Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Dec 29, 2006, 4:43 AM CST for 9 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Dec 29, 2006, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 27 hr. 23 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
- Dec 29, 2006, 4:43 AM CST (10:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2006, 9:02 PM CST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Aurora County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 6:10 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Scotland, SD | STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 29, 7:15 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Lesterville, SD | A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. |
| Dec 29, 8:55 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Wagner, SD | |
| Dec 29, 8:55 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Pickstown, SD | |
| Dec 29, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Armour, SD | |
| Dec 29, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Lake Andes, SD | |
| Dec 29, 11:13 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Platte, SD | SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SNOW COVERED ROADS. TEMPERATURE 27 DEGREES. 1 IN OF SNOW IN 1.5 HRS |
| Dec 30, 1:06 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Chamberlain, SD | 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL SO FAR THROUGH EVENT |
| Dec 30, 1:28 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Lake Andes, SD | 3-4 INCHES SNOWFALL |
| Dec 30, 1:28 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Lake Andes, SD | 3-4 INCHES SNOWFALL |
| Dec 30, 1:38 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Armour, SD | 3-4 INCHES...STILL SNOWING MODERATELY. |
| Dec 30, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Pickstown, SD | 0.56 WATER EQUIVALENT. |
| Dec 30, 11:33 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Tyndall, SD | ICE ACCUMULATION OF 1/8 TO 3/16 INCH ON TREES AND POWER LINES WITH A FEW BRANCHES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR AND WEST OF TYNDALL. SOME ICING ON ROADS WEST OF TYNDALL WITH A FEW VEHICLES IN DITCHES. |
| Dec 30, 11:36 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Olivet, SD | 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICR ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES WITH SOME LINES AND BRANCHES DOWN ESPECIALLY WEST OF OLIVET NEAR TRIPP. ROADS ALSO ICY WITH SEVERAL VEHICLES IN DITCHES. |
| Dec 30, 1:12 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Menno, SD | |
| Dec 30, 1:12 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Armour, SD | ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES AND LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS |
| Dec 30, 1:12 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Chamberlain, SD | ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES...STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 30, 1:12 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Plankinton, SD | ESTIMATED 6 TO 7 INCHES |
| Dec 30, 1:12 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Wagner, SD | LIGHT GLAZE ON TOP OF SNOW FROM LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE |
| Dec 30, 5:35 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Chamberlain, SD | SNOW TOTAL THROUGH 3 PM. SNOW HAS ENDED. |
| Dec 30, 5:35 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Wagner, SD | SNOW TOTAL THROUGH 6 AM THIS MORNING. 1.19 INCHES OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY. VERY ICY. |
| Dec 30, 5:38 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Armour, SD | FREEZING RAIN OCCURING AT THIS TIME. |
| Dec 30, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Parkston, SD | SNOW TOTAL THROUGH THIS MORNING. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MOST OF DAY. |
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 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KFSD 291043 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 443 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 .A MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES FRIDAY MORNING WILL BEGIN MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS STORM WILL BE QUITE THE PRECIPITATION PRODUCER FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE SNOW IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO LIKELY OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE SATURDAY OR EARLY SUNDAY. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND IOWA. IT WILL NOT BE UNTIL SOMETIME SUNDAY WHEN THE LOW PULLS FAR ENOUGH EAST...THAT THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL SEE A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. SDZ050-057-063-291845- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0008.061230T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0005.061230T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 443 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THIS AREA TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATING SNOW OCCURRING TONIGHT AND THEN AGAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE SUNDAY. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW SATURDAY EVENING. IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. IT WILL BECOME WINDY OVER THE WEEKEND PRODUCING AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. 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. $$ SDZ038-052-053-058-059-064-291845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0008.061230T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 443 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE FOUND OVER THIS AREA TODAY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER WARMER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WRAP BACK INTO THE WATCH AREA FROM THE EAST TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND EVEN SOME RAIN OVERNIGHT. ON SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM ENOUGH THAT THE WATCH AREA WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN...BUT BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN AND FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SO THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ICY CONDITIONS ARE PROBABLE WITH AMOUNTS POTENTIALLY UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AMOUNTS COULD ALSO RANGE UPWARDS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...ON TOP OF THE ICE CAUSED BY THE FREEZING RAIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ GH
10 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFSD 291627 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1027 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 .A MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES FRIDAY MORNING WILL BEGIN MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS STORM WILL BE A MAJOR PRECIPITATION PRODUCER FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE SNOW IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO LIKELY OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE SATURDAY OR EARLY SUNDAY. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND IOWA. IT WILL NOT BE UNTIL SOMETIME SUNDAY WHEN THE LOW PULLS FAR ENOUGH EAST... THAT THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL SEE A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. SDZ050-057-063-300030- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.061230T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 1027 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THIS AREA TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY... WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATING SNOW OCCURRING TONIGHT AND THEN AGAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE SUNDAY. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW SATURDAY EVENING. IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. IT WILL BECOME WINDY OVER THE WEEKEND PRODUCING AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. 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. $$ SDZ038-052-053-058-059-064-300030- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0008.061230T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1027 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE FOUND OVER THIS AREA TODAY INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER WARMER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WRAP BACK INTO THE WATCH AREA FROM THE EAST TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND EVEN SOME RAIN OVERNIGHT. ON SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM ENOUGH THAT THE WATCH AREA WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN...BUT BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN AND FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SO THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ICY CONDITIONS ARE PROBABLE WITH AMOUNTS POTENTIALLY UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. SNOW AMOUNTS COULD ALSO RANGE UPWARDS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...ON TOP OF THE ICE CAUSED BY THE FREEZING RAIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 292218 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 418 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL SLOWLY LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW...BRINGING A COMBINATION OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW TO THE REGION. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND IOWA...AND WILL LIKELY NOT CHANGE TO SNOW UNTIL SUNDAY. INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...PRECIPITATION WILL MOSTLY FALL AS SNOW...WITH SOME ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN LIKELY. SNOW IN THIS AREA WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. SDZ050-057-063-300630- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.061230T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 418 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES LIKELY BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE SUNDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN WESTERN GREGORY COUNTY. THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SATURDAY EVENING. IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ SDZ038-052-053-058-059-064-300630- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0008.061230T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.061230T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 418 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. AS OF SATURDAY MORNING AND INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...MANY AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ONLY RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. $$ SDZ060-065-068-300630- /O.NEW.KFSD.ZR.Y.0006.061230T0000Z-061230T1800Z/ HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 418 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH. IN ADDITION TO FREEZING RAIN...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LIEBL
000 WWUS43 KFSD 300039 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 639 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL SLOWLY LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW...BRINGING A COMBINATION OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW TO THE REGION. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NEBRASKA... SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND IOWA...AND WILL LIKELY NOT CHANGE TO SNOW UNTIL SUNDAY. INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...PRECIPITATION WILL MOSTLY FALL AS SNOW...WITH SOME ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN LIKELY. SNOW IN THIS AREA WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. SDZ060-065-068-300845- /O.CAN.KFSD.ZR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-061230T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061230T1800Z/ HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 639 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND THEN GRADUALLY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SDZ050-057-063-300845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 639 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TONGIHT AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS LIKELY BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE SUNDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN WESTERN GREGORY COUNTY. THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SATURDAY EVENING. IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ SDZ039-054-300845- /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061230T1800Z/ KINGSBURY-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... HOWARD 639 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING GRADUALLY CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...WITH FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SDZ038-052-053-058-059-064-300845- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 639 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. AS OF SATURDAY MORNING AND INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...MANY AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ONLY RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 300240 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 840 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WILL SLOWLY LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MOISTURE WILL STREAM NORTH AHEAD OF THE LOW...BRINGING A COMBINATION OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW TO THE REGION. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NEBRASKA... SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND IOWA...AND WILL LIKELY NOT CHANGE TO SNOW UNTIL SUNDAY. INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...PRECIPITATION WILL MOSTLY FALL AS SNOW...WITH SOME ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN LIKELY. SNOW IN THIS AREA WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. SDZ050-057-063-301045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 840 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE SUNDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN WESTERN GREGORY COUNTY. THE HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SATURDAY EVENING. IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ SDZ038-052-053-058-059-064-301045- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 840 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES LIKELY BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO LIKELY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. AS OF SATURDAY MORNING AND INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON...MANY AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ONLY RAIN...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED COUNTIES. LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE BACK TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ SDZ039-054-060-065-068-301045- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061230T1800Z/ KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 840 PM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN ON SATURDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 301056 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 456 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 .A LARGE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS TOWARD WISCONSIN. ONGOING PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL TAPER OFF IN INTENSITY ONLY BRIEFLY BEFORE MOISTURE SURGES BACK INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...AND WILL LIKELY NOT CHANGE TO SNOW UNTIL SUNDAY. INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... PRECIPITATION WILL MOSTLY FALL AS SNOW...WITH SOME ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN AROUND THE JAMES VALLEY. SNOW IN THIS AREA WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. SDZ052-058-064-301900- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ JERAULD-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 456 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...WILL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. SNOW MAY MIX OVER TO FREEZING RAIN WITH POTENTIAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ SDZ050-057-063-301900- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 456 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. AFTER SOME BRIEF DROPOFF IN SNOW INTENSITY THIS MORNING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF. PORTIONS OF EASTERN CHARLES MIX COUNTY WILL HAVE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES IS LIKELY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SDZ038-053-059-301900- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL 456 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...BROKEN UP FOR A TIME LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON BY SOME RAIN OR BRIEF FREEZING RAIN. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY...WITH SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE SUNDAY. LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND 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. $$ SDZ039-054-060-065-068-301800- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061230T1800Z/ KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 456 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. PERIODS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN THIS MORNING...PERHAPS WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JC
000 WWUS43 KFSD 301605 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1005 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 .A LARGE STORM CENTERED OVER OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST DURING THE REST OF THIS WEEKEND... REACHING IOWA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE NEAR AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER THE REST OF TODAY INTO SUNDAY. THE PRECIPITATION HAD DECREASED SOME THIS MORNING AND SNOW HAD CHANGED TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN IN MANY AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED THE REST OF TODAY...BUT SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT IN TO SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE AS MAINLY RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER...AS WELL AS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. A CHANGE TO SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT. SDZ050-057-063-310015- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 1005 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH NEW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE 1 OR 2 INCH RANGE. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN CHARLES MIX COUNTY INCLUDING LAKE ANDES AND PICKSTOWN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FREEZING RAIN AREA. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING WITH ANY FREEZING RAIN CHANGING BACK TO SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES LIKELY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ SDZ052-058-064-310015- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ JERAULD-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1005 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH NEW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO AROUND AN INCH OR SO. THE SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING WITH FREEZING RAIN CHANGING BACK TO SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES LIKELY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SDZ038-053-059-310015- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL 1005 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ANY ICING LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT MUCH OF THE DAY...BUT SHOULD BECOME HEAVIER LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. THE RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TONIGHT...WITH SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF DURING SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND 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. $$ SDZ039-054-060-065-068-301800- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061230T1800Z/ KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 1005 AM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH ICING ON SOME UNTREATED SURFACES...SHOULD CONTINUE TO BECOME JUST RAIN TODAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB VERY SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING. SOME SLIPPERY AREA WERE ALSO REPORTED THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF SLUSH FROM OVERNIGHT SNOW. JUST RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH A CHANGE TO SNOW POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT OR SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WILLIAMS
000 WWUS43 KFSD 301816 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1216 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 .A LARGE STORM CENTERED OVER OKLAHOMA LATE THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST DURING THE REST OF THIS WEEKEND... REACHING IOWA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SUNDAY. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE NEAR AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER THE REST OF TODAY INTO SUNDAY. THE PRECIPITATION HAD DECREASED SOME THIS MORNING AND SNOW HAD CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN IN MANY AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY...WITH A TREND TO MORE SNOW LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE AS MAINLY RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER...AS WELL AS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. A CHANGE TO SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS SUNDAY OR SUNDAY NIGHT. SDZ065-068-310230- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061230T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 1216 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH. A CHANGE TO SNOW IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE ICE. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. ALSO...THE WEIGHT OF ICE WILL CAUSE SOME BREAKAGE OF TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. 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. $$ SDZ039-054-060-301930- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061230T1800Z/ KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 1216 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES JUST WARM ENOUGH TO PREVENT SIGNIFICANT ICING. SOME SLIPPERY AREAS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ SDZ050-057-063-310230- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 1216 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN CHARLES MIX COUNTY INCLUDING LAKE ANDES AND PICKSTOWN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FREEZING RAIN AREA. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. ALSO...THE WEIGHT OF ICE WILL CAUSE SOME BREAKAGE OF TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. ANY FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES LIKELY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. $$ SDZ052-058-064-310230- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ JERAULD-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1216 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS. ALSO...THE WEIGHT OF ICE WILL CAUSE SOME BREAKAGE OF TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. OTHER AREAS MAY SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES LIKELY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SDZ038-053-059-310230- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL 1216 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ICING OF A TENTH OR TWO OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. THE RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TONIGHT...WITH SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF DURING SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT...WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW AND FRESH SNOW COVER...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND 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. $$ WILLIAMS
000 WWUS43 KFSD 302237 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 437 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS NORTHWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE REGION...AS MOISTURE STREAMS NORTHWARD. SDZ069-310645- /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YANKTON 437 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL SLOWLY FALL THIS EVENING...WITH RAIN CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN TO SNOW. FREEZING RAIN OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SDZ050-057-063-310600- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061231T0600Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 437 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF. ALSO...SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH MINNIMAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY 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. $$ SDZ052-058-064-310645- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ JERAULD-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 437 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH NEW SNOW FALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. SNOW WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SDZ065-068-310645- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 437 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH NEW SNOW FALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. SNOW WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TONIGHT AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON TREES AND POWER LINES. THIS ADDITIONAL STRESS MAY CAUSE BREAKAGE OF SOME TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES TONIGHT. POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. $$ NEZ013-SDZ039-040-054-055-060-061-066-070-310645- /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.061231T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ DIXON-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-HANSON-MCCOOK-TURNER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...DE SMET... ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... VERMILLION 437 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF DURING SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT TO 15 TO 25 MPH...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-NEZ014-SDZ056-062- 067-071-310645- /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.061231T0900Z-070101T0300Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK- DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON... FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 437 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW LATE TONIGHT...AS COLDER AIR BEGINS TO WORK INTO THE AREA. SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE FREEZING RAIN...HOWEVER ANY ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. $$ SDZ038-053-059-310645- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL 437 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF. ALSO...SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH MINIMAL ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT. ALSO...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASES TO 15 TO 25 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LIEBL
000 WWUS43 KFSD 310059 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 659 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS NORTHWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE REGION...AS MOISTURE STREAMS NORTHWARD. SDZ050-057-310200- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061231T0600Z/ GREGORY-BRULE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL 659 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ONLY AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THE REST OF THE NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$ SDZ063-310600- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061231T0600Z/ CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 659 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH MIDNIGHT. TRAVEL IS VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SDZ052-058-064-310900- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ JERAULD-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 659 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING..CHANGING COMPLETELY TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. SNOW WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. $$ SDZ065-068-069-310900- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 659 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL SLOWLY FALL THIS EVENING...WITH RAIN CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING AND THEN TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SDZ038-053-059-310900- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL 659 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT. ALSO... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASES TO 15 TO 30 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. $$ NEZ013-SDZ039-040-054-055-060-061-066-070-310900- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.061231T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ DIXON-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-HANSON-MCCOOK-TURNER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...DE SMET... ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... VERMILLION 659 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING AND THEN TO SNOW LATER TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF DURING SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT TO 15 TO 25 MPH...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-NEZ014-SDZ056-062- 067-071-310900- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.061231T0900Z-070101T0300Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK- DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON... FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 659 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND OVER TO SNOW TOWARDS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 310302 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 902 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS NORTHWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE REGION...AS MOISTURE STREAMS NORTHWARD. SDZ069-311115- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.061231T0300Z-070101T0000Z/ YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YANKTON 902 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH SNOW ON SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY WITH FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ON SUNDAY WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SDZ065-068-311115- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.061231T0302Z-061231T1200Z/ HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 902 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW AND AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. $$ SDZ052-058-064-310415- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ JERAULD-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 902 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ONLY PATCHY LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THE REST OF THE NIGHT. $$ SDZ063-310415- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-061231T0600Z/ CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 902 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ONLY PATCHY LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THE REST OF THE NIGHT. $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-311115- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.061231T0900Z-070101T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.A.0009.061231T1400Z-070101T0300Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY 902 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN...POSSIBLY CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN LATE...WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL COULD BE IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MNZ080-089-311115- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.061231T0900Z-070101T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.A.0009.061231T1800Z-070101T0500Z/ MURRAY-NOBLES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON 902 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN...POSSIBLY CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN LATE...WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL COULD BE IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES....WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ SDZ038-053-059-310415- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL 902 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY PATCHY LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THE REST OF THE NIGHT. $$ MNZ071-072-097-098-NEZ014-SDZ056-062-067-071-311115- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.061231T0700Z-070101T0300Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 902 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND OVER TO SNOW TOWARDS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SUNDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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. $$ SDZ039-054-060-311115- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.061231T0302Z-061231T1200Z/ KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 902 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NEZ013-SDZ040-055-061-066-070-311115- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070101T0000Z/ DIXON-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MCCOOK-TURNER-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...BROOKINGS... MADISON...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...VERMILLION 902 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ON SUNDAY AND WILL CREATE 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. $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ081-090-311115- /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.A.0009.061231T1800Z-070101T0500Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-COTTONWOOD- JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 902 PM CST SAT DEC 30 2006 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN...WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL COULD BE IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES....WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 28, 9:45 PM CST, 6 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 9:45 PM CST, 6 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 945 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006 .DISCUSSION... JUST SENT AN UPDATE TO THE ZFP TEXT AND GRIDS. MAIN CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS THE STRONGER ECHOES WHICH HAVE MOVED INTO GREGORY CO...AND NOW NUDGING INTO CHARLES MIX. SOME OF THESE ECHOES ARE APPROACHING 30 DBZ. A BIT OF DRY AIR EXISTS IN THE MID LVLS IN THAT AREA...WITH PLENTY OF STRATUS AND HIGHER CLOUDS. SOME OF THAT COULD BE REACHING THE GROUND IN THE FORM OF -SN AND/OR SLEET...WITH A LITTLE SEEDER FEEDER ACTION POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES PER THE RUC AND NAM SNDGS INDICATE THAT SUB FREEZING AIR ALOFT EXISTS TONIGHT IN THAT AREA. ALL OF THAT ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INITIAL BAND OF MID LVL FRONTOGENESIS THAT IS MOVG NWD AND EVENTUALLY SCRAPES ALONG THE WRN FRINGE OF THE FSD FA THE REST OF THE NIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE ECHOES EXTENDING BACK WWD INTO SW SD AND NW NEB ALONG THE FRONTOGENESIS. TWEAKED THE PCPN GRIDS TO MAINLY INCLUDE OUR WRN FRINGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. BUT ALSO KEPT SOME CHCS OF LIGHT RAIN GOING IN OUR FAR S FM KYKN TO KSLB LATE TONIGHT. THAT AREA OF PCPN IS DUE TO LOW LVL WAA...COUPLED WITH PURE MSTR ADVECTION ON THE NOSE OF A STRONG LOW LVL THTE RIDGE SURGING NWD. THEREFORE THE THTE ADV IS POSITIVE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... FOCUS OF THE FORECAST CONTINUES TO REVOLVE AROUND UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINNING INTO THE REGION. SYSTEM CURRENTLY CENTERED IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO LIFT NORTH IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS JET ROUNDS BASE OF THE TROUGH. MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT...THUS DECREASING THE THREAT FOR SNOW AND INCREASING THE CHANCES OF RAIN/FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. FOR TONIGHT...MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ARE BEGINNING TO CREEP INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH OVERNIGHT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATING ATMOSPHERE IS HAVING A HARD TIME SATURATING ALOFT...SO AM NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATING PRECIPITATION. HAVE HOWEVER LEFT SOME LOW POPS ACROSS WEST AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODELS SUGGESTING 40-60 PERCENT POP-WISE TOMORROW...HOWEVER SATURATION ISSUES CONTINUE UPSTAIRS SO HAVE UNDERCUT GUIDANCE POPS TOMORROW MORNING. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION CHANCES GREATLY INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTH AS ISENTROPIC LIFT DEVELOPS. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO BEGIN TO BECOME MORE FOCUSED ON SATURDAY ALONG DEVELOPING INVERTED TROUGH ACROSS WESTERN CWA. PRECIPITATION TO THE EAST OF THE INVERTED TROUGH LOOKS TO BE ALL RAIN IN WARM MOIST AIRMASS...WHILE WEST OF THE TROUGH THINGS ARE MUCH MORE UNCLEAR. EXPECT A VARIETY OF RAIN MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CWA. WILL KEEP HEADLINES AS IS FOR NOW...BUT AM THINKING ICING THREAT IS GREATER THAN SNOW THREAT ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. ANY ICE COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED COULD MAKE FOR SOME TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS. AS THE COLD CORE LOW MOVES CLOSER...PRECIP IN THE SOUTH WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW...WITH SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CWA STILL SEEING THE POTENTIAL FOR 6-10 INCHES OF SNOW WITH QPF RANGING FROM 1-2 INCHES. AS THE MARGINALLY COOLER AIR SHIFTS EAST ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY...PRECIP HAS A CHANCE OF CHANGING OVER TO SNOW ACROSS THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF CWA...HOWEVER...MUCH OF THE FOCUSED LIFT AT THIS TIME HAS ALREADY SHIFTED TO THE EAST...SO AM ONLY EXPECTING AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-29 CORRIDOR. INTO NEXT WEEK...HAVE STUCK FAIRLY CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE...BUT HAVE UNDERCUT GUIDANCE IN WESTERN CWA WHERE SNOW COVER IS EXPECTED. && .AVIATION... MVFR STRATUS HAS NOW MOVED INTO THE KHON AREA. AM EXPECTING THESE CIGS TO GO DOWN INTO THE IFR CATEGORY LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDN...MVFR CIGS CONT TO MOV NWD TOWARD KSUX. THEREFORE AM EXPECTING KSUX TO FIRST GO TO MVFR CIGS CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT...THEN DOWN TO IFR AS THE OVERNIGHT PROGRESSES OR LATE TONIGHT. KFSD WL ALSO GO DOWN TO MVFR TO IFR CIGS AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && MJF/BT/08
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 28, 2:44 PM CST, 13 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 244 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006 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- 244 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER... AREAS OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR...WITH SOME VERY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD MAINLY NORTHWARD IN AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...AND WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO VERY LIGHT SNOW FROM AROUND HURON TO GREGORY. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE MINIMAL THROUGH THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. FURTHER TO THE EAST...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM AROUND DE SMET TO HOWARD TO TYNDALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LATER FRIDAY...A BETTER SURGE OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD IN FROM THE SOUTH. AN INCREASING THREAT FOR SNOW WILL OCCUR IN AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES VALLEY...WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY. MUCH OF THE SNOW WILL BEGIN CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN LATER ON FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY CHANGING TO ALL RAIN THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AREAS CLOSE TO A LINE RUNNING FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO GREGORY. A TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL START AGAIN ON SATURDAY EVENING IN AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER...WHICH WILL NUDGE EASTWARD TOWARD AREAS NEAR A LINE RUNNING FROM DE SMET TO HOWARD TO TYNDALL LATE AT NIGHT. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT. ON SUNDAY...PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY AFTERNOON...AND BY EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA. WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG SUNDAY...AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY FROM THE JAMES VALLEY WESTWARD...WHICH MAY PRESENT SOME NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN A LINE FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO GREGORY. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. .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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 4:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Davison and 15 more | 48 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:18 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | FSD | Bon Homme, Hanson, Hutchinson | 2 hr |
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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.