171  
WWUS73 KFSD 111440  
NPWFSD  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
940 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2026  
 
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-  
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-120100-  
/O.CON.KFSD.HW.A.0002.260313T0200Z-260313T1200Z/  
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA  
VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-  
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-  
JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-  
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-  
BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALLEN, TEA, SIOUX CITY, PARKER, KIMBALL,  
ELK POINT, PIPESTONE, LUVERNE, HOWARD, WINDOM, LAKE PRESTON,  
ALPENA, STICKNEY, MARTY, CANTON, FREEMAN, ARLINGTON, ARNOLDS  
PARK, FLANDREAU, MARSHALL, ROCK VALLEY, LAKEFIELD, MITCHELL,  
HULL, CHANCELLOR, HURLEY, HARRISBURG, CENTERVILLE, TRIPP, HURON,  
MOUNTAIN LAKE, WAGNER, LE MARS, WOONSOCKET, PARKSTON,  
SPRINGFIELD, ROCK RAPIDS, SPIRIT LAKE, MENNO, MADISON, DE SMET,  
SPENCER, SHELDON, MARION, HOLSTEIN, IVANHOE, VIBORG, ORLAND,  
LARCHWOOD, ALCESTER, VERMILLION, CLAYTON, PLANKINTON, BURKE,  
JACKSON, PONCA, CHAMBERLAIN, YANKTON, TYLER, WESSINGTON SPRINGS,  
AVON, ORANGE CITY, SIOUX CENTER, ARMOUR, ALEXANDRIA, LAKE ANDES,  
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, BATTLE CREEK, TABOR, SANBORN, CHEROKEE, GEORGE,  
HENDRICKS, HAWARDEN, GREGORY, WHITE LAKE, SIOUX FALLS, JEFFERSON,  
TYNDALL, SIBLEY, LAKE BENTON, SCOTLAND, DELMONT, WAKEFIELD,  
SALEM, INWOOD, SLAYTON, LENNOX, NORTH SIOUX CITY, IDA GROVE,  
HARTLEY, EMERY, CANISTOTA, BERESFORD, MONTROSE, FULDA,  
WORTHINGTON, STORM LAKE, BRIDGEWATER, CORSICA, BROOKINGS, PLATTE,  
IRENE, AND MILFORD  
940 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2026  
 
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH  
FRIDAY MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA, SOUTHWEST  
MINNESOTA, NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, AND CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH  
CENTRAL, AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...DAMAGING WINDS COULD BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES.  
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT,  
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES.  
 
FASTEN LOOSE OBJECTS OR SHELTER OBJECTS IN A SAFE LOCATION PRIOR TO  
THE ONSET OF WINDS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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