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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this high wind watch at Jan 14, 2026, 2:31 AM CST for 6 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Jan 16, 2026, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2026, 2:31 AM CST (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2026, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2026, 1:59 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Aurora County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Jerauld County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Jan 13, 10:33 PM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 10:33 PM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.