633  
WWUS73 KFSD 181811  
NPWFSD  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
1211 PM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ040-055-056-182100-  
/O.EXP.KFSD.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260218T1800Z/  
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-260218T2100Z/  
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FLANDREAU, LAKE BENTON, BROOKINGS,  
IVANHOE, MARSHALL, PIPESTONE, MADISON, ORLAND, FULDA, HENDRICKS,  
TYLER, AND SLAYTON  
1211 PM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
   
..WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON  
   
..HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED  
 
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH  
DAKOTA.  
 
* 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.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH  
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.  
 
 
 
 
 
IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-059>061-063>066-068>071-181915-  
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-260218T1800Z/  
PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-  
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-  
UNION-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MITCHELL, MARTY, TRIPP, DELMONT,  
MONTROSE, TYNDALL, LE MARS, PARKER, MARION, SPRINGFIELD, NORTH  
SIOUX CITY, BRIDGEWATER, VIBORG, BERESFORD, MENNO, ALCESTER,  
PARKSTON, ARMOUR, GREGORY, CENTERVILLE, SIOUX CITY, CHANCELLOR,  
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, WAKEFIELD, CANISTOTA, AVON, VERMILLION,  
CORSICA, WAGNER, FREEMAN, IRENE, BURKE, EMERY, ALEXANDRIA, SALEM,  
CLAYTON, ELK POINT, ALLEN, YANKTON, HURLEY, TABOR, PLATTE, PONCA,  
JEFFERSON, SCOTLAND, AND LAKE ANDES  
1211 PM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
   
..WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED  
 
WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH  
THE AFTERNOON.  
 
 
 
SDZ038-039-052>054-057-058-181915-  
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-260218T1800Z/  
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALPENA, WOONSOCKET, HOWARD, CHAMBERLAIN,  
KIMBALL, WHITE LAKE, PLANKINTON, STICKNEY, DE SMET, HURON, LAKE  
PRESTON, WESSINGTON SPRINGS, AND ARLINGTON  
1211 PM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
   
..WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED  
 
WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH  
THE AFTERNOON.  
 
 
 
IAZ001>003-012>014-021-022-032-MNZ081-089-090-098-SDZ062-067-182100-  
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-260218T2100Z/  
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-  
IDA-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SIBLEY, SHELDON, ROCK RAPIDS, JACKSON,  
CHEROKEE, GEORGE, BATTLE CREEK, SPENCER, SANBORN, LENNOX, ARNOLDS  
PARK, LARCHWOOD, SPIRIT LAKE, MILFORD, HARRISBURG, CANTON,  
HAWARDEN, ROCK VALLEY, SIOUX CENTER, HOLSTEIN, LAKEFIELD, INWOOD,  
STORM LAKE, ORANGE CITY, LUVERNE, WINDOM, TEA, MOUNTAIN LAKE,  
HARTLEY, SIOUX FALLS, HULL, IDA GROVE, AND WORTHINGTON  
1211 PM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
   
..WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA, SOUTHWEST  
MINNESOTA, AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
* 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.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH  
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.  
 
 
 
 
 
WEISSER  
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