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WWUS73 KMPX 172042
NPWMPX
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
242 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
MNZ054-064-073-074-082-091-181100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.260218T0900Z-260218T1800Z/
LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF FAIRMONT, MADISON, ST JAMES, GRANITE FALLS,
REDWOOD FALLS, AND NEW ULM
242 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH EXPECTED.
* WHERE...BROWN, MARTIN, WATONWAN, REDWOOD, LAC QUI PARLE, AND YELLOW
MEDICINE COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PERIODS OF SNOW COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONG
WINDS AT TIMES ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA, WHICH COULD LEAD TO
BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
MNZ083>085-092-093-181100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0001.260218T1500Z-260218T2200Z/
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BLUE EARTH, OWATONNA, WASECA, MANKATO, AND
ALBERT LEA
242 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2026
..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH EXPECTED.
* WHERE...BLUE EARTH, FARIBAULT, FREEBORN, STEELE, AND WASECA
COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE
LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
JRB
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