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Blowing Snow Advisory 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blowing snow advisory at Nov 29, 2005, 4:16 AM CST for 10 counties in South Dakota; 11 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 29, 2005, 4:16 AM CST (10:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2005, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 29 counties
Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 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 blowing snow advisory 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 blowing snow advisory went out at Nov 29, 3:35 AM CST, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 29, 3:35 AM CST, 41 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 0538 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-291200- AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA- CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE- DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN- LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN- SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON- 0538 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER... A WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO AREAS NEAR AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER TODAY. THE SNOW WILL BE ON TOP OF HEAVY ICING THAT TOOK PLACE IN PART OF THE AREA DURING THE NIGHT. FURTHER EAST IN SOUTH DAKOTA...RAIN FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW THIS MORNING WITH HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE DAY. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE MOST ACCUMULATIONS IN AREAS NEAR SOUTH DAKOTA. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE RAPIDLY BY EARLY EVENING...ALTHOUGH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN AREAS. ONLY VERY LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND AND FOG... STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA BY THE END OF THE DAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH AT LEAST 30 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA NEAR AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST MAY BRING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. WILLIAMS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 28, 10:55 PM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 11:17 PM CST | Blowing Snow Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 9 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Blowing Snow Advisories in Iowa, 2005Blowing Snow Advisories in South Dakota, 2005Blowing Snow Advisories in Minnesota, 2005Every blowing snow advisory in 2005
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.