Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Nov 30, 2007, 3:54 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 1, 2007, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 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
- Nov 30, 2007, 3:54 PM CST (21:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2007, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2007, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 39 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, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson 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), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Akron, IA | SNOWFALL THROUGH REGULAR 7AM OBSERVATION TIME...MELTED TO 0.10 INCH LIQUID EQUIVALENT. HAS CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN AS OF 940 AM CST. |
| Dec 1, 7:10 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Yankton, SD | |
| Dec 1, 7:45 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Sioux City, IA | |
| Dec 1, 7:45 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Dec 1, 8:10 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Rock Valley, IA | CURRENTLY SLEETING |
| Dec 1, 8:22 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Spencer, IA | SNOW BEGAN AT 6 AM |
| Dec 1, 8:25 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Sibley, IA | |
| Dec 1, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Holstein, IA | HAS CHANGED OVER TO SLEET |
| Dec 1, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Yankton, SD | |
| Dec 1, 8:48 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Mitchell, SD | LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING |
| Dec 1, 8:55 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Storm Lake, IA | PRECIP STARTED AS LIGHT SNOW, BUT DID NOT ACCUMULATE MUCH BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET. NO FREEZING RAIN YET. |
| Dec 1, 8:56 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Spirit Lake, IA | SNOW HAS CHANGED OVER TO SLEET. |
| Dec 1, 8:58 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Cherokee, IA | PRECIP FALLING AS MIX OF FREEZING RAIN/SLEET/SNOW...CHANGING BETWEEN TYPES ABOUT EVERY 5 MINUTES |
| Dec 1, 9:05 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | Le Mars, IA | MOSTLY SLEET. THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW FLAKES OF SNOW. HAS NOT SEEN ANY FREEZING RAIN...BUT ROADS SLICK WITH TRAFFIC MOVING QUITE SLOW. |
| Dec 1, 9:08 AM CST | SLEET 0.5 | 3 S Hinton, IA | MOSTLY SLEET. A LITTLE SNOW MIXED IN AT TIMES. HAS SEEN NO FREEZING RAIN...BUT ROADS SLICK. |
| Dec 1, 9:10 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Cherokee, IA | MOSTLY SNOW...BUT HAS CHANGED OVER TO SLEET NOW. 0.10 INCH LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Dec 1, 9:36 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 Ese Sioux Falls, SD | PRECIP HAS CHANGED TO ALL SLEET. |
| Dec 1, 9:43 AM CST | SLEET 1.5 | Alton, IA | ACCUMULATION IS MIX OF SNOW AND MUSHY SLEET. MELTED DOWN TO 0.45 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Dec 1, 9:52 AM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Huron, SD | |
| Dec 1, 10:42 AM CST | SLEET 2 | Spencer, IA | ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND SNOW COMBINED. MAINLY SLEET FALLING NOW. NO LIQUID PRECIP YET. |
| Dec 1, 10:58 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Wall Lake, SD | ACCUMULATION MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. PRECIP CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN WITH TRACE ICE ACCUMULATIONS. |
| Dec 1, 10:58 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Wall Lake, SD | ACCUMULATION MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. PRECIP CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN WITH TRACE ICE ACCUMULATIONS. |
| Dec 1, 11:09 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Brookings, SD | |
| Dec 1, 11:13 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Marshall, MN | |
| Dec 1, 11:19 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Wall Lake, SD | TRACE OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM 20 MINUTE PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. PRECIP BACK TO ALL SLEET NOW. |
| Dec 1, 11:33 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | North Sioux City, SD | GLAZE OF ICE ON CARS AND SURFACES...BUT EXACT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. PRECIP HAS BEEN MOSTLY RAIN/FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURE AT STATION IS 32.8F. |
| Dec 1, 11:38 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Parker, SD | COATING OF ICE ON TREES AND VEHICLES AND EAST SIDE OF HOUSE WINDOWS...EXACT AMOUNT UNKNOWN. 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF SNOW/SLEET ACCUMULATION EARLY IN THE MORNING. HARDLY ANY PRECIPITATION FALLING NOW...JUST VERY LIGHT SLEET/FREEZING RAIN. |
| Dec 1, 11:39 AM CST | SLEET 2.3 | Canton, SD | MOSTLY SLEET...BUT SOME SNOW FELL EARLIER IN THE MORNING BEFORE 9 AM. BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR. |
| Dec 1, 11:51 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 S Winfred, SD | DRIFTING...SOME BARE GROUND AND SOME 12 INCH DRIFTS. |
| Dec 1, 11:53 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Huron, SD | BREEZY. SNOW COMING DOWN ABOUT 0.5 INCH/HOUR. |
| Dec 1, 12:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Spencer, IA | TRACE ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE...STILL MIXED WITH SLEET. |
| Dec 1, 12:05 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Madison, SD | |
| Dec 1, 12:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Tracy, MN | 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. AN INCH AN HOUR RATE. |
| Dec 1, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Tyler, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Slayton, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 5 N Slayton, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Adrian, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Worthington, MN | |
| Dec 1, 1:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Sioux City, IA | QUARTER OF AN INCH OF GLAZE. |
| Dec 1, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Tyndall, SD | 0.15 INCHES ICE. ONE REPORT OF POWER FAILURE. |
| Dec 1, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Parkston, SD | 0.20 INCHES OF ICE |
| Dec 1, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Vermillion, SD | 0.05 INCHES OF ICE |
| Dec 1, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Yankton, SD | 0.05 INCHES OF ICE |
| Dec 1, 2:15 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Parker, SD | 0.20 INCHES OF ICE |
| Dec 1, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Sioux Rapids, IA | 0.10 INCHES OF ICE |
| Dec 1, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Dec 1, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Huron, SD | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Canton, SD | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Howard, SD | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Alexandria, SD | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | De Smet, SD | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Salem, SD | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Woonsocket, SD | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 S Winfred, SD | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Brookings, SD | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Flandreau, SD | |
| Dec 1, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Pipestone, MN | |
| Dec 1, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Menno, SD | LIQUID CONTENT 0.85 |
| Dec 1, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Forestburg, SD | LIQUID CONTENT 0.53 |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 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 302154 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 .STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES...WHICH WILL ALLOW AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE TO STREAM NORTH INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL APPROACH ON SATURDAY AND WITH COLD AIR NEAR THE SURFACE AND WARM AIR EXPECTED TO MOVE IN ALOFT...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION RATES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGH AT TIMES...SO VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. THE BEST CHANCE FOR A SIGNIFICANT ICY MIX WILL BE FROM AROUND LAKE ANDES THROUGH SIOUX FALLS...BERESFORD AND CANTON TO AROUND JACKSON MINNESOTA AND SPENCER IOWA. AREAS AROUND SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE COULD BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN AROUND THE MIDDLE OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IAZ020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ068>071-010600- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0004.071201T1200Z-071202T0000Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-BON HOMME- YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING. SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET TOWARDS NOON...AND THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. FROM SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE...PRECIPITATION COULD CHANGE TO RAIN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MID 30S. COLD AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER BACK IN SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW AGAIN BECOMING THE MORE LIKELY PRECIPITATION TYPE...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LIGHTER. SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS SHOULD BE FROM ABOUT 2 TO 4 INCHES WHILE FREEZING RAIN COULD ACCUMULATE TO AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ060>062-065>067-010600- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0004.071201T1200Z-071202T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS SHOULD BE FROM ABOUT 3 TO 6 INCHES WHILE FREEZING RAIN COULD ACCUMULATE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ039-040-054>056-010600- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0004.071201T1500Z-071202T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- MINER-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. BY ABOUT MID AFTERNOON...A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY. THERE MAY ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND HIGHWAY 30 IN MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS SHOULD BE FROM ABOUT 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-010600- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.SN.Y.0007.071201T1200Z-071202T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY LATE MORNING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A GREGORY TO LAKE ANDES LINE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION SHOULD MOVE EAST BY LATE AFTERNOON...LEAVING BEHIND 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET AND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SDZ038-053-059-010600- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0006.071201T1200Z-071202T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.SN.Y.0007.071201T1500Z-071202T0300Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL 354 PM CST FRI NOV 30 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY EVENING. AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 30 MPH IS ALSO EXPECTED. 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. $$ 08
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFSD 011000 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 400 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL EXIT COLORADO THIS MORNING AND MOVE ACROSS NEBRASKA DURING THE AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE LOW...PRECIPITATION WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP THIS MORNING...PRODUCING A WIDESPREAD AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE QUICKLY MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA. PRECIPITATION WILL END BY SUNDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION... HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SDZ038-053-059-011800- /O.UPG.KFSD.SN.Y.0007.071201T1500Z-071202T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0004.071201T1200Z-071202T0300Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL 400 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND MAKING TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM THIS EVENING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH SUNDAY...PRODUCING BLOWING AND A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ039-040-054>056-011800- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0004.071201T1200Z-071202T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- MINER-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU 400 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. BY MID AFTERNOON...A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY. THERE MAY ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND HIGHWAY 30 IN MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE SATURDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH ANY ICE ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...PRODUCING AREAS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ068>071-011800- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0004.071201T1200Z-071202T0000Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-BON HOMME- YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 400 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SLEET AND THEN EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. FROM SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE...PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANCE TO RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID 30S. COLD AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER BACK IN SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH SNOW AGAIN BECOMING THE MORE LIKELY PRECIPITATION TYPE...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LIGHTER. SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ060>062-065>067-011800- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0004.071201T1200Z-071202T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 400 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS SHOULD BE FROM ABOUT 3 TO 6 INCHES WHILE FREEZING RAIN COULD ACCUMULATE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-011800- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0007.071201T1200Z-071202T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 400 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...AND MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY MID MORNING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A GREGORY TO LAKE ANDES LINE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION SHOULD MOVE EAST BY LATE AFTERNOON...LEAVING BEHIND 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...AND LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LIEBL
000 WWUS43 KFSD 011646 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1046 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL EXIT COLORADO THIS MORNING AND MOVE ACROSS NEBRASKA DURING THE AFTERNOON...PRODUCING A WIDESPREAD AREA OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE QUICKLY MOVES EAST ACROSS IOWA. PRECIPITATION WILL END BY SUNDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY WHERE PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN AS ALL SNOW AND WAS NOT MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. SDZ038-053-059-020000- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071202T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071202T0000Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL 1046 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES NEAR INTERSTATE 90. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...LEAVING BEHIND 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET. 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. $$ IAZ020>022-SDZ071-020100- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071202T0300Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1046 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH AREAS NEAR STORM LAKE MAY BECOME WARM ENOUGH FOR JUST RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MID 30S. COLD AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER BACK IN TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE BECOMING THE MORE LIKELY PRECIPITATION TYPE BY LATE EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ068>070-020000- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071202T0000Z/ WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON... VERMILLION 1046 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH AREAS NEAR SIOUX CITY MAY BECOME WARM ENOUGH FOR JUST RAIN AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MID 30S. COLD AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER BACK IN TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE BECOMING THE MORE LIKELY PRECIPITATION TYPE BY LATE EVENING. AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LIGHTER. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ALSO POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ060>062-065>067-020100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071202T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 1046 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPES THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH EMBEDDED FREEZING RAIN BECOMING MORE LIKELY FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD CANTON SOUTH DAKOTA AND SPENCER IOWA AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY EVENING...AS COLDER AIR MOVES BACK INTO THE AREA. SNOW AND SLEET TOTALS SHOULD BE FROM ABOUT 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. ICE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR INTERSTATE 90 SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ039-040-054>056-020100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071202T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- MINER-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU 1046 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND HIGHWAY 30 IN MINNESOTA...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ALSO POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD END BY LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 11 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS THROUGH THE HIGHWAY 14 CORRIDOR. ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...PRODUCING AREAS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-020000- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071202T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 1046 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER... RAPIDLY DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...AND MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY MID MORNING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A GREGORY TO PLATTE LINE. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION SHOULD MOVE EAST BY LATE AFTERNOON... LEAVING BEHIND 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...AND LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JH
000 WWUS43 KFSD 012116 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 316 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 .LOW PRESSURE WILL EXIT THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS ALREADY EAST OF THE AREA...WITH A FINAL HEAVY BAND OF SNOW EXPECTED TO SKIRT THROUGH EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY ABOUT 700 PM CST. IAZ031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ068>070-012230- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071202T0000Z/ WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON... VERMILLION 316 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. PATCHY LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID EVENING...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ060>062-065>067-071- 012230- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071202T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 316 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL INTENSITY DECREASING QUICKLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 900 PM CST ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS. $$ SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-012230- /O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-071202T0000Z/ BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 316 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. A BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE JAMES VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE EVENING EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS. $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ039-040-054>056-020530- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071202T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- MINER-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU 316 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME LOCATIONS POSSIBLY RECEIVING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THIS SHOULD BRING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL INTO THE 5 TO 8 INCH RANGE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ 08
000 WWUS43 KFSD 020145 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 745 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ039-040-054>056-020245- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071202T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- MINER-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU 745 PM CST SAT DEC 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WHILE PATCHY FLURRIES AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS WHILE TRAVELING AS ROADS ARE ICY AND SNOWPACKED FROM THE PREVIOUS PRECIPITATION. $$ 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 3:54 PM CST | Snow Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 3 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in South Dakota, 2007Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2007Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every winter storm 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.