Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2008
Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this blizzard warning at Dec 19, 2008, 4:49 AM CST for 10 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 20, 2008, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 35 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2008, 4:49 AM CST (10:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2008, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2008, 3:13 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 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 20, 3:45 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 4 S Garden City, SD | STILL SNOWING |
| Dec 20, 4:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Clark, SD | VISIBILITY AROUND 1/4 MILE OR LESS JUST OUTSIDE OF CLARK. SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Dec 20, 4:25 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Aberdeen, SD | ASOS REPORTS VISIBILITY OF 1/4 MILE WITH WIND GUST TO 35 MPH AND HEAVY SNOW |
| Dec 20, 5:03 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Turton, SD | ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES AND STILL SNOWING. VISIBILITY DOWN TO AROUND 1/4 MILE. |
| Dec 20, 6:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 7 Se Milbank, SD | 6 INCHES ACCUMULATION WITH DRIFTS TO 3 FEET. VISIBILITY REMAINS AT 1/4 MILE WITH SOME SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 20, 6:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Redfield, SD | VIS REDUCED LESS THEN 1/4 MILE WITH BLOWING SNOW FOR MORE THAN 3 HRS |
| Dec 20, 6:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Britton, SD | LARGE DRIFTS, VIS LESS THAN 1/4 MILES FOR 3 HRS, WIND EST GREATER THAN 35 MPH. |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.1 | 3 W Sisseton, SD | |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Clark, SD | |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 Nne Victor, SD | |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Turton, SD | |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Wheaton, MN | |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Wilmot, SD | |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Roy Lake State Park, SD | |
| Dec 20, 7:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Sisseton, SD | VIS LESS THAN 1/4 MILE |
| Dec 20, 7:42 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Webster, SD | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS VISIBILITY BEING REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW FOR PAST 3 HOURS. |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 8 Ne Columbia, SD | |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Doland, SD | |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Redfield, SD | |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 N Ortonville, MN | |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Browns Valley, MN | |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.4 | 1 W Tintah, MN | |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 2 Ssw Milbank, SD | |
| Dec 20, 8:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Ortonville, MN | VISIBILITY REDUCED BELOW 1/4 MILE SINCE 8AM |
| Dec 20, 9:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Dumont, MN | ONGOING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY BELOW 1/4 MILE. |
| Dec 20, 9:34 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Watertown, SD | VIS LESS THAN 600 FT FOR 45 MIN |
| Dec 20, 9:56 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Clear Lake, SD | 2.0 INCHES FELL IN LAST 2 HOURS...2 MILES OUTSIDE OF TOWN VIS LESS THAN 1/4 MILES. |
| Dec 20, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Clear Lake, SD | |
| Dec 20, 10:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 9 Wsw Clear Lake, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY ON INTERSTATE 29 DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE 7 AM CST |
| Dec 20, 10:18 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Hayti, SD | VIS LESS THAN 1/4 MILE FOR OVER 3 HRS, SNOWFALL 2.9 INCHES AND STILL FALLING. |
| Dec 20, 10:21 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Lake Norden, SD | VIS LESS THAN 1/8 MILE OVER 3 HRS DURATION, VIS 0 AT TIMES, 2-3 FT SNOW DRIFTS. |
| Dec 20, 10:35 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Watertown, SD | VIS LESS THAN 1/4 MILE PAST 2.5 HRS |
| Dec 20, 10:40 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Watertown, SD | VIS IN TOWN 1/4 MILE, VIS OUTSIDE TOWN LESS THAN 300 FT, PAST 1.5 HRS |
| Dec 20, 10:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 5 Nnw Veblen, SD | SNOW HAS CONSISTENCY OF POWDER, BLOWING, VIS AROUND 1/2 MILE. |
| Dec 20, 11:25 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Browns Valley, MN | VIS 1/4 MILE SINCE 7AM WITH BLOWING SNOW |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 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 KABR 191049 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 449 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 .ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND ARCTIC COLD TEMPERATURES. MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-019>023-192200- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0004.081220T1200Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0004.081220T0900Z-081221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON- GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK... CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 449 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS. ALTHOUGH...THIS SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE DEEP SNOW PACK ALREADY ON THE GROUND WILL BEGIN TO BLOW CONSIDERABLY ONCE THE NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH MOVE IN. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THE STRONGER WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA AROUND 6 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING AND AROUND 9 AM CST ACROSS THE I-29 CORRIDOR. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL LAST ALL DAY SATURDAY AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY...GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME AN ISSUE...WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ALSO...VERY COLD AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ON SATURDAY. THERE IS STILL AN AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH EXACT SNOWFALL TOTALS AND DURATION/AREAL COVERAGE OF LOW VISIBILITIES SO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ003-004-009-015-192200- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0004.081220T1200Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WW.Y.0017.081220T0300Z-081221T1200Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE... TIMBER LAKE 449 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /349 AM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH ABOUT NOON ON SATURDAY. A GENERAL 2 TO PERHAPS 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. MOST OF THIS SNOW WILL FALL PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE STRONGER WINDS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SATURDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES BEING LOWERED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ON SATURDAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ SDZ005-010-016>018-034-036-037-192200- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0004.081220T1200Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WW.Y.0017.081220T0600Z-081221T1200Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-SULLY-HYDE-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...GETTYSBURG... FAULKTON...REDFIELD...ONIDA...HIGHMORE...MILLER 449 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY. A GENERAL 2 TO PERHAPS 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. MOST OF THIS SNOW WILL FALL PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE STRONGER WINDS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 3 AM CST AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SATURDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES BEING LOWERED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ON SATURDAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ SDZ051-192200- /O.NEW.KABR.WW.Y.0017.081220T0600Z-081221T1200Z/ BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FORT THOMPSON 449 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY. A GENERAL 2 TO PERHAPS 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. MOST OF THIS SNOW WILL FALL PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE STRONGER WINDS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 3 AM CST AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SATURDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES BEING LOWERED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ON SATURDAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ TMT
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KABR 191936 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 136 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 .ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND ARCTIC COLD TEMPERATURES. MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-019>023-200345- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0004.081220T0900Z-081221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON- GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK... CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 136 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS. ALTHOUGH...THIS SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE DEEP SNOW PACK ALREADY ON THE GROUND WILL BEGIN TO BLOW CONSIDERABLY ONCE THE NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MOVE IN. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA BY 6 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING AND AROUND 9 AM CST ACROSS THE I-29 CORRIDOR. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST ALL DAY SATURDAY AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME AN ISSUE...WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ALSO...VERY COLD AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM AND WIND CHILL VALUES DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. SATURDAY NIGHT THE WIND CHILL VALUE WILL DROP TO 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO. THE BIGGEST CONCERN SURROUNDING THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER EVENT IS THE ONSET OF THE STRONG WINDS...WHICH IN THE WARNED AREA ARE STILL EXPECTED TO INCREASE WHILE SNOW IS STILL FALLING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ033-035-045-048-200345- /O.EXA.KABR.WW.Y.0017.081220T0600Z-081221T1200Z/ STANLEY-HUGHES-JONES-LYMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...PIERRE...MURDO...PRESHO 136 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /1236 PM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. GENERALLY...2 TO PERHAPS 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. MOST OF THIS SNOW WILL FALL PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THESE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST WELL INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES BEING LOWERED TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DECREASING TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY SATURDAY EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ SDZ003-004-009-015-200345- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0017.081220T0300Z-081221T1200Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE... TIMBER LAKE 136 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /1236 PM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH ABOUT NOON ON SATURDAY. A GENERAL 2 TO PERHAPS 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. MOST OF THIS SNOW WILL FALL PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE STRONGER WINDS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SATURDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH VISIBILITIES BEING LOWERED TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY SATURDAY EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ SDZ005-010-016>018-034-036-037-051-200345- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0017.081220T0600Z-081221T1200Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-SULLY-HYDE-HAND-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...GETTYSBURG... FAULKTON...REDFIELD...ONIDA...HIGHMORE...MILLER...FORT THOMPSON 136 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH AROUND NOON CST ON SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. MOST OF THIS SNOW WILL FALL PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE STRONGER WINDS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 3 AM CST AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SATURDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES BEING LOWERED TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY SATURDAY NIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ DORN
000 WWUS43 KABR 200220 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 820 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 .ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND ARCTIC COLD TEMPERATURES. MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-019>023-201115- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0004.081220T0900Z-081221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON- GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK... CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 820 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY. 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS. ALTHOUGH...THIS SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE DEEP SNOW PACK ALREADY ON THE GROUND WILL BEGIN TO BLOW CONSIDERABLY ONCE THE NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH MOVE IN. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA BY 6 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING AND AROUND 9 AM CST ACROSS THE I-29 CORRIDOR. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST ALL DAY SATURDAY AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME AN ISSUE...WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ALSO...VERY COLD AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM AND WIND CHILL VALUES DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY WILL BE FALLING INTO THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. SATURDAY NIGHT THE WIND CHILL VALUE WILL DROP TO 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO. THE BIGGEST CONCERN SURROUNDING THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER EVENT IS THE ONSET OF THE STRONG WINDS...WHICH IN THE WARNED AREA ARE STILL EXPECTED TO INCREASE WHILE SNOW IS STILL FALLING ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ003-004-009-015-201115- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0017.081220T0300Z-081221T1200Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE... TIMBER LAKE 820 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /720 PM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA LATE THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH ABOUT NOON ON SATURDAY. A GENERAL 2 TO PERHAPS 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. MOST OF THIS SNOW WILL FALL PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE STRONGER WINDS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SATURDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH VISIBILITIES BEING LOWERED TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY SATURDAY EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ SDZ005-010-016>018-033>037-045-048-051-201115- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0017.081220T0600Z-081221T1200Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE- HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...GETTYSBURG... FAULKTON...REDFIELD...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE... MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 820 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008 /720 PM MST FRI DEC 19 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY MIDNIGHT AND LAST THROUGH AROUND NOON CST ON SATURDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. MOST OF THIS SNOW WILL FALL PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF THE STRONGER WINDS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 3 AM CST AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SATURDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES BEING LOWERED TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY SATURDAY NIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MOHR
000 WWUS43 KABR 200932 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 332 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 .ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. SDZ018-201745- /O.UPG.KABR.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KABR.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDFIELD 332 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL END THIS MORNING ACROSS SPINK COUNTY. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. COUPLED WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES REACHING 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW BY THE END OF THE DAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-019>023-201745- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON- GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK... CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 332 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH LATE MORNING BEFORE ENDING. SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP AS THE DAY WEARS ON. THESE STRONG WINDS...COUPLED WITH THE LIGHT FLUFFY SNOW RECEIVED TODAY AND THE SNOW CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE NORTHWEST WINDS AS THEY MOVE IN. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGH THE DAY...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES REACHING 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW BY DAYS END. 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ003-004-009-015-201745- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE... TIMBER LAKE 332 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 /232 AM MST SAT DEC 20 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY LOOK FOR THE LIGHT SNOW TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATER THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT BEST IN THIS AREA. VISIBILITIES AT TIMES COULD FALL TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ SDZ005-010-016-017-033>037-045-048-051-201745- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND- JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...GETTYSBURG... FAULKTON...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER... MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 332 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 /232 AM MST SAT DEC 20 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. SNOW WILL END THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW EXPECTED. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SATURDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES BEING LOWERED TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. VERY COLD AIR WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO BY THIS EVENING LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ HINTZ
000 WWUS43 KABR 201750 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1150 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 .ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. WHILE MOST OF FALLING SNOW HAS SHIFTED INTO MINNESOTA AND FAR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SDZ006-018-210200- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WC.W.0005.081220T1750Z-081221T1800Z/ BROWN-SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...REDFIELD 1150 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW ONE HALF MILE. MEANWHILE...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 35 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON AND DROP TO 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...PERSISTING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-210200- /O.CAN.KABR.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WC.W.0005.081220T1750Z-081221T1800Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO... PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1150 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 /1050 AM MST SAT DEC 20 2008/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW ONE HALF MILE. MEANWHILE...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 35 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON AND DROP TO 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...PERSISTING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-210200- /O.NEW.KABR.WC.W.0005.081221T1200Z-081221T1800Z/ /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 1150 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. FALLING SNOW IS NEARING ITS END ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT. THIS FRESH ACCUMULATION OF SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD AIR WILL ACCOMPANY THE NORTHWEST WINDS AS THEY MOVE IN...RESULTING IN WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM 35 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ DORN
000 WWUS43 KABR 202113 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 313 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 .BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED...BUT THE BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS AND ARCTIC COLD AIR PLUNGING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION REMAIN. THESE WINDY AND COLD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY...PRODUCING DEADLY WIND CHILL VALUES. STAY INDOORS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. JUST A FEW MINUTES OF SKIN EXPOSURE TO THESE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN LEAD TO FROSTBITE. TAKE CAUTION. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-210515- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KABR.WC.W.0005.081220T2113Z-081221T1800Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 313 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. FALLING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WITH IT THE WHITEOUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...THE BREEZY TO WINDY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS...GIVEN THE EXTREME COLD AIR WORKING INTO THE REGION. THE VERY COLD AIR AND THE WINDY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM 35 BELOW TO NEARLY 50 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ SDZ003>006-009-010-015>018-033>037-045-048-051-210515- /O.EXT.KABR.WC.W.0005.081220T2100Z-081221T1800Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER- FAULK-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... ABERDEEN...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG... FAULKTON...REDFIELD...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE... MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 313 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008 /213 PM MST SAT DEC 20 2008/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY. BREEZY TO WINDY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS...GIVEN THE EXTREME COLD AIR WORKING INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER...THE MAIN ISSUE WILL BE WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 35 BELOW TO NEARLY 50 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...PERSISTING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ DORN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 19, 3:53 AM CST, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 3:53 AM CST, 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
353 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2008
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY
FIRST STORM SYSTEM LOCATED OVER MISSOURI AND IOWA EARLY THIS
MORNING AND ENDED UP NOT BEING A BIG DEAL AT ALL FOR THIS CWA WITH
JUST SOME LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. THE
NORTHERN HALF STAYED MOSTLY DRY. STILL A FEW FLURRIES SCATTERED
ABOUT OUT THERE THIS MORNING SO WILL KEEP MENTION OF SOME VERY
LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
STORM SYSTEM OF INTEREST FOR TONIGHT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN SPED UP A
BIT BY RECENT MODEL RUNS. IN FACT...MOST OF THE LIFT/SNOW AND
BETTER DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE EAST OF THE AREA
INTO MINNESOTA BY 18Z SATURDAY. VERY DIFFICULT TIME DECIDING ON
APPROPRIATE HEADLINES THIS MORNING AND THEIR START TIMES...BUT
HAVE LAID IT OUT AS FOLLOWS FOR NOW AND DAY SHIFT WILL MORE THAN
LIKELY NEED SOME ADJUSTMENTS. WENT WITH A WINTER WX ADVISORY FOR
THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF THE OLD BLIZZARD WATCH...BASICALLY FROM
SPINK COUNTY WESTWARD UP THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
STARTED THIS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AT 03Z AND FURTHER
EAST AT 06Z. THEN...AT 09Z STARTED WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING FROM
BROWN COUNTY EASTWARD TO COVER THE EASTERN CWA. IT STILL APPEARS
AS IF MOST OF THE SNOW WILL FALL PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF STRONGEST
WINDS. WENT WITH WINTER WX ADVISORY ACROSS THE WEST BASED ON THE
THOUGHT OF LOWER SNOW ACCUMS IN THIS AREA...MAINLY FROM ABOUT 1 TO
POSSIBLY 4 INCHES. ALSO...NOT AS MUCH SNOW ON THE GROUND CURRENTLY
IN THIS AREA COMPARED TO LOCATIONS FARTHER EAST. STILL EXPECTING
SLIGHTLY HIGHER SNOW TOTALS ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN CWA FROM
AROUND 3 TO 6 INCHES. SO...WITH THE HIGHER FORECAST SNOW TOTALS
HERE AND THE ALREADY HIGHER SNOW PACK ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN
CWA...FEEL THAT VISIBILITY ISSUES WILL BE THE GREATEST ACROSS THIS
AREA. IT STILL APPEARS BULK OF SNOWFALL WITH THIS WAVE WILL BE
ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA DOWN THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
INTO WISCONSIN...BUT PERHAPS CLIPPING THE FAR NORTHEASTERN CWA.
ALSO FELT HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA ARE MORE LIKELY
TO EXPERIENCE STRONGER WINDS...AND THEREFORE MORE ISSUES WITH
LOWERED VSBYS. IF LATER SHIFTS FEEL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD
PERHAPS BE MET IN THE WINTER WX ADVISORY AREAS THEY MAY NEED TO
UPGRADE. THERE WILL STILL BE LOW VSBYS ACROSS THE WINTER WX
ADVISORY AREA...JUST NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH OF A FEW HOURS OF 1/4SM
OR LESS DUE TO LESS SNOW ON THE GROUND AND LOWER ACCUMS EXPECTED
FROM THIS STORM. HEADLINES FOR LOW WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY BE
NEEDED AFTER THE CURRENT HEADLINES EXPIRE.
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MAIN FCST CHALLENGE FACING THE LONG TERM DEALS WITH PCPN POTENTIAL
FOR TUESDAY...AND COLD TEMPS EARLY ON IN THE PERIOD.
EXTENDED STARTS OFF WITH COLD 1040MB HIGH DROPPING INTO THE
CENTRAL CONUS...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A VERY COLD SUNDAY NIGHT.
85H TEMPS ON THE GFS AND EC SHOW -18C TO -20C ACROSS MUCH OF THE
CWA...WITH COND PRESSURE DEFICITS SHOWING VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY
OF CLOUD COVER. LATEST MEN GUIDANCE SHOWS THAT THE ENSEMBLE
MEMBERS ARE LEANING TOWARD A WARMER NIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT...ON THE
ORDER OF 2 CATEGORIES WARMER FOR KABR. OPERATIONAL MEX GUIDANCE IS
STILL HOLDING FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW FOR TEMPS. GIVEN POTENTIAL FOR
ADDITIONAL FRESH SNOWCOVER PRIOR TO THE LONG TERM...WILL CONTINUE
WITH BITTERLY COLD READINGS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND
LIGHT WINDS.
UPPER FLOW BUCKLES SLIGHTLY DURING THE DAY MONDAY...WITH 5H/7H
RIDGES PASSING QUICKLY THROUGH THE AREA. BY 00Z TUESDAY...SW FLOW
SETS UP ACROSS THE AREA...WITH GOOD 85H/7H THETA-E FORCING NOSING
IN WITH ASSOCIATED RIDGES. THERE ARE SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES THAT
TAKE SHAPE WITH THIS FEATURE BY 00Z WEDNESDAY. THE GFS MAINTAINS
AN INVERTED TROF LOOK...WITH NEXT ARCTIC HIGH PUSHING INTO THE
WEST. THE EC CLOSES OFF A 996MB SFC LOW IN SWRN MN...WITH A BIT
HEAVIER SNOWFALL FOR THE FAR ERN CWA. FOR NOW...HAVE CONTINUED
WITH SLGT CHC/CHC POPS FOR THE MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY TIME
FRAME...JUST DID A LITTLE RE-ORIENTATION OF THE GRADIENT TO
ACCOUNT FOR FRONTAL/BOUNDARY PASSAGE.
&&
.AVIATION...
SFC LOW IN SRN IOWA WILL CONT TO MOVE EAST AWAY FROM THE
AREA...WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SNOWFALL TO BEGIN TO END ACROSS THE
KATY AND KMBG TERMINALS. MVFR/SCT IFR CIGS WILL BE LOCATED TO THE
WEST OF THE LOW...WITH THE MVFR/IFR CIGS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD
ALL TERMINAL SITES BY 18Z. AS THE SNOW ENDS...VSBYS SHOULD CLIMB
BACK INTO VFR CATEGORY...AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE END OF THE
VALID PERIOD.
&&
.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY FOR CAMPBELL-CORSON-DEWEY-
WALWORTH.
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR BROWN-
CLARK-CODINGTON-DAY-DEUEL-GRANT-HAMLIN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY
FOR BUFFALO-EDMUNDS-FAULK-HAND-HYDE-MCPHERSON-POTTER-SPINK-
SULLY.
MN...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY FOR BIG
STONE-TRAVERSE.
&&
SHORT TERM...TMT
LONG TERM...HINTZ
AVIATION...HINTZ
WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEENHazardous weather outlook, Dec 18, 3:17 PM CST, 13 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 317 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-034-036-037-192130- TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-SULLY-HYDE-HAND- 317 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 /217 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...MAINLY FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE CHASED BY INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE END RESULT IS EXPECTED TO BE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A PORTION OF TIME ON SATURDAY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE...AND ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. SDZ033-035-045-048-051-192130- STANLEY-HUGHES-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- 317 PM CST THU DEC 18 2008 /217 PM MST THU DEC 18 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY...AND COMBINE WITH ARCTIC COLD AIR TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. DORN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 4:49 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk and 11 more | 31 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2008Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2008Every blizzard warning in 2008
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.