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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
325 AM CST Sun Feb 15 2026

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325 AM CST Sun Feb 15 2026

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Near-record to record high temperatures, a very dry air mass and dry
grasses, and breezy southwest winds, will result in High to Very High
grassland fire danger today.

The most critical conditions (lowest humidity and strongest winds)
will be found in south-central South Dakota. Burning in these areas
should be avoided.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Depending on extent of mid-week precipitation chances, increasing
winds Tuesday into Wednesday could produce additional periods of
High to Very High fire danger.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

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