618  
WWUS73 KFSD 170843  
NPWFSD  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
243 AM CST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
MNZ071-SDZ038>040-052>061-171845-  
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.260218T0600Z-260218T1800Z/  
LINCOLN-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-  
MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CHAMBERLAIN, EMERY, HURON, DE SMET,  
FLANDREAU, MADISON, WOONSOCKET, BRIDGEWATER, BROOKINGS,  
PLANKINTON, ALEXANDRIA, LAKE PRESTON, WHITE LAKE, WESSINGTON  
SPRINGS, MONTROSE, SALEM, HENDRICKS, LAKE BENTON, TYLER,  
ARLINGTON, IVANHOE, CANISTOTA, STICKNEY, HOWARD, ALPENA,  
MITCHELL, ORLAND, AND KIMBALL  
243 AM CST TUE FEB 17 2026  
 
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST  
WEDNESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL,  
SOUTH CENTRAL, AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE  
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH  
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.  
 

 
 

 
 
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