Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2008
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Apr 10, 2008, 4:10 AM CDT for 23 counties in South Dakota; Lyon County, Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 10, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 10, 2008, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 12:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 29 counties
Lyon County, IA, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 4:25 PM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | Huron, SD | |
| Apr 10, 4:25 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 1 | Garvin, MN | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW |
| Apr 10, 4:25 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Huron, SD | 1/2INCH SNOW SO FAR |
| Apr 10, 4:25 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Mitchell, SD | 2 TO 3 INCHES SNOWFALL |
| Apr 10, 4:59 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Hartford, SD | 1/4 TO 3/8 MILE VISIBILITY WITH DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. |
| Apr 10, 6:33 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Madison, SD | HEAVY SNOW WITH VISIBILITY 2 BLOCKS |
| Apr 10, 6:43 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Apr 10, 6:44 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Menno, SD | |
| Apr 10, 6:47 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Winfred, SD | |
| Apr 10, 7:05 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | De Smet, SD | |
| Apr 10, 7:05 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Sioux Falls, SD | SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT |
| Apr 10, 7:05 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Platte, SD | |
| Apr 10, 7:05 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Sioux Falls, SD | SOUTHEAST SIOUX FALLS |
| Apr 10, 7:05 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Pipestone, MN | |
| Apr 10, 7:05 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Wagner, SD | |
| Apr 10, 7:05 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Burke, SD | |
| Apr 10, 8:50 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Brookings, SD | VISIBILITY IN BROOKINGS AROUND 300 FEET. |
| Apr 10, 10:36 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 4 | De Smet, SD | |
| Apr 10, 10:36 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Apr 11, 12:41 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Brookings, SD | 6 TO 10 INCHES SNOWFALL, VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE |
| Apr 11, 12:41 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Lake Andes, SD | 4 TO 5 INCHES SNOWFALL, NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS |
| Apr 11, 12:41 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Tyndall, SD | AROUND 5 INCHES SNOWFALL,NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS |
| Apr 11, 4:38 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Wessington Springs, SD | |
| Apr 11, 4:43 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Huron, SD | SLUSHY |
| Apr 11, 4:45 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Yankton, SD | |
| Apr 11, 4:45 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Huron, SD | |
| Apr 11, 4:47 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | Ivanhoe, MN | 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE AREA |
| Apr 11, 4:50 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Olivet, SD | MORE SNOW TO THE NORTH |
| Apr 11, 4:52 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | Balaton, MN | |
| Apr 11, 5:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Armour, SD | |
| Apr 11, 5:10 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Mitchell, SD | VISIBILITY 1/2 TO 3/4 MILES ON EDGE OF CITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW |
| Apr 11, 5:20 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Salem, SD | |
| Apr 11, 5:25 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Flandreau, SD | VERY POOR VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY |
| Apr 11, 5:30 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | Madison, SD | VISIBILITY POOR |
| Apr 11, 5:39 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Artesian, SD | |
| Apr 11, 5:39 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Artesian, SD | |
| Apr 11, 5:44 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Howard, SD | |
| Apr 11, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.8 | Sioux Falls, SD | AT AIRPORT |
| Apr 11, 6:30 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 2 Se Winfred, SD | |
| Apr 11, 6:30 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 2 Se Winfred, SD | CORRECTED REPORT |
| Apr 11, 6:30 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 5 N Ivanhoe, MN | |
| Apr 11, 6:55 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Brookings, SD | 5 TO 6 ON THE GROUND DOWNTOWN. VERY HEAVY AND WET SNOW HAS COMPACTED OVERNIGHT. |
| Apr 11, 7:00 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Holland, MN | |
| Apr 11, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 1 Nw Hardwick, MN | |
| Apr 11, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Brookings, SD | |
| Apr 11, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Ethan, SD | |
| Apr 11, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Brookings, SD | |
| Apr 11, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Pipestone, MN | |
| Apr 11, 9:00 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Wessington Springs, SD | |
| Apr 11, 9:21 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Humboldt, SD | |
| Apr 11, 9:38 AM CDT | SNOW 1.9 | Luverne, MN | |
| Apr 11, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | 10 S White Lake, SD | |
| Apr 11, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | 4 Se Vermillion, SD | |
| Apr 11, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | W Chamberlain, SD | |
| Apr 11, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | Nne Viborg, SD | |
| Apr 11, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 7 Wsw Garretson, SD | |
| Apr 11, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Ne Marion, SD | |
| Apr 11, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Ssw Brookings, SD | |
| Apr 11, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | 1 Sw Brookings, SD | |
| Apr 11, 10:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | 3 Wsw Sioux Falls, SD |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 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 100910 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 410 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING...THEN INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD INTO IOWA THURSDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...AND CONTINUE WELL INTO FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS RAINFALL...BUT WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AND THEN START TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST NEAR A LINE FROM GREGORY SOUTH DAKOTA TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA WHERE AREAS OF A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOWFALL ARE LIKELY. MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ038>040-050-052>061-063>065-068-101715- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0001.080410T1800Z-080412T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.080410T1800Z-080412T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...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...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 410 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN THE VALLEYS BY THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. ONE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW...THE INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE. THIS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY ON FRIDAY...BUT THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM EIGHT TO THIRTEEN INCHES..THOUGH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. 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. $$ IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-070-101715- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.080410T1800Z-080412T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.080411T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LYON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION 410 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY ON FRIDAY...BUT THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM SIX TO TEN INCHES...THOUGH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ MNZ081-089-090-101715- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.080410T1800Z-080412T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.080411T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 410 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND GRADUALLY MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS EVENING WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND IMPAIR TRAVEL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ002-012-NEZ013-SDZ071-101715- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.080411T0600Z-080412T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-SIOUX-DIXON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 410 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND GRADUALLY MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN TWO TO FOUR INCHES...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS EVENING WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND IMPAIR TRAVEL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BT
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFSD 101617 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1117 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTH INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA NIGHT...THEN SLOWLY ROTATE NORTHEAST INTO WISCONSIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...AND CONTINUE WELL INTO FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AS MAINLY RAINFALL IN MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AND THEN START TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST NEAR A LINE FROM GREGORY SOUTH DAKOTA TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA WHERE AREAS OF A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOWFALL ARE LIKELY. IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-070-110030- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.080411T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.080411T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LYON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION 1117 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH AROUND A HALF AN INCH EXPECTED. BY EARLY EVENING...SNOW WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WHEN COMBINED WITH A 20 TO 30 MPH WIND...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW. PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ038>040-050-052>061-063>065-068-110030- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.080410T1800Z-080412T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...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...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 1117 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. RAIN WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS MORNING...AND WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY MID AFTERNOON AND IN THE VALLEYS BY LATE AFTERNOON. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW...THE INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY ON FRIDAY...BUT THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES. 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. $$ MNZ081-089-090-110030- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.080411T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 1117 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE 3 TO 5 INCHES...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS EVENING WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND IMPAIR TRAVEL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ002-012-NEZ013-SDZ071-110030- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.080411T0600Z-080412T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-SIOUX-DIXON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1117 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...AND GRADUALLY MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE 2 TO 4 INCHES...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS EVENING WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND IMPAIR TRAVEL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 102102 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 402 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS IOWA TONIGHT...AND THEN SHIFT EAST ACROSS WISCONSIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AS THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW...WITH THE SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ038>040-050-052>061-063>065-068-110515- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...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...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 402 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR DURING THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW...WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. $$ IAZ001-MNZ081-089-090-098-SDZ062-066-067-069-070-110515- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.080411T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LYON-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION 402 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH A 20 TO 35 MPH WINDS...WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW. PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ002-012-NEZ013-SDZ071-110515- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.080411T0600Z-080412T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-SIOUX-DIXON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 402 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. RAIN WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE STORM SYSTEM...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ LIEBL
000 WWUS43 KFSD 110216 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 916 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVER IOWA TONIGHT...AND OVER WISCONSIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WET SNOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF SOUTH DAKOTA INTO WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST THE REST OF TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...BUT BECOME LIGHTER BY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OF NEAR 10 INCHES SHOULD OCCUR IN A BAND FROM SOUTH CENTRAL TO EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO NORTHWEST PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ038>040-050-052>061-063>065-068-111030- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...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...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 916 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW...WILL PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 6 TO 11 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA. 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-SDZ062-066-067-069-070-111030- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LYON-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION 916 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. PERIODS OF WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WEST AND NORTH OF SIOUX FALLS. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW. PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ002-012-NEZ013-SDZ071-111030- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.080411T0600Z-080412T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-SIOUX-DIXON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 916 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WILL BECOME ALL SNOW TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE STORM SYSTEM...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RSR
000 WWUS43 KFSD 110222 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 922 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVER IOWA TONIGHT...AND OVER WISCONSIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WET SNOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF SOUTH DAKOTA INTO WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST THE REST OF TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...BUT BECOME LIGHTER BY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OF NEAR 10 INCHES SHOULD OCCUR IN A BAND FROM SOUTH CENTRAL TO EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO NORTHWEST PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ038>040-050-052>061-063>065-068-111030- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...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...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 922 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW...WILL PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 6 TO 11 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. $$ IAZ001-MNZ081-089-090-098-SDZ062-066-067-069-070-111030- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LYON-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION 922 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. PERIODS OF WET SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WEST AND NORTH OF SIOUX FALLS. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ002-012-NEZ013-SDZ071-111030- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.080411T0600Z-080412T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-SIOUX-DIXON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 922 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WILL BECOME ALL SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE STORM SYSTEM...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ RSR
000 WWUS43 KFSD 110859 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 359 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN IOWA WILL SLOWLY SHIFT NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY LATE IN THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THIS SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OF NEAR NINE INCHES IS EXPECTED IN A BAND FROM SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO NEAR BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA. MNZ072-080-097-111700- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE 359 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PERIODS OF DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH BACK OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND ONE INCH ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SDZ050-057-063-111700- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080411T1800Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 359 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES THIS MORNING ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WHILE THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO WIND DOWN IN THE MIDDAY HOURS...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. $$ MNZ071-SDZ038>040-052>056-058>061-064-065-068-111700- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LINCOLN-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- MOODY-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 359 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ001-002-012-MNZ081-089-090-098-NEZ013-SDZ062-066-067-069>071- 111700- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-MINNEHAHA- TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 359 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND ONE INCH ALONG WITH THE STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES HAMPERING TRAVEL. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ BT
000 WWUS43 KFSD 111508 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1008 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN IOWA WILL SLOWLY SHIFT NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY LATE IN THE DAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. THIS SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. MNZ071-SDZ040-055-056-061-112315- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LINCOLN-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE 1008 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS THAN INCH. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH PREVIOUS SNOWS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SDZ050-057-063-112315- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080411T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 1008 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE AROUND ONE INCH. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH PREVIOUS SNOWS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SDZ038-039-052>054-058>060-064-065-068-112315- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 1008 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS STORM ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES IN THE WARNED AREA. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ001-002-012-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ062-066- 067-069>071-112315- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- ROCK-DIXON-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1008 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH THE PRECIPITATION THAT OCCURRED OVERNIGHT...WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT THE SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. PLEASE BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 111739 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1239 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 .LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP TO AROUND 1 MILE. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. SDZ038-039-052>054-058>060-064-065-068-111845- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 1239 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP TO NEAR ONE MILE. WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ONE INCH OR LESS. $$ IAZ001-002-012-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ040- 050-055>057-061>063-066-067-069>071-111845- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080412T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-MCCOOK- MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-TURNER-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...BROOKINGS... GREGORY...BURKE...MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1239 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY PATCHY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. LIGHT SNOW WILL BE MORE LIKELY ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER WHERE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ONE INCH OR LESS. $$
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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Apr 9, 9:25 PM CDT, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 9:25 PM CDT, 6 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
925 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008
.DISCUSSION...
CLASSIC STORM SETTING UP AS STG NEG TILT UPR TROF DVLPS IN RCKYS
WITH STG UPR JET DIGGING SSEWD IN WRN U.S. THIS EVE. LOTS OF DEEP
GULF MOISTURE GATHERING IN SRN PLAINS WHICH WILL BE TRANSPORTED
RAPIDLY NWD THRU THU. RIGHT NOW MAIN SATURATION AND AREAS OF -RA
MOVG NWD THRU WRN CWA WITH SECONDARY E/W BAND DVLPG NWD THRU FAR NRN
CWA. NOTHING MUCH ATTM TO THE SOUTH AS MAIN ENERGY STILL WELL SOUTH
AND WEST. THIS WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE THRU THU MRNG AS UPR WAVE SWINGS
OUT INTO CNTRL PLAINS AND BOWLING BALL UPR LOW TAKES SHAPE. ASSCD
DYNAMIC COOLING AND RAIN CHGG TO WET SNOW WILL SPREAD ENEWD OVR CWA
BY AFTN. NEW NAM VERY IMPRESSIVE WITH MOISTURE INFLOW AND LIFT BY
THU AFTN WITH VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES DVLPG IN WRN CWA SPRDG
ACROSS NRN CWA BY EVE. EARLIER UPGRADED WATCH TO WARNING IN THESE
AREAS...WITH WATCH CONTINUING IN BORDERLINE RAIN TO SNOW AREA FM
ABOUT YKN TO FSD TO OTG AND MWM. EVEN IF THIS WATCH AREA GETS A LOT
OF RAIN IT COULD STILL EASILY CHG TO HEAVY WET SNOW BY LATE AFTN AND
EVE WITH DYNAMIC COOLING FROM ALOFT.
RYRHOLM
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR THIS EVENING TO BECOME MVFR AFTER 06Z AND IFR AFT 12Z AS
CEILINGS DROP. WDSPRD RAIN WILL SPREAD N DURING THE NIGHT AS LOW
PRESSURE MOVES N OUT OF THE SRN PLAINS AND INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS.
IFR TO LIFR THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW WITH WDSPRD RAIN AND SNOW
ACROSS THE AREA.
LIEBL
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
MID CLOUDS NOW SPREADING ACRS CWA ATTM AS MOISTURE ALOFT AHEAD OF
MAJOR STORM OVERSPREADS REGION. LOW LEVELS STILL DRY SO IT WL TAKE
TIME TO SAT LOW LEVELS. SHUD SAT FM S TO N DURING THE NIGHT WITH
RAIN SPREAD S TO N DURING THE NIGHT. MOST WDSPRD RAIN TONIGHT WL BE
S OF I90. WARM ENUF ALOFT MOST OF NIGHT TO KEEP PRECIP R BUT CUD
COOL ENUF ACRS FAR W TOWARDS 10Z TO MIX WITH SNOW. TEMPS TONIGHT WL
NOT DROP OFF QUICKLY WITH LOWS TONIGHT GENLY BETWEEN 35 AND 40.
WITH THE EVENT NEARING...MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT ON PLACEMENT
OF UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE FEATURES WITH UPCOMING STORM...AT LEAST
WITH REGARD TO THE NAM/GFS/AND ECMWF. THE UKMET AND CANADIAN ARE THE
OUTLIERS...KEEPING THE UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE LOW FARTHER TO THE
WEST THAN THE OTHER MODELS. THIS BECOMES THE FLY IN THE
OINTMENT...AS THE LATTER SOLUTION WOULD PULL WARMER AIR INTO OUR
EASTERN CWA...THUS CUTTING DOWN ON SNOW AMOUNTS IN THAT AREA. WENT
CLOSER TO THE COOLER SOLUTION IN FORECAST PREPARATION...BUT BLENDED
IN A SLIGHTLY WARMER THERMAL PROFILE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT MAKING IT INTO OUR EAST. AS HAS BEEN
ADVERTISED FOR SEVERAL DAYS... IS A VERY DYNAMIC SYSTEM WITH STRONG
WAA/ISENTROPIC LIFT/UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
TROWAL AND MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS OVER OUR CWA ON THURSDAY INTO
EARLY ON FRIDAY. ALSO APPEARS THAT PRECIPITATION COULD BE CONVECTIVE
OVER OUR EASTERN ZONES...WITH NEGATIVE MID LEVEL EPV AND NEGATIVE
700 TO 500 MB THETA E LAPSE RATES OVER THIS AREA DURING THIS TIME
FRAME. MODELS ARE OUTPUTTING AMAZING QPF AMOUNTS...WITH 6 HOUR
PRECIP AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE FA. IT IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE
CERTAIN THAT PORTIONS OF OUR CWA ARE GOING TO HAVE MAJOR SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM...POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF A FOOT
ORIENTED FROM THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY INTO SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
IT LOOKS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY. THE BIG DETERMINANT ON SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
IS GOING TO LIE IN HOW QUICKLY THE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...BECAUSE ONCE IT CHANGES OVER IT SHOULD REMAIN SNOW
THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE EVENT. MODEL SOUNDINGS SUGGEST RAIN
TRANSITIONING TO SNOW BETWEEN 15 AND 18Z THROUGH MUCH OF OUR FAR
WEST...THEN BETWEEN 18Z AND 21Z NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE ROUGHLY
FROM YANKTON TO CANTON TO ROCK RAPIDS TO SPIRIT LAKE. AREAS TO THE
SOUTH OF THIS WILL MOST LIKELY HOLD ON TO THE RAIN OR RAIN/SNOW MIX
THROUGH 03 TO 06Z THURSDAY NIGHT. WILL NOT ENTIRELY CHANGE TO SNOW
IN OUR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ZONES OF NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL CLOSE TO
12Z ON FRIDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WILL BECOME VERY WINDY WITH
THE TIGHTLY PACKED PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS.
WHILE THERE WILL BE SOME BLOWING SNOW...THINK THAT WITH TEMPERATURES
HOVERING EITHER SIDE OF FREEZING...THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL HAVE
TROUBLE REALLY BECOMING AIRBORNE TO ANY GREAT DEGREE. IN TERMS OF
HEADLINES...KEPT THE WATCH GOING...AND REFRAINED FROM A WARNING WITH
STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON RAIN/SNOW TRANSITION...THOUGH FEEL SURE
THAT EVENING OR MID SHIFT WILL ISSUE A WARNING AT LEAST THROUGH THE
JAMES VALLEY WHERE IT LOOKS MORE CERTAIN.
WITH A WEAKENING TROWAL OVER OUR AREA ON FRIDAY...WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE LIGHT SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...AND STILL COULD PICK UP 2
TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN OUR EASTERN ZONES. SYSTEM WILL FINALLY BEGIN
TO WIND DOWN ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY ON SATURDAY AS FORCING AND
DYNAMICS ARE LOST...THEN WILL SEE DECREASING CLOUDS ON
SATURDAY...BUT REMAINING COLD WITH SNOW COVER ACROSS THE REGION.
WHILE THERE WILL BE WARMING ON SUNDAY...WENT MUCH BELOW GUIDANCE
WITH ANTICIPATION OF SNOW COVER.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING FOR IAZ001.
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR
MNZ071-072-080-097.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING FOR MNZ081-089-090-098.
NE...NONE.
SD...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR
SDZ038>040-050-052>061-063>065-068.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SDZ062-066-067-069-070.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 4:53 AM CDT, 23 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 453 AM CDT WED APR 09 2008 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-101200- AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA- CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE- DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN- LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN- SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON- 453 AM CDT WED APR 09 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS ON THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...CHANGING TO SNOW IN MOST AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM THURSDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS STILL UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM VERMILLION SOUTH DAKOTA...TO ROCK RAPIDS IOWA AND JACKSON MINNESOTA WILL LIKELY SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOWFALL...WHICH WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY EVENING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY...THOUGH THE STRONG WINDS COULD CONTINUE TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:10 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Gregory, Lake and 7 more | 32 hr |
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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.