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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 11, 200624 counties in South Dakota; 7 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm watch at Mar 11, 2006, 3:30 AM CST for 24 counties in South Dakota; 7 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 11, 2006, 3:42 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2006, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 11, 2006, 3:42 PM CST
Expired: Mar 12, 2006, 3:37 AM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD

All 39 counties

Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, 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, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Mar 11, 3:10 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 3:10 AM CST, 20 minutes before

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Winter Storm Watches in South Dakota, 2006 Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2006 Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2006 Every winter storm watch in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.