Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
415 PM CDT WED OCT 16 1996

...BIG CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED...WINTER IS COMING...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL HELP BRING
A SURGE OF COLDER WEATHER AND A CHANCE FOR SNOW TO SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWEST IOWA.  ALTHOUGH THE BLACK HILLS WILL RECEIVE MOST OF THE
SNOWFALL...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW IN THE PLAINS OF
WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT WITH ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
POSSIBLE.  AS THE COLDER AIR MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE INTO SNOW LATE TONIGHT IN CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA...AND  POSSIBLY IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THURSDAY...WITH DAILY HIGHS EXPECTED TO
BE REACHED DURING THE MORNING AND FALLING TEMPERATURES IN THE
AFTERNOON.  BRISK NORTHERLY WINDS RANGING FROM 20 TO 40 MPH CAN ALSO
BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

ALTHOUGH HEAVY SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED OUTSIDE THE BLACK
HILLS...MOTORISTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SOME WINTER WEATHER TRAVELING
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

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