801  
WWUS73 KFSD 160847  
NPWFSD  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
347 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
SDZ050-057-063-161000-  
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-261016T0900Z/  
GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GREGORY, MARTY, LAKE ANDES, CHAMBERLAIN,  
KIMBALL, PLATTE, BURKE, AND WAGNER  
347 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
   
..WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING
 
 
WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. HOWEVER,  
OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO EARLY FRIDAY  
MORNING.  
 

 
 
IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ081-089-090-161900-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FZ.W.0004.261017T0600Z-261017T1400Z/  
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-  
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MILFORD, IDA GROVE, STORM LAKE, JACKSON,  
WINDOM, SHELDON, ARNOLDS PARK, HARTLEY, HOLSTEIN, MOUNTAIN LAKE,  
SPIRIT LAKE, LAKEFIELD, SANBORN, SPENCER, SIBLEY, BATTLE CREEK,  
CHEROKEE, AND WORTHINGTON  
347 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
   
..FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY
 
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 29 EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND SOUTHWEST  
MINNESOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY.  
 
* 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-  
054>056-060>062-065>071-161900-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FZ.A.0001.261017T0600Z-261017T1300Z/  
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-  
DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-  
MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LENNOX, SLAYTON, INWOOD, FLANDREAU, NORTH  
SIOUX CITY, ALEXANDRIA, ROCK RAPIDS, MONTROSE, CANTON, SOUTH SIOUX  
CITY, SCOTLAND, PIPESTONE, VIBORG, HENDRICKS, IVANHOE, HARRISBURG,  
EMERY, HAWARDEN, HULL, BRIDGEWATER, PARKER, CLAYTON, BERESFORD, SIOUX  
CITY, BROOKINGS, MARSHALL, ALCESTER, DE SMET, FREEMAN, FULDA, TEA,  
ORANGE CITY, TYLER, MADISON, TYNDALL, TABOR, ALLEN, SIOUX FALLS,  
YANKTON, JEFFERSON, HURLEY, MENNO, ELK POINT, LARCHWOOD, ROCK VALLEY,  
LAKE PRESTON, MARION, ORLAND, SIOUX CENTER, PONCA, CANISTOTA, AVON,  
IRENE, LUVERNE, CENTERVILLE, ARLINGTON, PARKSTON, CHANCELLOR,  
SPRINGFIELD, LE MARS, TRIPP, GEORGE, WAKEFIELD, SALEM, LAKE BENTON,  
VERMILLION, AND HOWARD  
347 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 32 POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA, SOUTHWEST  
MINNESOTA, NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, AND EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH  
DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
JH  
 
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