578  
WWUS73 KFSD 191614  
NPWFSD  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
1114 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2026  
 
SDZ038>040-052-053-200200-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FZ.W.0003.260520T0600Z-260520T1300Z/  
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HURON, DE SMET, ARLINGTON, LAKE PRESTON,  
BROOKINGS, WESSINGTON SPRINGS, ALPENA, AND WOONSOCKET  
1114 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 31 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...BEADLE, KINGSBURY, BROOKINGS, JERAULD AND SANBORN  
COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS, OTHER  
SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR  
PLUMBING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR  
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER  
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.  
 
 
 
 
 
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-  
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-054>071-200200-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FR.Y.0006.260520T0600Z-260520T1300Z/  
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-  
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-  
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-  
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-  
TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROCK RAPIDS, GEORGE, INWOOD, LARCHWOOD,  
SIBLEY, SPIRIT LAKE, MILFORD, ARNOLDS PARK, SIOUX CENTER,  
ORANGE CITY, ROCK VALLEY, HAWARDEN, HULL, SHELDON, HARTLEY,  
SANBORN, SPENCER, LE MARS, CHEROKEE, STORM LAKE, SIOUX CITY,  
IDA GROVE, HOLSTEIN, BATTLE CREEK, TYLER, HENDRICKS, LAKE BENTON,  
IVANHOE, MARSHALL, SLAYTON, FULDA, WINDOM, MOUNTAIN LAKE,  
WORTHINGTON, JACKSON, LAKEFIELD, PIPESTONE, LUVERNE, WAKEFIELD,  
PONCA, ALLEN, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, GREGORY, BURKE, HOWARD, MADISON,  
ORLAND, FLANDREAU, CHAMBERLAIN, KIMBALL, PLANKINTON, WHITE LAKE,  
STICKNEY, MITCHELL, ALEXANDRIA, EMERY, SALEM, CANISTOTA,  
BRIDGEWATER, MONTROSE, SIOUX FALLS, WAGNER, PLATTE, LAKE ANDES,  
MARTY, ARMOUR, CORSICA, DELMONT, PARKSTON, FREEMAN, MENNO, TRIPP,  
CLAYTON, PARKER, CENTERVILLE, MARION, VIBORG, IRENE, HURLEY,  
CHANCELLOR, CANTON, LENNOX, TEA, HARRISBURG, TYNDALL, SCOTLAND,  
SPRINGFIELD, AVON, TABOR, YANKTON, VERMILLION, NORTH SIOUX CITY,  
BERESFORD, ELK POINT, ALCESTER, AND JEFFERSON  
1114 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 KILL SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION IF  
LEFT UNCOVERED.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED.  
SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.  
 
 
 
 
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