003  
WWUS73 KFSD 190743  
NPWFSD  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
243 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2026  
 
SDZ038>040-052-053-191745-  
/O.NEW.KFSD.FZ.W.0003.260520T0600Z-260520T1300Z/  
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALPENA, ARLINGTON, LAKE PRESTON, HURON,  
WESSINGTON SPRINGS, WOONSOCKET, DE SMET, AND BROOKINGS  
243 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2026  
   
..FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY
 
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 32 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...JERAULD, BEADLE, BROOKINGS, KINGSBURY, AND SANBORN  
COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS, OTHER  
SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR  
PLUMBING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 

 
 

 
 
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-  
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-054>071-191745-  
/O.NEW.KFSD.FR.Y.0006.260520T0600Z-260520T1300Z/  
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA  
VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-  
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-  
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-  
TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF YANKTON, BURKE, SOUTH SIOUX CITY,  
BERESFORD, PONCA, CLAYTON, LE MARS, NORTH SIOUX CITY, MENNO,  
SIOUX CITY, FULDA, MONTROSE, SALEM, SPRINGFIELD, TYNDALL, TYLER,  
WAGNER, IVANHOE, WAKEFIELD, HULL, STORM LAKE, WINDOM, GREGORY,  
AVON, LAKE ANDES, DELMONT, SPENCER, MOUNTAIN LAKE, LENNOX,  
CENTERVILLE, CORSICA, ALCESTER, BATTLE CREEK, MADISON, STICKNEY,  
PLANKINTON, HAWARDEN, ROCK VALLEY, JACKSON, HARTLEY, KIMBALL,  
ARMOUR, HURLEY, FLANDREAU, FREEMAN, CHAMBERLAIN, CHANCELLOR,  
SCOTLAND, PARKER, TEA, TABOR, SPIRIT LAKE, CANISTOTA, JEFFERSON,  
WHITE LAKE, MARSHALL, LARCHWOOD, INWOOD, ALLEN, ARNOLDS PARK,  
PLATTE, ALEXANDRIA, PARKSTON, BRIDGEWATER, IRENE, ELK POINT,  
ORLAND, EMERY, LUVERNE, HENDRICKS, LAKE BENTON, CANTON, CHEROKEE,  
VIBORG, SIOUX CENTER, SIBLEY, HOLSTEIN, TRIPP, SIOUX FALLS,  
HARRISBURG, MARTY, SHELDON, MARION, MILFORD, PIPESTONE, ROCK  
RAPIDS, LAKEFIELD, IDA GROVE, HOWARD, SANBORN, SLAYTON, ORANGE  
CITY, GEORGE, WORTHINGTON, MITCHELL, AND VERMILLION  
243 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2026  
   
..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY
 
 
* WHAT...TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 34 WILL RESULT IN FROST FORMATION.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA, SOUTHWEST  
MINNESOTA, NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, AND EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL,  
AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. SENSITIVE  
OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 

 
 

 
 
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