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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
457 AM CST Thu Jan 15 2026

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457 AM CST Thu Jan 15 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Iowa, west central
Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, east central South
Dakota and southeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Mild temperatures and northwest winds gusting as high as 25 to 40 mph
this afternoon will result in elevated fire danger.

Northwest winds increase further after midnight tonight, as scattered
snow showers begin to develop.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Snow showers or narrow snow bands, along with strong northwest
winds, continue through Friday. Wind gusts as high as 40 to 50 mph
are expected. Snowfall amounts could by highly variable, ranging
from trace amounts to over an inch over short distances. Regardless
of total snowfall accumulations, any falling snow combined with the
strong winds may produce significantly reduced visibility at times.

Colder air settles into the region this weekend into early next week
with nighttime to early morning wind chills in the teens to lower
20s below zero over the weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

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