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WWUS73 KMPX 181004
NPWMPX
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
404 AM CST WED FEB 18 2026
MNZ054-064-073-074-082-091-182100-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-260218T2100Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GRANITE FALLS, ST JAMES, MADISON, REDWOOD
FALLS, FAIRMONT, AND NEW ULM
404 AM CST WED FEB 18 2026
..WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* WHERE...BROWN, MARTIN, WATONWAN, REDWOOD, LAC QUI PARLE, AND YELLOW
MEDICINE COUNTIES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PERIODS OF SNOW COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONG
WINDS AT TIMES ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA, WHICH COULD LEAD TO
BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
MNZ083>085-092-093-182200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.260218T1500Z-260218T2200Z/
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLUE EARTH, ALBERT LEA, WASECA, OWATONNA, AND
MANKATO
404 AM CST WED FEB 18 2026
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH EXPECTED.
* WHERE...BLUE EARTH, FARIBAULT, FREEBORN, STEELE, AND WASECA
COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PERIODS OF SNOW COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONG
WINDS AT TIMES ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA, WHICH COULD LEAD TO
BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
BPH
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