Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2008
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Nov 6, 2008, 3:45 AM CST for 15 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Nov 6, 2008, 5:23 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2008, 3:45 AM CST (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2008, 5:23 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2008, 3:35 AM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix 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, Miner County, SD, Sanborn County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 6:04 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Se Brookings, SD | RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW AT 430 PM. SNOW HAS ACCUMULATED 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ON GRASS. |
| Nov 6, 7:19 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Volga, SD | |
| Nov 6, 7:40 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Winfred, SD | |
| Nov 6, 7:49 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Arlington, SD | |
| Nov 6, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 7 Ne White, SD | |
| Nov 6, 7:53 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Brookings, SD | |
| Nov 6, 7:55 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Nov 6, 7:58 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Cavour, SD | |
| Nov 6, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Huron, SD | |
| Nov 6, 9:25 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Winfred, SD | |
| Nov 6, 10:15 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Huron, SD | SNOW IS BLOWING HARD |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 589 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KFSD 060945 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 345 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 .A VERY STRONG FALL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY ROTATE EAST TODAY. RAINFALL WILL WRAP AROUND FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON...SLOWLY CHANGING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. ALL OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE IN A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH...VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAME RIVER VALLEY WILL SEE THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR A COMBINAION OF HEAVY SNOW AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-061745- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.081106T1800Z-081107T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.081106T2100Z-081107T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 345 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING ALL SNOW AT CHAMBERLAIN AND GREGORY BY 300 PM CST...AND ALL SNOW AT HURON...MITCHELL AND LAKE ANDES BETWEEN 300 PM CST AND 500 PM CST. OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. EXPECT THE VISIBILITY TO DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THIS EVENING WITH STOPRM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ068-061745- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.081106T1800Z-081107T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.081107T0000Z-081107T1800Z/ BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 345 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR FROM BROOKINGS THROGH SIOUX FALLS SOUTHWEST TOWARDS YANKTON AND TYNDALL. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TO CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. EXPECT THE VISIBILITY AT TIME TO FALL TO AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ SDZ040-055-056-061-062-066-067-069-070-061745- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.081107T0000Z-081107T1800Z/ BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION 345 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR FROM BROOKINGS THROGH SIOUX FALLS SOUTHWEST TOWARDS YANKTON AND TYNDALL. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TO CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. EXPECT THE VISIBILITY AT TIME TO FALL TO AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE. 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. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFSD 061529 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 929 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 .A VERY STRONG FALL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST TODAY. RAINFALL WILL WRAP AROUND FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER...WHERE THE RAIN SHOULD GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ALL OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE IN A BAND OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT...AND WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH...DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WILL SEE THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR A COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-062330- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.081107T0000Z-081107T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 929 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. AREAS OF RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SHOULD INCREASE IN INTENSITY ALONG WITH INCREASING VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BY TONIGHT. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. EXPECT THE VISIBILITY TO DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THIS EVENING WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ040-055-056-061-062-066>070-062330- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.081107T0300Z-081107T1800Z/ BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME- YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 929 AM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. AREAS OF DEVELOPING RAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TO CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. EXPECT THE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO FALL TO AROUND A QUARTER OF A MILE. 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. $$ RSR
000 WWUS43 KFSD 062136 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 336 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER MINNESOTA WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST THROUGH FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT WITH 20 TO 35 MPH WINDS FURTHER EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS..COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE JAMES VALLEY WITH BLOWING SNOW FURTHER EAST.THE HEAVIEST SNOW OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE JAMES VALLEY...WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES FURTHER EAST. SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-070545- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.081107T0000Z-081107T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 336 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE QUICKLY TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL BE COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-070545- /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.081107T0600Z-081107T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 336 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. 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. $$ SDZ040-055-056-061-062-066>070-070545- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.081107T0300Z-081107T1800Z/ BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME- YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 336 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY EARLY EVENING...CHANGING COMPLETELY OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW FALL THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF SIOUX FALLS. THE SIOUX FALLS METRO AREA WILL RECEIVE AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 062323 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 523 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER MINNESOTA WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST THROUGH FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH SNOW PERSISTING INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT WITH 20 TO 35 MPH WINDS FURTHER EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS..COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE JAMES VALLEY EAST INTO THE BROOKINGS AREA...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW FURTHER EAST AND SOUTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE JAMES VALLEY EAST TO AROUND BROOKINGS...WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES FURTHER SOUTHEAST. SDZ040-055-070730- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.081107T0300Z-081107T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.081107T0000Z-081108T1800Z/ BROOKINGS-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON 523 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BE COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-070730- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.081107T0000Z-081108T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 523 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE QUICKLY TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL BE COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ056-061-062-066>070-070730- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.081107T0300Z-081107T1800Z/ MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION 523 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY EARLY EVENING...CHANGING COMPLETELY OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW FALL THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF SIOUX FALLS. THE SIOUX FALLS METRO AREA WILL RECEIVE AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW. 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. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-070730- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.081107T0600Z-081107T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 523 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WILLIAMS
000 WWUS43 KFSD 070043 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 643 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER MINNESOTA WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST THROUGH FRIDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH SNOW PERSISTING INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT WITH 20 TO 35 MPH WINDS FURTHER EAST. THESE STRONG WINDS..COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE JAMES VALLEY EAST INTO THE BROOKINGS AREA...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW FURTHER EAST AND SOUTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST SNOW OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE JAMES VALLEY EAST TO AROUND BROOKINGS...WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES FURTHER SOUTHEAST. SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>060-063>065-070845- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081108T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 643 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND BE COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING INCREASING TO 30 TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE LESS STRONG THIS EVENING IN THE BROOKINGS AREA BUT WILL INCREASE STEADILY THERE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. 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. $$ SDZ056-061-062-066>070-070845- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.081107T0300Z-081107T1800Z/ MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION 643 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY EARLY EVENING...CHANGING COMPLETELY OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW FALL THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH AND WEST OF SIOUX FALLS. THE SIOUX FALLS METRO AREA WILL RECEIVE AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-070845- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.081107T0600Z-081107T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 643 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. 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. $$ WILLIAMS
000 WWUS43 KFSD 070303 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 903 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS THURSDAY EVENING WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...WHILE INCREASING THE REST OF TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND PART OF NORTHWEST IOWA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THESE STRONG WINDS..COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE JAMES VALLEY EAST INTO THE BROOKINGS AREA...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW FURTHER EAST AND SOUTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE JAMES VALLEY EAST TO AROUND BROOKINGS...WITH LESS THAN 3 INCHES FURTHER SOUTHEAST. SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>060-063>065-071115- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081108T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 903 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SATURDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND BE COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH. SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AREA. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ056-061-062-066>070-071115- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081107T1800Z/ MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION 903 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST FRIDAY. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW FALL THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. ALSO...WITH THE EXPECTED COLDER TEMPERATURES BY DAYBREAK...ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES WHICH WERE JUST WET DURING THE EVENING MAY BECOME ICY. 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. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-071115- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.081107T0600Z-081107T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 903 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST FRIDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL BECOME A STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LATE TONIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. ALSO...ICY AREAS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY EARLY MORNING AS THE TEMPERATURES DROPS A LITTLE BELOW FREEZING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ WILLIAMS
000 WWUS43 KFSD 070316 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 916 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS THURSDAY EVENING WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...WHILE INCREASING THE REST OF TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND PART OF NORTHWEST IOWA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THESE STRONG WINDS..COMBINED WITH THE SNOW WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE JAMES VALLEY EAST INTO THE BROOKINGS AREA... WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW FURTHER EAST AND SOUTHEAST. THE HEAVIEST TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE JAMES VALLEY EAST TO AROUND BROOKINGS...WITH LESS THAN 3 INCHES FURTHER SOUTHEAST. SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>060-063>065-071130- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081107T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 916 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND BE COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH. SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AREA. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHICH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ SDZ056-061-062-066>070-071130- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081107T1800Z/ MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION 916 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST FRIDAY. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW FALL THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. ALSO...WITH THE EXPECTED COLDER TEMPERATURES BY DAYBREAK...ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES WHICH WERE JUST WET DURING THE EVENING MAY BECOME ICY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-071130- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.081107T0600Z-081107T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 916 PM CST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL BECOME A STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW LATE TONIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. ALSO...ICY AREAS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY EARLY MORNING AS THE TEMPERATURES DROPS A LITTLE BELOW FREEZING. 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. $$ WILLIAMS
000 WWUS43 KFSD 070935 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 335 AM CST FRI NOV 7 2008 .A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY WORK EAST TODAY WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE FOUND BEHIND THIS LOW AND SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING. BY AFTERNOON...THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE A LITTLE AND SNOWFALL SHOULD DECREASE OVER ALL BUT SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>060-063>065-071745- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081107T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081107T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 335 AM CST FRI NOV 7 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN DECREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE MORNING WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT COULD CREATE BRIEF WHITE OUT CONDITIONS DURING THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS. ALSO...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL LAST NIGHT HAS ALSO LEFT ROADS A LITTLE SLICK...SO PLEASE USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. 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. $$ SDZ056-061-062-066>070-071745- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081107T1800Z/ MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION 335 AM CST FRI NOV 7 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN DECREASE IN COVERAGE BY MID AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE MORNING WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT COULD CREATE BRIEF WHITE OUT CONDITIONS DURING THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS. ALSO...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL LAST NIGHT HAS ALSO LEFT ROADS A LITTLE SLICK...SO PLEASE USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. 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. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-071745- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081107T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 335 AM CST FRI NOV 7 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...THEN DECREASE IN COVERAGE BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT COULD CREATE BRIEF WHITE OUT CONDITIONS DURING THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 3:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 39 hr |
| Nov 6, 3:45 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 17 more | 38 hr |
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Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 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.