aberdeen SD
Special Weather Statement issued October 31 at 10:25AM CDT by NWS Aberdeen SD. Areas named: McPherson; Brown; Walworth; Edmunds; Dewey; Potter; Faulk; Spink; Stanley; Sully; Hughes; Hyde; Hand; Jones; Lyman; Buffalo.
Published automatically from public-record data — not yet reviewed by an editor.
Key facts
- What
- Public safety
- When
- Record date Oct. 31, 2026; Added Nov. 1, 2026
- Source
- Weather alerts
- Read time
- About 2 minutes
NWS Aberdeen SD issued a Special Weather Statement at 9:25 a.m. MDT (10:25 a.m. CDT) Oct. 31, 2026, according to the National Weather Service's public alert record.
The alert states that it takes effect at 9:25 a.m. MDT (10:25 a.m. CDT), gives the onset as 9:25 a.m. MDT (10:25 a.m. CDT) and expires at noon MDT (1 p.m. CDT). It may reach both of South Dakota's time zones, so each time is given in both.
Whether this alert is currently in effect is not stated in this text, deliberately: it depends on the time you are reading, so it is computed from the expiry above each time the page is loaded, rather than stored as an answer that would go out of date without anyone noticing. The status shown at the top of this page is the computed one.
The issuing office classified this message as severity "Moderate", certainty "Observed" and urgency "Expected". Those are the National Weather Service's own categories, reproduced exactly, not re-ranked or translated into another scale.
The recommended response type on the message is "Execute".
The alert names these areas: McPherson; Brown; Walworth; Edmunds; Dewey; Potter; Faulk; Spink; Stanley; Sully; Hughes; Hyde; Hand; Jones; Lyman; Buffalo. The National Weather Service zone codes are SDZ005, SDZ006, SDZ009, SDZ010, SDZ015, SDZ016, SDZ017, SDZ018, SDZ033, SDZ034, SDZ035, SDZ036, SDZ037, SDZ045, SDZ048 and SDZ051.
The issuing office's own summary line, as written at 9:25 a.m. MDT (10:25 a.m. CDT):
OCCASIONAL DENSE FOG OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON
The full text of the alert as issued at 9:25 a.m. MDT (10:25 a.m. CDT), reproduced without changes:
Patchy to areas of fog continues. Some of the fog could be dense, with visibility down to a quarter to half mile at times. Motorists should be prepared for rapidly changing conditions and use extra caution traveling.
The message carries no separate protective-action text.
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