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Blowing Snow Advisory 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

November 29, 200510 counties in South Dakota; 11 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota

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, Nov 28, 5:38 AM CST, 22 hours 38 minutes before
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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 28, 11:17 PM CSTBlowing Snow AdvisoryFSDAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 9 more5 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.