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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Aberdeen, SD

March 20, 200813 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this winter storm warning at Mar 20, 2008, 4:15 AM CDT for 13 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 20, 2008, 3:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2008, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 20, 2008, 3:20 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2008, 7:39 AM CDT
In force: 16 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, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 19, 9:25 PM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 9:25 PM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 4:29 AM CDT, 23 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 20, 4:15 AM CDT	Snow Advisory	ABR	Brown, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Edmunds, Faulk and 3 more	17 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in South Dakota, 2008 Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2008 Every winter storm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.