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WWUS73 KFSD 160546  
NPWFSD  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
1246 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ067-070-071-161600-  
/O.EXP.KFSD.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-260316T0600Z/  
/O.CON.KFSD.CW.Y.0006.260316T0600Z-260316T1600Z/  
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA  
VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROCK RAPIDS, SPENCER, LENNOX, MILFORD,  
ORANGE CITY, HAWARDEN, HARRISBURG, SIBLEY, SANBORN, STORM LAKE,  
ARNOLDS PARK, ALCESTER, IDA GROVE, ELK POINT, ROCK VALLEY,  
INWOOD, BATTLE CREEK, ALLEN, TEA, HULL, NORTH SIOUX CITY, CANTON,  
SPIRIT LAKE, LARCHWOOD, VERMILLION, JEFFERSON, SOUTH SIOUX CITY,  
HOLSTEIN, WAKEFIELD, LE MARS, PONCA, CHEROKEE, SHELDON, GEORGE,  
SIOUX CITY, SIOUX CENTER, HARTLEY, AND BERESFORD  
1246 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS  
MORNING...   
..HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 28 BELOW ZERO EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA, NORTHEAST  
NEBRASKA, AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO  
COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING OUTSIDE. WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, A  
HAT, AND GLOVES.  
 

 
 

 
 
MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-066-  
161600-  
/O.CON.KFSD.CW.Y.0006.260316T0600Z-260316T1600Z/  
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-  
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MOUNTAIN LAKE, FLANDREAU, HURLEY,  
CENTERVILLE, SALEM, CHANCELLOR, IVANHOE, LAKE BENTON, MADISON,  
CANISTOTA, LUVERNE, TYLER, PIPESTONE, MARION, PARKER, SLAYTON,  
HENDRICKS, BRIDGEWATER, WORTHINGTON, MONTROSE, FULDA, SIOUX  
FALLS, DE SMET, LAKEFIELD, LAKE PRESTON, ORLAND, BROOKINGS,  
IRENE, VIBORG, HOWARD, WINDOM, MARSHALL, JACKSON, AND ARLINGTON  
1246 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...VERY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EAST CENTRAL AND  
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO  
COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING OUTSIDE. WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING, A  
HAT, AND GLOVES.  
 

 
 

 
 
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