671  
WWUS73 KFSD 200803  
NPWFSD  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
303 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
SDZ038>040-052-053-201300-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260520T1300Z/  
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALPENA, BROOKINGS, WESSINGTON SPRINGS,  
WOONSOCKET, HURON, DE SMET, LAKE PRESTON, AND ARLINGTON  
303 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
   
..FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 31.  
 
* WHERE...JERAULD, BEADLE, BROOKINGS, KINGSBURY, AND SANBORN  
COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING.  
 
* 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>071-201300-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-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 WINDOM, ORANGE CITY, MARTY, HOLSTEIN,  
LAKEFIELD, ALCESTER, MITCHELL, PLANKINTON, KIMBALL, CHAMBERLAIN,  
ALLEN, GEORGE, CANISTOTA, ARMOUR, BATTLE CREEK, LAKE BENTON,  
SPENCER, SIOUX CENTER, ARNOLDS PARK, GREGORY, CHEROKEE, STORM  
LAKE, PONCA, JACKSON, BRIDGEWATER, VERMILLION, ROCK VALLEY,  
CANTON, HULL, CLAYTON, HARTLEY, ORLAND, LENNOX, MONTROSE, SOUTH  
SIOUX CITY, WHITE LAKE, TRIPP, IRENE, CHANCELLOR, WAKEFIELD,  
SLAYTON, TEA, DELMONT, SPRINGFIELD, WORTHINGTON, MARSHALL, SIOUX  
FALLS, BURKE, IDA GROVE, WAGNER, CENTERVILLE, BERESFORD, IVANHOE,  
PIPESTONE, FLANDREAU, HENDRICKS, SALEM, MARION, HOWARD, SHELDON,  
VIBORG, SPIRIT LAKE, EMERY, INWOOD, SIBLEY, MOUNTAIN LAKE,  
STICKNEY, SANBORN, FREEMAN, MADISON, SIOUX CITY, PARKSTON,  
HAWARDEN, FULDA, ROCK RAPIDS, LARCHWOOD, SCOTLAND, ALEXANDRIA,  
ELK POINT, TYNDALL, AVON, TYLER, LE MARS, PLATTE, HARRISBURG,  
CORSICA, NORTH SIOUX CITY, YANKTON, TABOR, MILFORD, LUVERNE,  
HURLEY, PARKER, MENNO, LAKE ANDES, AND JEFFERSON  
303 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
   
..FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 33 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...UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING.  
 
* 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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