Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2005

Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

November 26, 200523 counties in South Dakota; Lincoln County, Lyon County, Pipestone County, Minnesota; Dixon County, Nebraska

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Nov 26, 2005, 4:12 PM CST for 23 counties in South Dakota; Lincoln County, Lyon County, Pipestone County, Minnesota; Dixon County, Nebraska. It took effect at Nov 27, 2005, 4:17 AM CST. It was in force for 34 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2005, 4:12 PM CST (22:12 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 27, 2005, 4:17 AM CST
Expired
Nov 28, 2005, 2:11 PM CST
In force
34 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 27 counties

Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 27, 7:15 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Huron, SDHEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION IN HURON. TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN AND POWER IS OUT IN SOME PARTS OF HURON.
Nov 27, 7:30 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Chamberlain, SDSEVERAL ACCIDENTS AND ROLLOVERS
Nov 27, 11:50 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Mitchell, SD3/4 TO 1 INCH OF ICE COVERING EVERYTHING IN MITCHELL AREA. TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MITCHELL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2005-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2005-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KFSD 262212
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
412 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

.A WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON SUNDAY IS
EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH INCREASING
WINDS WHICH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AT THIS TIME
THE FAVORED AREA FOR HEAVY SNOW APPEARS TO BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE
90 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. BESIDES THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
SNOW...AREAS EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY COULD HAVE A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY EVENING.

SDZ040-055-270615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0300Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BROOKINGS-LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON
412 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA ON
SUNDAY...CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING
TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY
AT TIMES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. WIDESPREAD SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY
EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS WELL
POTENTIALLY CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>060-063-064-270615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...
PLANKINTON...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR
412 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA...
POSSIBLY MIXED WITH WET SNOW WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY. IT WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TO
ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES. WIDESPREAD
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TEN TO SIXTEEN INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY
MONDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS
WELL POTENTIALLY CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-072-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ056-061-062-
066-067-069>071-270615-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0300Z-051129T0600Z/
LYON IA-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
DIXON-DAKOTA-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-YANKTON-
CLAY SD-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...ORANGE CITY...
SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...TYLER...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...FLANDREAU...SALEM...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...
CANTON...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...ELK POINT
412 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA ON
SUNDAY...CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING
TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL POTENTIALLY CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. IF
YOU HAVE PLANS TO DELAY YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRAVEL UNTIL LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY...PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.

$$

SDZ065-068-270615-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL
412 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA...POSSIBLY
MIXED WITH WET SNOW WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY. IT WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TO
ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. WIDESPREAD SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY
EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS WELL
POTENTIALLY CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO
DELAY YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRAVEL UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR
MONDAY...PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-270615-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0900Z-051129T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...SHELDON...
PRIMGHAR...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...
SLAYTON...WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON
412 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA AND
CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING......POSSIBLY CHANGING TO FREEZING
RAIN SUNDAY EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW MONDAY
MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING
HOURS ON MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES IN
COMBINED WITH FREEZING RAIN WILL POTENTIALLY CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS
TIME AS WELL ADDING TO POTENTIAL TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. IF YOU HAVE
PLANS TO DELAY YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRAVEL UNTIL LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT OR MONDAY...PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.

$$
BT/KW
10 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 270334
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
934 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

.A WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON SUNDAY IS
EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE
UPPER MIDWEST LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH
INCREASING WINDS WHICH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
AT THIS TIME THE FAVORED AREA FOR HEAVY SNOW APPEARS TO BE NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 90 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. BESIDES THE POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY SNOW...AREAS EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY COULD HAVE
A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY EVENING.

SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>060-063-064-271145-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...
BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
CHAMBERLAIN...PLANKINTON...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
WAGNER...LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR
934 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA ON
SUNDAY...CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING
TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY
AT TIMES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. WIDESPREAD SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY
EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS WELL
POTENTIALLY CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-072-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ056-061-062-
066-067-069>071-271145-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0300Z-051129T0600Z/
LYON IA-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
DIXON-DAKOTA-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-YANKTON-
CLAY SD-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...ORANGE CITY...
SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...TYLER...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...FLANDREAU...SALEM...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...
CANTON...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...ELK POINT
934 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA ON
SUNDAY...CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE CHANGING
TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL POTENTIALLY CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. IF
YOU HAVE PLANS TO DELAY YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRAVEL UNTIL LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY...PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.

$$

SDZ065-068-271145-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL
934 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA...POSSIBLY
MIXED WITH WET SNOW WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY. IT WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TO
ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. WIDESPREAD SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY
EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS WELL
POTENTIALLY CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. IF YOU HAVE PLANS TO
DELAY YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRAVEL UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR
MONDAY...PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-271145-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0900Z-051129T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...SHELDON...
PRIMGHAR...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...
SLAYTON...WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON
934 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA AND
CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING......POSSIBLY CHANGING TO FREEZING
RAIN SUNDAY EVENING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW MONDAY
MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING
HOURS ON MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES IN
COMBINED WITH FREEZING RAIN WILL POTENTIALLY CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS
TIME AS WELL ADDING TO POTENTIAL TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. IF YOU HAVE
PLANS TO DELAY YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRAVEL UNTIL LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT OR MONDAY...PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.

$$
BT
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 271017
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
417 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

.A WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY...IS
EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE AN AREA
OF HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH INCREASING WINDS WHICH WILL RESULT IN
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. AT
THIS TIME THE FAVORED AREA FOR HEAVY SNOW APPEARS TO BE WEST OF A
LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO TYNDALL SOUTH DAKOTA. BESIDES THE POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY SNOW...AREAS EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY COULD HAVE A
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT.

SDZ065-068-271830-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL
417 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE RAIN WILL
CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL THIS
EVENING. THE TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...
WHEN COOLER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO WORK INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN AREAS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW EARLIER
TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS WELL...
CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ061-271830-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0300Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
MCCOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SALEM
417 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE RAIN WILL
CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL THIS
EVENING. THE TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...
WHEN COOLER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO WORK INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN AREAS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW EARLIER
TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS WELL...
CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ039-040-054-055-060-271830-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...
MADISON...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
417 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE RAIN WILL
CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL THIS
EVENING. THE TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...
WHEN COOLER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO WORK INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN AREAS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW EARLIER
TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS WELL...
CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-271830-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...PLANKINTON...
MITCHELL...WAGNER...LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR
417 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHWEST INTO THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY
BEGINNING AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS. THE RAIN
WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL SNOW
THROUGH THE EVENING...AS COOLER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES
OF AN INCH OR MORE PER HOUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
EXPECTED WEST OF A WESSINGTON SPRINGS TO LAKE ANDES LINE. NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS WELL...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ071-NEZ013-014-SDZ056-062-066-067-069>071-271830-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0900Z-051129T0600Z/
LINCOLN MN-DIXON-DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-YANKTON-
CLAY SD-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...IVANHOE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CANTON...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...ELK POINT
417 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. 

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AND CONTINUE
INTO THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...WITH A TRANSITION
TO FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW BEFORE DAYBREAK MONDAY. SNOW COULD BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY MORNING...AND TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER
THAN 6 INCHES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER AMOUNTS WILL GREATLY
DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF THE CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS WELL...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. IF
YOU HAVE PLANS TO DELAY YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRAVEL UNTIL LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY...PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
271830-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...PRIMGHAR...SPENCER...
LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE
417 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AND CONTINUE
INTO THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...WITH A TRANSITION
TO FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW AFTER DAYBREAK MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH
EXACT AMOUNTS WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF THE CHANGE FROM
RAIN...OR FREEZING RAIN TO SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SNOW...FOLLOWED BY INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW...WILL CREATE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING. 

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND CONSIDER ALTERING ANY TRAVEL PLANS
YOU MAY HAVE FOR MONDAY.

$$
 JH
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 271539
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
939 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

.A WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY...IS
EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH INCREASING WINDS WHICH
WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA. AT THIS TIME THE FAVORED AREA FOR HEAVY SNOW
APPEARS TO BE WEST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO TYNDALL SOUTH
DAKOTA. BESIDES THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN 
WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW. 

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-272345-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051127T1800Z-051129T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...PLANKINTON...
MITCHELL...WAGNER...LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR
939 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY
NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AS COOLER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. THE
SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN
INCH OR MORE PER HOUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
EXPECTED WEST OF A WESSINGTON SPRINGS TO LAKE ANDES LINE. NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS WELL...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ039-040-054-055-060-061-065-068-272345-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...
MADISON...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...PARKSTON...OLIVET...
TYNDALL
939 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND
CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING. THE TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL
HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT... WHEN COOLER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO WORK
INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES
OF AN INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN AREAS WHERE THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW EARLIER TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS WELL...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ071-NEZ013-014-SDZ056-062-066-067-069>071-272345-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0900Z-051129T0600Z/
LINCOLN MN-DIXON-DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-YANKTON-
CLAY SD-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...IVANHOE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CANTON...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...ELK POINT
939 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA
THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME IT
APPEARS THAT SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT...WITH A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEFORE DAYBREAK
MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING AND COULD
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6
INCHES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER AMOUNTS WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON
THE TIMING OF THE CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AS WELL...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. IF
YOU HAVE PLANS TO DELAY YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRAVEL UNTIL LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY...PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
272345-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...PRIMGHAR...SPENCER...
LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE
939 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY...AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT... WITH A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW AFTER DAYBREAK
MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH EXACT AMOUNTS WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON THE
TIMING OF THE CHANGE FROM RAIN...OR FREEZING RAIN TO SNOW. THE
COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...FOLLOWED BY INCREASING
NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WILL CREATE
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND CONSIDER ALTERING ANY TRAVEL
PLANS YOU MAY HAVE FOR MONDAY.

$$

HEITKAMP
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 271815
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1215 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

.A WINTER STORM MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY...IS
EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH INCREASING WINDS WHICH
WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA. AT THIS TIME THE FAVORED AREA FOR HEAVY SNOW APPEARS TO
BE WEST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO TYNDALL SOUTH DAKOTA. BESIDES THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR BEFORE
THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW.

SDZ039-054-060-065-068-280215-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051127T1815Z-051129T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL
1215 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY
NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL
CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING AS COOLER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO MOVE
INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN
INCH OR MORE PER HOUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY EVENING.  NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS WELL...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-280215-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...PLANKINTON...
MITCHELL...WAGNER...LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR
1215 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS
EVENING AS COOLER AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH OR MORE PER
HOUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY MONDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH
THIS TIME AS WELL...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ040-055-061-280215-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
BROOKINGS-LAKE-MCCOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON...SALEM
1215 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AT
TIMES THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF FREEZING
RAIN ...BUT IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS. THE
TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...WHEN COOLER
AIR ALOFT BEGINS TO WORK INTO THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
TO ACCUMULATE AT RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN AREAS WHERE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW EARLIER
TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS TIME AS
WELL...CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ071-NEZ013-014-SDZ056-062-066-067-069>071-280215-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0900Z-051129T0600Z/
LINCOLN MN-DIXON-DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-YANKTON-
CLAY SD-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...IVANHOE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CANTON...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...ELK POINT
1215 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. IT APPEARS THAT SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...WITH A
TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN BEFORE DAYBREAK MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN
WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE. HOWEVER AMOUNTS WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON THE TIMING OF THE
CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING AS WELL... CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. IF
YOU HAVE PLANS TO DELAY YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRAVEL UNTIL LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY...PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND CONSIDER MAKING ALTERNATE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
280215-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...PRIMGHAR...SPENCER...
LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE
1215 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.  IT APPEARS THAT
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT... WITH A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW AFTER DAYBREAK
MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...ALTHOUGH EXACT AMOUNTS WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON THE
TIMING OF THE CHANGE FROM RAIN...OR FREEZING RAIN TO SNOW. THE
COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...FOLLOWED BY INCREASING
NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WILL CREATE
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND CONSIDER ALTERING ANY TRAVEL
PLANS YOU MAY HAVE FOR MONDAY.

$$

HEITKAMP
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 272136
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
336 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO IOWA LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL
WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS 
NEAR A FOOT OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF
20 TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO KEEP UP TO
DATE WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS. 

IAZ013-014-021-022-032-272245-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
OBRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELDON...PRIMGHAR...SPENCER...
CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE
336 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WATCH. 

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES
REMAINING ABOVE FREEZING. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ON
MONDAY..HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED.

$$

SDZ069-280545-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0900Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YANKTON
336 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATER
TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING OF SNOW. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ071-SDZ056-062-066-067-070-280545-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0900Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0900Z-051129T0600Z/
LINCOLN MN-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-CLAY SD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...IVANHOE...FLANDREAU...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CANTON...VERMILLION
336 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS TONIGHT...CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN
LATER TONIGHT...AND TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM...WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOW FALLING ON MONDAY. STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT
AND MONDAY AND WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING OF SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ040-055-061-280545-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BROOKINGS-LAKE-MCCOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON...SALEM
336 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING...AND TO SNOW
BY MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS
EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL
DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING OF SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-280545-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...PLANKINTON...
MITCHELL...WAGNER...LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR
336 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 13 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.
IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP
DURING THE NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...CAUSING WIDESPREAD
BLOWING OF SNOW. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ039-054-060-065-068-280545-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL
336 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH
WILL DEVELOP DURING THE NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...CAUSING
WIDESPREAD BLOWING OF SNOW.


A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ001>003-012-020-031-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-097-098-280545-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LYON MN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE
336 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER
TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH TOWARDS MORNING
AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW ON MONDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

NEZ013-014-SDZ071-280545-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.051128T0900Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...ELK POINT
336 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER
TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH TOWARDS MORNING
AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW ON MONDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 280354
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
954 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO IOWA LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO FALL WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY...
WITH ACCUMULATIONS NEAR A FOOT OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. BEFORE
THE HEAVY SNOW DEVELOPS...FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH POSSIBLE. THE
HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE FROM JUST EAST OF
INTERSTATE 29 TO AROUND THE JAMES VALLEY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20
TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-281200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...PLANKINTON...
MITCHELL...WAGNER...LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR
954 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT...AND
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 13
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20
TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP DURING THE NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY...CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING OF SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ040-055-061-281200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BROOKINGS-LAKE-MCCOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON...SALEM
954 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND TO
SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH WILL
BE POSSIBLE BY MID MORNING...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8
TO 12 INCHES LIKELY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20
TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING OF SNOW ON MONDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ039-054-060-065-068-281200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL
954 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY
MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A
QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE AND TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. IN
ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP
DURING THE NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...CAUSING WIDESPREAD
BLOWING OF SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ069-281200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YANKTON
954 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT...
AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN
INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9
INCHES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE FREEZING RAIN AND
SNOW... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING OF
SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ071-SDZ056-062-066-067-070-281200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T0900Z-051129T0600Z/
LINCOLN MN-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-CLAY SD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...IVANHOE...FLANDREAU...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CANTON...VERMILLION
954 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...AND CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN
LATER TONIGHT...AND THEN TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING. SOME AREAS OF
FREEZING RAIN HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A
QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO
35 MPH WILL ALSO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING OF SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ001>003-012-020-031-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-097-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ071-281200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LYON MN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
ELK POINT
954 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE
NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW LATE MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ON MONDAY AND SOME
ICE ACCUMULATION TO AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH TOWARDS MORNING AND INCREASE TO
20 TO 35 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON
MONDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

08
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 281036
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
436 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTERED IN SOUTHWEST IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING...
WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST...AND BE OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON. THE LOW PRESSURE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY VERY STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS AND COLDER AIR. MOSTLY RAIN NEAR THE LOW PRESSURE
IN NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA...AND FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA EARLY TODAY...WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE AREA DURING THE
MORNING HOURS...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE
FROM DESMET TO YANKTON IN SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.
STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL SPREAD EAST
OVER THE AREA TODAY ALONG WITH THE COLDER AIR AND SNOW.


SDZ039-054-060-065-068-281845-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.051128T1036Z-051129T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL
436 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EARLY
THIS MORNING...THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY EARLY THIS
MORNING...THEN TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES EXPECTED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-281845-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.051128T1036Z-051129T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...PLANKINTON...
MITCHELL...WAGNER...LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR
436 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHERLY
WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR
ZERO VISIBILITIES EXPECTED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

SDZ040-055-061-281845-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T1400Z-051129T0600Z/
BROOKINGS-LAKE-MCCOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON...SALEM
436 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...THEN SNOW...FROM WEST TO
EAST OVER THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THEN NORTHERLY WINDS
SHOULD INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6
TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ069-281845-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T1400Z-051129T0600Z/
YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YANKTON
436 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY THIS
MORNING. THEN NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH
CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ071-SDZ056-062-066-067-070-281845-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T1400Z-051129T0600Z/
LINCOLN MN-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-CLAY SD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...IVANHOE...FLANDREAU...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CANTON...VERMILLION
436 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SOME FREEZING RAIN...THEN SNOW...FROM
WEST TO EAST OVER THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THEN NORTHERLY
WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WEST OF I29.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ001>003-012-020-031-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-097-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ071-281845-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.051128T1600Z-051129T0600Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LYON MN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
ELK POINT
436 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

AREAS OF RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO WET SNOW LATER THIS
MORNING...THEN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
THIS EVENING. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$
RSR
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 281608
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1008 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTERED IN NORTHWEST IOWA THIS MORNING...
WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST...AND BE OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. THE LOW PRESSURE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY VERY STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS AND COLDER AIR. MOSTLY RAIN NEAR THE LOW PRESSURE
IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS MORNING WILL
CHANGE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE AREA
DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
IS EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM DE SMET TO YANKTON IN SOUTH DAKOTA
TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
50 MPH WILL SPREAD EAST OVER THE AREA TODAY ALONG WITH THE COLDER
AIR AND SNOW. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST
OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

SDZ069-290015-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.051128T1608Z-051129T0600Z/
YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YANKTON
1008 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50
MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

NEZ013-290015-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0002.051128T1608Z-051129T1000Z/
DIXON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA
1008 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE
NIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2TO
4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ071-SDZ056-062-066-067-070-290015-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1000Z/
LINCOLN MN-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-CLAY SD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...IVANHOE...FLANDREAU...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CANTON...VERMILLION
1008 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY.

WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 MOST OF
THE DAY...BUT WILL INCREASE EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WEST OF INTERSTATE
29 WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE...WHILE AREAS ALONG AND EAST
OF INTERSTATE 29...INCLUDING SIOUX FALLS...WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4
INCH RANGE. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29
WILL OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 50 MPH DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING OF SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-290015-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...PLANKINTON...
MITCHELL...WAGNER...LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR
1008 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

WIDESPREAD SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH WILL
CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

SDZ039-054-060-065-068-290015-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL
1008 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

WIDESPREAD SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH WILL
CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

SDZ040-055-061-290015-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BROOKINGS-LAKE-MCCOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON...SALEM
1008 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THOUGH LATE THIS
EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH
THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. NORTHERLY WINDS SHOULD
INCREASE TO 30 TO 50 MPH CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ001>003-012-020-031-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-097-098-NEZ014-
SDZ071-290015-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.051128T2000Z-051129T0600Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LYON MN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...ELK POINT
1008 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

AREAS OF RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO WET SNOW LATER THIS
MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH AROUND 5 INCHES IN THE MARSHALL
MINNESOTA AREA. THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 45
MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THESE STRONG
WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 281839
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTERED IN NORTHWEST IOWA AT NOON... WILL
MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST...AND BE OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. THE LOW PRESSURE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY VERY STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS AND COLDER AIR. MOSTLY RAIN NEAR THE LOW PRESSURE
IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS MORNING WILL CHANGE
TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE AREA DURING
THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IS
EXPECTED WEST OF A LINE FROM DE SMET TO YANKTON IN SOUTH DAKOTA
TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
50 MPH WILL SPREAD EAST OVER THE AREA TODAY ALONG WITH THE COLDER
AIR AND SNOW. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST
OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

MNZ072-097-290245-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.051128T2000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1000Z/
LYON MN-PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE
1239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE NIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL
DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WILL CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING OF SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-290245-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...PLANKINTON...
MITCHELL...WAGNER...LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR
1239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

WIDESPREAD SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH WILL
CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

SDZ039-054-060-065-068-069-290245-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL...YANKTON
1239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO
50 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

SDZ040-055-061-290245-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BROOKINGS-LAKE-MCCOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON...SALEM
1239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THOUGH LATE THIS
EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 29.
NORTHERLY WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO 30 TO 50 MPH CAUSING
WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ071-NEZ013-SDZ056-062-066-067-070-290245-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1000Z/
LINCOLN MN-DIXON-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-CLAY SD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...IVANHOE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CANTON...VERMILLION
1239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. 

WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 MOST
OF THE DAY...BUT WILL INCREASE EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WEST OF INTERSTATE
29 WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE...WHILE AREAS ALONG AND EAST
OF INTERSTATE 29...INCLUDING SIOUX FALLS...WILL BE IN THE 2 TO
5 INCH RANGE. THE BULK OF THE SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE
29 WILL OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 50 MPH DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING OF SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ001>003-012-020-031-MNZ080-081-089-090-098-NEZ014-SDZ071-
290245-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.051128T2000Z-051129T1000Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...SLAYTON...
WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LUVERNE...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...ELK POINT
1239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

AREAS OF RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO WET SNOW LATER THIS
MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SHOULD
CONTINUE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH AROUND 5 INCHES IN THE
MARSHALL MINNESOTA AREA. THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT
25 TO 45 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THESE
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED
VISIBILITIES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 282011
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
211 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTERED IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AT MID
AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST...AND BE OVER SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA BY EVENING. THE LOW PRESSURE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY VERY
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND COLDER AIR. WIDESPREAD SNOW MAINLY
ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA...INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING
EAST OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS...UP TO 12 INCHES WILL
OCCUR IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE EAST.

MNZ071-072-097-NEZ013-SDZ056-062-066-067-070-290415-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T1000Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T1000Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-PIPESTONE-DIXON-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
LINCOLN SD-CLAY SD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...
PIPESTONE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...
PARKER...CANTON...VERMILLION
211 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 WILL BE
IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE...WHILE AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 29...INCLUDING SIOUX FALLS...WILL BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH
RANGE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
25 TO 50 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THE
NIGHT CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

SDZ040-055-061-290415-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T1000Z/
BROOKINGS-LAKE-MCCOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON...SALEM
211 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 50
MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT
CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MNZ098-290415-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T1000Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T1000Z/
ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LUVERNE
211 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO
50 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT
CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-290415-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...PLANKINTON...
MITCHELL...WAGNER...LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR
211 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

WIDESPREAD SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH WILL
CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

SDZ039-054-060-065-068-069-290415-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL...YANKTON
211 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO
50 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

IAZ013-014-021-022-032-290415-
/O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.051128T2000Z-051129T1000Z/
OBRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELDON...PRIMGHAR...SPENCER...
CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE
211 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
TO 25 TO 45 MPH BY EVENING AND WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

IAZ001>003-012-020-031-MNZ080-081-089-090-NEZ014-SDZ071-290415-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051129T1000Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...SLAYTON...
WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...ELK POINT
211 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH BY EVENING AND WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 3:58 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchFSDAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more58 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in South Dakota, 2005Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2005Winter Storm Warnings in Nebraska, 2005Every winter storm warning 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.