793  
WWUS73 KFSD 121402  
NPWFSD  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
902 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-050-052>065-130415-  
/O.CON.KFSD.HW.W.0004.260313T0000Z-260313T1200Z/  
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-  
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-  
MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-  
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SLAYTON, CANISTOTA, DELMONT, CHAMBERLAIN,  
LAKE PRESTON, BURKE, LAKE BENTON, WESSINGTON SPRINGS, STICKNEY,  
FREEMAN, MENNO, HURON, ALEXANDRIA, WORTHINGTON, WOONSOCKET,  
EMERY, LAKE ANDES, WAGNER, CORSICA, ARLINGTON, MARSHALL, HOWARD,  
KIMBALL, WHITE LAKE, SIOUX FALLS, MADISON, BRIDGEWATER,  
PIPESTONE, LUVERNE, GREGORY, PLATTE, LAKEFIELD, SALEM, FLANDREAU,  
PARKSTON, WINDOM, ARMOUR, IVANHOE, ORLAND, BROOKINGS, TRIPP,  
JACKSON, MARTY, TYLER, FULDA, PLANKINTON, CLAYTON, MOUNTAIN LAKE,  
DE SMET, ALPENA, HENDRICKS, MONTROSE, AND MITCHELL  
902 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7  
AM CDT FRIDAY...  
 
* WHAT...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH  
EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL,  
SOUTH CENTRAL, AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREE BRANCHES. SCATTERED  
POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY  
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH  
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.  
 

 
 

 
 
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ066>071-130415-  
/O.CON.KFSD.HW.W.0004.260313T0200Z-260313T1200Z/  
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA  
VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-  
CLAY-UNION-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NORTH SIOUX CITY,  
ALCESTER, HAWARDEN, HARTLEY, IRENE, HULL, AVON, VERMILLION,  
SPIRIT LAKE, TABOR, GEORGE, TEA, MILFORD, SHELDON, IDA GROVE,  
PONCA, BERESFORD, SPENCER, HOLSTEIN, SCOTLAND, TYNDALL,  
LARCHWOOD, YANKTON, LE MARS, ROCK RAPIDS, SPRINGFIELD, PARKER,  
ELK POINT, BATTLE CREEK, CHEROKEE, SIOUX CENTER, ROCK VALLEY,  
MARION, JEFFERSON, SIOUX CITY, CANTON, ORANGE CITY, HURLEY, STORM  
LAKE, CHANCELLOR, LENNOX, CENTERVILLE, ALLEN, SANBORN, VIBORG,  
INWOOD, HARRISBURG, ARNOLDS PARK, SIBLEY, AND WAKEFIELD  
902 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2026  
 
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7  
AM CDT FRIDAY...  
 
* WHAT...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH  
EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA, NORTHEAST  
NEBRASKA, AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREE BRANCHES. SCATTERED  
POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY  
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH  
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.  
 

 
 

 
 
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