Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2007
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Feb 28, 2007, 4:32 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 1, 2007, 4:08 AM CST. It was in force for 50 hr. 60 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
- Feb 28, 2007, 4:32 PM CST (22:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2007, 4:08 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 45 counties
Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, 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, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Slayton, MN | |
| Mar 1, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Spencer, IA | |
| Mar 1, 7:33 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 7 Ene Wakefield, NE | EMERSON NEBRASKA. |
| Mar 1, 7:52 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 4 N Hornick, IA | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL IN HOLLY SPRINGS. |
| Mar 1, 8:03 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Everly, IA | |
| Mar 1, 8:24 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Rock Valley, IA | |
| Mar 1, 8:24 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Ocheyedan, IA | |
| Mar 1, 8:49 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Sioux City, IA | NEW SNOWFALL SINCE 5 AM. |
| Mar 1, 9:15 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Luverne, MN | |
| Mar 1, 9:15 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Sioux City, IA | |
| Mar 1, 9:43 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Alton, IA | |
| Mar 1, 10:15 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Primghar, IA | |
| Mar 1, 10:17 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Cherokee, IA | |
| Mar 1, 10:18 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Sioux City, IA | |
| Mar 1, 10:23 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Ida Grove, IA | |
| Mar 1, 10:26 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Sioux Rapids, IA | |
| Mar 1, 10:29 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Storm Lake, IA | |
| Mar 1, 10:59 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.1 | Sioux City, IA | BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. |
| Mar 1, 11:45 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Luverne, MN | |
| Mar 1, 11:49 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Adrian, MN | |
| Mar 1, 11:51 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Jackson, MN | |
| Mar 1, 11:53 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Sioux Center, IA | |
| Mar 1, 11:54 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Pipestone, MN | |
| Mar 1, 11:56 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Slayton, MN | |
| Mar 1, 11:57 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Windom, MN | |
| Mar 1, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Sioux Falls, SD | SNOWFALL THROUGH NOON. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 1, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 1 N Spencer, IA | SNOWFALL THROUGH NOON. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 1, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 6.7 | Sioux City, IA | SNOWFALL THROUGH NOON. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 1, 12:02 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Marshall, MN | |
| Mar 1, 12:58 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Spirit Lake, IA | SNOWFALL THROUGH 1 PM. STILL SNOWING WITH LOTS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Mar 1, 2:32 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Brookings, SD | SNOWFALL THROUGH 230 PM. |
| Mar 1, 3:25 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Vermillion, SD | SNOWFALL AMOUNT THROUGH 2 PM. |
| Mar 1, 3:25 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Worthington, MN | SNOWFALL AMOUNT THROUGH 345 PM. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 1, 3:25 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Spencer, IA | SNOWFALL THROUGH 330 PM. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 1, 3:50 PM CST | SNOW 7.8 | Sioux City, IA | SNOWFALL AMOUNT THROUGH 4 PM. |
| Mar 1, 3:50 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Sheldon, IA | SNOWFALL AMOUNT THROUGH 4 PM. |
| Mar 1, 4:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Sioux Center, IA | |
| Mar 1, 4:05 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Sioux Center, IA | SNOWFALL AMOUNT THROUGH 4 PM. |
| Mar 1, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Spirit Lake, IA | SNOWFALL AMOUNT THROUGH 5 PM. |
| Mar 1, 4:40 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Marshall, MN | 6-8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THROUGH 5 PM. |
| Mar 1, 4:40 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Cherokee, IA | SNOWFALL AMOUNT THROUGH 5 PM. |
| Mar 1, 4:43 PM CST | SNOW 11 | Slayton, MN | 10-12 INCES OF SNOWFALL THROUGH 5 PM. |
| Mar 1, 4:45 PM CST | SNOW 9 | George, IA | 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THROUGH 5 PM. |
| Mar 1, 4:47 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Windom, MN | 8-10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THROUGH 5 PM. |
| Mar 1, 4:49 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 5 Ne Lakefield, MN | 6-8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THROUGH 5 PM. |
| Mar 1, 4:50 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Luverne, MN | 6-8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THROUGH 5 PM. |
| Mar 1, 4:50 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Storm Lake, IA | SNOWFALL AMOUNT THROUGH 5 PM. |
| Mar 1, 4:52 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Pipestone, MN | 8-10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THROUGH 5 PM. |
| Mar 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Wakefield, NE | |
| Mar 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Armour, SD | |
| Mar 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Sioux Falls, SD | SNOWFALL AMOUNT THROUGH 5 PM. |
| Mar 1, 5:41 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Adrian, MN | SNOWFALL AMOUNT THROUGH 530 PM. |
| Mar 1, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Menno, SD | |
| Mar 1, 6:02 PM CST | SNOW 9.5 | 7 Se Ocheyedan, IA | SNOWFALL AMOUNT THROUGH 6 PM FOR MAY CITY. |
| Mar 1, 6:20 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Hawarden, IA | |
| Mar 1, 7:23 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Canton, SD | WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS WEST OF CANTON |
| Mar 1, 7:23 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.4 | 1 Ne Sioux City, IA | |
| Mar 1, 7:24 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Brookings, SD | |
| Mar 1, 7:30 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Madison, SD | |
| Mar 1, 7:35 PM CST | SNOW 6 | De Smet, SD | TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM YESTERDAY AND TODAY IS ABOUT 14 INCHES. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 525 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 282232 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 432 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 .A MID-LEVEL FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK NORTH...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY ON THURSDAY MORNING AS IT MOVES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 AND CONTINUE WELL INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES. THIS MAY CREATE BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA... SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. SDZ038-039-053>055-010000- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.A.0005.070301T1800Z-070302T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON 432 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. ON THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WHILE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 4 INCHES...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ NEZ013-SDZ059>061-065-066-068>070-010645- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.A.0005.070301T1800Z-070302T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ DIXON-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON- CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 432 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 6 INCHES...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-010000- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.070301T1200Z-070302T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE 432 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW MIXED WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE FOOT COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SDZ040-056-010000- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.070301T1800Z-070302T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0000Z/ BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 432 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW MIXED WITH PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AROUND NOON ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND OF SEVEN TO TWELVE INCHES COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-021-022-032-010645- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.070301T1200Z-070302T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1200Z-070303T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE... HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 432 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES IN WESTERN SIOUX COUNTY...TO AROUND ONE FOOT NEAR HIGHWAY 71. IN ADDITION... NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IAZ001-MNZ081-089-090-098-010645- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.070301T1200Z-070302T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ LYON-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE 432 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM EIGHT TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW IN WESTERN ROCK COUNTY...TO WELL OVER ONE FOOT IN JACKSON AND COTTONWOOD COUNTIES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ062-067-010645- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.070301T1800Z-070302T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 432 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO NINE INCHES OF SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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. $$ IAZ020-031-NEZ014-SDZ071-010645- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.070301T1800Z-070302T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1200Z-070303T0000Z/ PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 432 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM NEAR FIVE INCHES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR...TO NEAR ONE FOOT ALONG EASTERN WOODBURY TO EASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ052-010000- /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0000Z/ JERAULD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA 432 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE A FEW AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ON THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WHILE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 4 INCHES...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ SDZ058-064-010645- /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 432 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ON THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WHILE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO ONLY TOTAL TO A FEW INCHES...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ SDZ050-057-063-010645- /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0600Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 432 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. ON THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WHILE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO ONLY TOTAL TO A FEW INCHES...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ BT
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000 WWUS43 KFSD 282354 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 554 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 .A FRONT ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BE SITUATED NEAR THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THEREFORE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN THE JAMES VALLEY...AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT AREAS WELL INTO THE EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY ON THURSDAY MORNING AS IT MOVES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 AND CONTINUE WELL INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES. THIS MAY CREATE BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ040-056-010800- /O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS... FLANDREAU 554 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS WILL LET THE SNOW ADVISORY EXPIRE AT 6 PM. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. MOST OF THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MOVE OFF TO THE NORTH OF BROOKINGS TO MARSHALL. BUT FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING...THERE WILL BE AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET. THEREFORE UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK. AFTER 6 PM...ADDITIONAL SNOW TOTALS SHOULD BE AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AROUND NOON ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AROUND OF SEVEN TO TWELVE INCHES COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ014-SDZ071-010800- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1200Z-070303T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 554 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL BE PREVALENT THIS EVENING. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES IN WESTERN SIOUX COUNTY...TO AROUND ONE FOOT NEAR HIGHWAY 71. IN ADDITION... NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IAZ001-MNZ081-089-090-098-SDZ062-067-010800- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ LYON-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 554 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL BE PREVALENT THIS EVENING. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO NINE INCHES OF SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ050-057-063-010600- /O.EXB.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0600Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 554 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL PERSIST IN THE EASTERN PARTS OF BRULE...EASTERN GREGORY AND IN MUCH OF CHARLES MIX COUNTIES THIS EVENING. WHERE IT IS NOT SNOWING... ONE CAN EXPECT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE FOUND THIS EVENING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. ON THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WHILE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO ONLY TOTAL TO A FEW INCHES...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ SDZ058>061-064-065-010600- /O.EXB.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP 554 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. WHERE SNOW IS NOT FALLING...YOU MAY FIND FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 6 INCHES... THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ SDZ038-039-052>055-010600- /O.EXT.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON 554 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. WHERE SNOW IS NOT FALLING...YOU MAY FIND FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET. ON THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WHILE SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 4 INCHES...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ NEZ013-SDZ066-068>070-010800- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ DIXON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 554 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET WILL BE PREVALENT THIS EVENING. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 6 INCHES... THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 010332 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 .A FRONT ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL BE SITUATED NEAR THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE NEAR THIS ELEVATED BOUNDARY THROUGH THE JAMES VALLEY...AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT AREAS WELL INTO THE EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY ON THURSDAY MORNING AS IT MOVES NORTH THROUGH THE PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY...AND CONTINUE WELL INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES. THIS WILL MAY CREATE BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ014-SDZ071-011145- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1200Z-070303T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL BE PREVALENT THIS EVENING... DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES IN WESTERN SIOUX COUNTY...TO MORE THAN ONE FOOT NEAR HIGHWAY 71. IN ADDITION... NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-056-062-067- 011145- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW...MIXED WITH AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AROUND NOON ON THURSDAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVEN TO TWELVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT POSSIBLE NEAR HIGHWAY 71 IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS HEAVY SNOW...COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH... WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ038-039-052>055-010600- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING...WITH THE SNOW EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW LIKELY. SNOWFALL RATES IN THE HEAVIEST PARTS OF THE SNOW BAND COULD EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR. WHERE SNOW IS NOT FALLING...YOU MAY FIND AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET. ON THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ SDZ050-057-063-010600- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0600Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL PERSIST IN THE EASTERN PARTS OF BRULE...EASTERN GREGORY AND IN MUCH OF CHARLES MIX COUNTIES THIS EVENING. WHERE IT IS NOT SNOWING... ONE CAN EXPECT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. ON THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WHILE SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD ONLY TOTAL A FEW INCHES...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ SDZ058>061-064-065-010600- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED. WHERE SNOW IS NOT FALLING...YOU MAY FIND FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 6 INCHES... THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ NEZ013-SDZ066-068>070-011145- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ DIXON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 932 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 6 INCHES... THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ JH
000 WWUS43 KFSD 010619 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1219 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 .SNOW LINGERING IN A BAND NEAR AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER WEDNESDAY EVENING HAD DECREASED BY MIDNIGHT AS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT MOVED TO THE NORTH. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY ON THURSDAY MORNING AS IT MOVES NORTH THROUGH THE PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY...AND CONTINUE WELL INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES. THIS WILL MAY CREATE BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. SDZ050-057-063-011430- /O.EXP.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0600Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 1219 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW HAD DECREASED TO AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. THE LIGHT SNOW AND A FEW AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ON THURSDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WHILE SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD ONLY TOTAL A FEW INCHES...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ SDZ038-039-052>055-058>061-064-065-011430- /O.EXP.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP 1219 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW HAD DECREASED TO AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. THE HEAVIER SNOW HAD PERSISTED LONGEST OVER KINGSBURY COUNTY INCLUDING DE SMET...BUT SNOW EVEN IN THAT AREA HAD BECOME LIGHT BY MIDNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW AND A FEW AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 6 INCHES... THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ014-SDZ071-011430- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1200Z-070303T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1219 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TONIGHT. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM SIX TO EIGHT INCHES IN WESTERN SIOUX COUNTY...TO MORE THAN ONE FOOT NEAR HIGHWAY 71. IN ADDITION... NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-056-062-067- 011430- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1800Z-070303T0000Z/ LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 1219 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TONIGHT. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AROUND NOON ON THURSDAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVEN TO TWELVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT POSSIBLE NEAR HIGHWAY 71 IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS HEAVY SNOW...COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH... WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NEZ013-SDZ066-068>070-011430- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ DIXON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 1219 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF TONIGHT. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLICK. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 6 INCHES... THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. $$ WILLIAMS
000 WWUS43 KFSD 011008 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 408 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL SPREAD SNOW AND STRONG WINDS OVER NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY. THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MUCH OF FRIDAY...WITH SNOWFALL DECREASING BEFORE THE WINDS FRIDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO NORTHEAST IOWA BY THIS EVENING...AND TO WESTERN WISCONSIN FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE CONCENTRATED MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AS THE LOW INTENSIFIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP AFTER THE INITIAL SURGE OF HEAVY SNOW...BUT WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVEN AS FALLING SNOW BEGINS TO DECREASE. BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TODAY IN MOST OF NORTHWEST IOWA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. AREAS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER MAY NOT SEE A LOT OF NEW SNOW...BUT THE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. SDZ038-039-052>055-059>061-065-066-011815- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T2100Z-070303T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK- HUTCHINSON-TURNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR 408 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BECOME A STEADIER SNOW BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. WHILE NEW SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 6 INCHES...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE 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 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. $$ NEZ013-SDZ070-011815- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1200Z-070303T0000Z/ DIXON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...VERMILLION 408 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT THE START. THE SNOW SHOULD QUICKLY BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES TODAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...LIKELY DECREASING LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY AND THESE STRONG WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. WHILE NEW SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 6 INCHES...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE 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 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. $$ IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-056-062-067- 011815- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1500Z-070303T0000Z/ LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 408 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND QUICKLY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO DECREASE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVEN TO TWELVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT POSSIBLE NEAR HIGHWAY 71 IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH BY LATE TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ014-SDZ071-011815- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T1200Z-070303T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 408 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND QUICKLY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED BRIEFLY WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT THE START. THE SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO DECREASE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SIX TO TWELVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS GENERALLY TO THE EAST. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH BY LATE TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ SDZ058-064-068-069-011815- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.SB.Y.0003.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ AURORA-DOUGLAS-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 408 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME STEADY TODAY...WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE LOWERED TO LESS THAN A MILE AND TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ SDZ050-057-063-011815- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.070302T0000Z-070303T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.SB.Y.0003.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 408 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE LOWERED TO LESS THAN A MILE AND TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WILLIAMS
000 WWUS43 KFSD 011646 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1046 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 .AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TODAY AND CRAWL NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL EXPAND ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY. THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MUCH OF FRIDAY...WITH SNOWFALL DECREASING BEFORE THE WINDS FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD GRADUALLY WESTWARD PAST THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR...AND BACK THROUGH MOST OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE CONCENTRATED MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THE JAMES AND MISSOURI VALLEYS WILL EXPAND NORTH AND EAST...AND EXIST TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP AFTER THE INITIAL SURGE OF HEAVY SNOW...BUT WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVEN AS FALLING SNOW BEGINS TO DECREASE. BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TODAY IN MOST OF NORTHWEST IOWA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. AREAS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER MAY NOT SEE A LOT OF NEW SNOW...BUT THE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. SDZ068-069-020100- /O.UPG.KFSD.SB.Y.0003.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 1046 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LIKELY FROM EAST TO WEST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE. 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. $$ SDZ058-064-020100- /O.UPG.KFSD.SB.Y.0003.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T2100Z-070303T0000Z/ AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1046 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEGRADE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH...INTERACT WITH RECENT SNOWFALL...AND WILL AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW SPREADING IN FROM THE EAST. EXPECT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE...BUT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LOWEST AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. 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. $$ IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-056-062-067- 020100- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 1046 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW PERSIST TONIGHT...AND BEGIN TO DECREASE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVEN TO TWELVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT POSSIBLE NEAR HIGHWAY 71 IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-020100- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1046 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO DECREASE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SIX TO TWELVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS GENERALLY TO THE EAST. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH BY LATE TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL NEAR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ SDZ038-039-052>055-059>061-065-066-020100- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.070301T2100Z-070303T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK- HUTCHINSON-TURNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR 1046 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN BY MID AFTERNOON...AND BECOME A STEADIER SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY. IN COMBINATION WITH NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO REACH A GUSTY 25 TO 40 MPH THROUGH FRIDAY...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WILL PREVAIL...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. WHILE NEW SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY 3 TO 6 INCHES...IT WILL BE THE EXTENSIVE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THAT WILL BE THE GREATEST HAZARD. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ050-057-063-020100- /O.CON.KFSD.SB.Y.0003.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 1046 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE LOWERED TO LESS THAN A MILE AND TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ CHAPMAN
000 WWUS43 KFSD 012156 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 356 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 .AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN IOWA WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MUCH OF FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD GRADUALLY WESTWARD PAST THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR...AND BACK THROUGH MOST OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THE JAMES AND MISSOURI VALLEYS WILL EXPAND NORTH AND EAST THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFIES. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD DEVELOP AFTER THE INITIAL SURGE OF HEAVY SNOW...BUT WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AS FALLING SNOW BEGINS TO DIMINISH. SDZ068-069-020600- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 356 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY BECOME LIKELY FROM EAST TO WEST THIS EVENING...WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-056-062-067- 020600- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 356 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...AND BEGIN TO DECREASE FRIDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SIX TO TWELVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT LIKELY NEAR HIGHWAY 71 IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS EVENING...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-020600- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 356 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF SIX TO TWELVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS GENERALLY TO THE EAST. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ038-039-052>055-058>061-064>066-020600- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR 356 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP THIS LATER THIS EVENING...BECOMING STEADY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING. IN COMBINATION WITH NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO REACH A GUSTY 25 TO 40 MPH THROUGH FRIDAY...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WILL PREVAIL...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS WITH FALLING SNOW. WHILE NEW SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY 2 TO 4 INCHES...THERE WILL BE THE EXTENSIVE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WHEN SNOWFALL COMBINES WITH THE STRONG WINDS. 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. $$ SDZ050-057-063-020600- /O.CON.KFSD.SB.Y.0003.070302T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 356 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE LOWERED TO LESS THAN A MILE AND TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ LIEBL
000 WWUS43 KFSD 020427 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1027 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 .AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN IOWA WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MUCH OF FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD GRADUALLY WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER THROUGH THE NIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH THE JAMES AND MISSOURI VALLEYS WILL EXPAND NORTH AND EAST THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFIES. THE WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON. SDZ068-069-021230- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 1027 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON 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 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. $$ IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-056-062-067- 021230- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 1027 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...AND BEGIN TO DECREASE LATE FRIDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF SIX TO TWELVE INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE EAST OF HIGHWAY 59 WHERE LOCAL AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED A FOOT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH THROUGH FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-021230- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1027 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM FOUR INCHES IN DIXON COUNTY TO 12 INCHES EAST OF HIGHWAY 59. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 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. $$ SDZ038-039-052>055-058>061-064>066-021230- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR 1027 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHWEST FROM THE JAMES VALLEY INTO JERAULD AND AURORA AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING TOWARD SUNSET. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 40 MPH THROUGH FRIDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WILL PREVAIL... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS WITH FALLING SNOW. WHILE NEW SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY 2 TO 6 INCHES...THERE WILL BE THE EXTENSIVE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WHEN SNOWFALL COMBINES WITH THE STRONG WINDS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ050-057-063-021230- /O.CON.KFSD.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 1027 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOWARD DAWN...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE LOWERED TO LESS THAN A MILE AND TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ SCHUMACHER
000 WWUS43 KFSD 021002 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 402 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 .STRONG AND VERY LARGE LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE ONLY VERY SLOWLY EAST. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH TODAY. THE LARGE CIRCULATION AROUND THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SNOWFALL INTO AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER WHICH DID NOT GET MUCH SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH IN MANY AREAS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO STEADILY DECREASE FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT...WHILE WINDS DECREASE MORE SLOWLY. WHILE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE TONIGHT...THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SDZ068-069-021815- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 402 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA AND PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. WHILE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THIS EVENING...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE BEFORE DECREASING LATE AT NIGHT. 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. $$ IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-056-062-067- 021815- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 402 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH LIGHT SNOW LIKELY PERSISTING INTO THE EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. WHILE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THIS EVENING...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE BEFORE DECREASING LATE AT NIGHT. 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. $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-021815- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 402 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND MAY PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. WHILE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THIS EVENING...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE BEFORE DECREASING LATE AT NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ038-039-052>055-058>061-064>066-021815- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR 402 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE BY EARLY EVENING...ALTHOUGH SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE NIGHT. 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. $$ SDZ050-057-063-021815- /O.CON.KFSD.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 402 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE LOWERED TO LESS THAN A MILE AND TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE DURING THE NIGHT AS SNOW AND WINDS DECREASE. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WILLIAMS
000 WWUS43 KFSD 021538 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 938 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 .STRONG AND VERY LARGE LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY EAST. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH TODAY. THE LARGE CIRCULATION AROUND THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SNOWFALL INTO AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER WHICH DID NOT GET MUCH SNOW THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN MANY AREAS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO STEADILY DECREASE FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT... WHILE WINDS DECREASE MORE SLOWLY. WHILE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE TONIGHT...THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. SDZ068-069-022345- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 938 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA AND PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. WHILE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THIS EVENING...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE BEFORE DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. 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. $$ IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-056-062-067- 022345- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 938 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH LIGHT SNOW LIKELY PERSISTING INTO THE EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. WHILE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THIS EVENING...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE BEFORE DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-022345- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 938 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND MAY PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. WHILE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE THIS EVENING...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE BEFORE DECREASING LATE TONIGHT. 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. $$ SDZ038-039-052>055-058>061-064>066-022345- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR 938 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE BY EARLY EVENING...ALTHOUGH SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING DURING THE NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ050-057-063-022345- /O.CON.KFSD.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 938 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WITH CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 250TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE LOWERED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE DURING THE NIGHT AS SNOW AND WINDS DECREASE. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 021730 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1130 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 .STRONG AND VERY LARGE LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY EAST. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LIGHT SNOW TO MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO STEADILY DECREASE FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT. SDZ050-057-063-030130- /O.UPG.KFSD.SB.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 1130 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. NUMEROUS INTERSTATES...HIGHWAYS AND ROADS REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS THE REGION. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-052>056-058>062-064>071-030130- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD- SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1130 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. NUMEROUS INTERSTATES...HIGHWAYS AND ROADS REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS THE REGION. 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. $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 022145 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 345 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 .LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL SLOWLY DRIFT EAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING SATURDAY AS LOW PRESSURE EXITS TO THE EAST. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT WILL STEADILY DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES. ONLY MINIMAL ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-052>056-058>062-064>071-030545- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD- SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 345 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT BUT WILL TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY MORNING. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE AREA...HOWEVER...GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. NUMEROUS INTERSTATES...HIGHWAYS AND ROADS REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS THE REGION. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES...WILL AT TIMES PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ050-057-063-030545- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 345 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT..WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE ZERO VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. NUMEROUS INTERSTATES...HIGHWAYS AND ROADS REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS THE REGION. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES...WILL AT TIMES PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ LIEBL
000 WWUS43 KFSD 030352 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 952 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO MOVE EAST INTO THE DAKOTAS. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AND BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS WILL ALSO DECREASE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-052>056-058>062-064>071-031200- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD- SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 952 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH TONIGHT...WILL LIKELY DECREASE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS...COMPARED TO BETTER VISIBILITIES IN URBAN AREAS...WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO SATURDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO DIMINISH WITH UP TO AN INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES...WILL AT TIMES PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ050-057-063-031200- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 952 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT...WILL DECREASE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS...WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS INTO SATURDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL ALSO DIMINISH WITH AROUND AN INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES...WILL AT TIMES PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ RSR
000 WWUS43 KFSD 031218 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 618 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON...AS HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVES EAST INTO THE DAKOTAS AND NEBRASKA TODAY. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-031330- /O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME- YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY... BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 618 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LINGERING FALLING SNOW HAS EXITED THE AREA...ALLOWING FOR MUCH IMPROVED VISIBILITY TODAY. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR BEFORE HEADING OUT. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY THIS EVENING. $$ JH
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Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:43 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Davison, Hanson and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:32 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 13 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:14 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 3 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2007Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2007Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every blizzard warning in 2007
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.