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Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

December 13, 2008Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota; 15 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Dec 13, 2008, 4:01 PM CST for Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota; 15 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Dec 14, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 37 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 13, 2008, 4:01 PM CST (22:01 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 15, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, 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, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 14, 6:30 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Huron, SD
Dec 14, 6:40 AM CSTSNOW 0.3Mitchell, SD
Dec 14, 6:45 AM CSTSNOW 2Brookings, SD
Dec 14, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 28 Ssw Herrick, SD
Dec 14, 7:30 AM CSTSNOW 3.5White Lake, SD
Dec 14, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 1Gregory, SD
Dec 14, 8:15 AM CSTSNOW 32 S Winfred, SD
Dec 14, 8:15 AM CSTBLIZZARD2 S Winfred, SDABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. 40 MPH WINDS. VISIBILITY 200 FEET.
Dec 14, 8:45 AM CSTSNOW 1Pickstown, SD
Dec 14, 9:35 AM CSTSNOW 3De Smet, SD
Dec 14, 9:35 AM CSTBLIZZARDDe Smet, SDWHITE OUTCONDITIONS AT TIMES. SNOWFAL1 ABOUT 3 INCHES NOW.
Dec 14, 9:40 AM CSTSNOW 2Howard, SDBLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
Dec 14, 9:43 AM CSTSNOW 2Chamberlain, SDDRIFTING SNOW
Dec 14, 9:45 AM CSTBLIZZARDBrookings, SDSNOWFALL 6 TO 8 INCHES. DRIFTS OVER 2 FEET.
Dec 14, 9:47 AM CSTSNOW 2Woonsocket, SD
Dec 14, 9:47 AM CSTBLIZZARDWoonsocket, SDVISIBILITY 1 TO 2 BLOCKS. ABOUT 2 INCHES SNOWFALL SO FAR.
Dec 14, 9:55 AM CSTSNOW 2.213 Wnw Platte, SD
Dec 14, 9:55 AM CSTSNOW 6.5Brookings, SD
Dec 14, 9:55 AM CSTBLIZZARDBrookings, SDUP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. DRIFTS OVER 3 FEET. VISIBILTY DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE.
Dec 14, 10:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Ivanhoe, MN
Dec 14, 10:00 AM CSTSNOW 2.5Wessington Springs, SD
Dec 14, 10:00 AM CSTSNOW 51 W Arlington, SD
Dec 14, 10:00 AM CSTBLIZZARD1 W Arlington, SDSNOWFALL 5 INCHES. WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
Dec 14, 10:00 AM CSTBLIZZARDIvanhoe, MN150 YDS TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. 1 TO 1.5 INCHES SNOWFALL.
Dec 14, 10:00 AM CSTBLIZZARDWessington Springs, SD1/4 MILE VISIBILITY. 2 TO 2.5 INCHES SNOWFALL ESTIMATED.
Dec 14, 10:15 AM CSTSNOW 1Marshall, MN
Dec 14, 10:15 AM CSTBLIZZARDMarshall, MNLESS THAN A QUARTER MILE VISIBILTY. SNOWFALL ABOUT AN INCH.
Dec 14, 11:32 AM CSTSNOW 4.2Howard, SD
Dec 14, 11:32 AM CSTBLIZZARDHoward, SDUPDATED SNOW AMOUNT...4.2 INCHES AS OF 1130 AM.
Dec 14, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 2Huron, SD
Dec 14, 12:00 PM CSTSNOW 3Huron, SD
Dec 14, 12:56 PM CSTSNOW 3.5Mitchell, SD
Dec 14, 12:56 PM CSTSNOW 4Mitchell, SD
Dec 14, 1:45 PM CSTSNOW 31 S Chamberlain, SDSNOWFALL IS NOW ABOUT 3 INCHES. MOST OF THE SNOW IS BLOWING NOW, NOT FALLING. VISIBILITY IS IMPROVING, SINCE TRUCKS GOING BY ON INTERSTATE 90 CAN BE SEEN CLEARLY. EARLIER IN THE DAY, VISIBILITY WAS ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET.
Dec 14, 4:00 PM CSTSNOW 3Huron, SD
Dec 14, 4:00 PM CSTSNOW 4Mitchell, SD
Dec 14, 6:00 PM CSTSNOW 33 Ne Forestburg, 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2008-12-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2008-12-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KFSD 132201
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
401 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY MOVE FROM EASTERN WYOMING INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS BY SUNDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DRAW ARCTIC AIR SOUTHWARD BEHIND THE
FRONT CAUSING THE MERCURY TO PLUMMET DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. THE STRONG
WINDS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY BEFORE
GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. ALONG WITH THE
STRONG WINDS...SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ON SUNDAY
CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM WAGNER SOUTH DAKOTA TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA. THE WINDS
WILL ALSO CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-140615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.081214T0900Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.081214T0600Z-081215T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
401 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF
4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA IN THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN.
THIS SNOWFALL ALONG WITHE THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
CREATE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED WITHIN THE
WARNED AREA. AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WIND
CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. 

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.

$$

SDZ039-040-054>056-060-140615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.081214T0900Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.081214T0900Z-081215T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
401 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5
INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXTENDING FROM
ALEXANDRIA TO DE SMET. THIS SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL
PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VERY LOW VISIBILITIES...AND NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WIND
CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY
EVENING.

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.

$$

MNZ071-072-140615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL
401 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS
POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE SNOW SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA ON
SUNDAY. SNOWFALL SHOULD BEING TO WIND DOWN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A
TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES. THIS SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE
VERY STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. AS THE
TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL
FALL TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW 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.

$$

SDZ061-140615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.081214T0900Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.081214T0900Z-081215T0000Z/
MCCOOK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE
401 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SNOW
SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECT TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY
ON SUNDAY...AND BEGIN TO WIND DOWN SUNDAY NIGHT. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND THREE INCHES. THIS SNOWFALL COMBINED
WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS THE
TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL
FALL TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.


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.

$$

MNZ080-097-140615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.081214T0900Z-081215T0000Z/
MURRAY-PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE
401 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SNOW
SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECT TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY
ON SUNDAY...AND GRADUALLY COME TO AN END SUNDAY NIGHT. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES. THIS
SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF
REDUCED VISIBILITY AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS THE
TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL
FALL TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

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.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-MNZ089-098-NEZ013-SDZ062-065>071-140615-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.081214T0900Z-081215T0000Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-NOBLES-ROCK-DIXON-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...WORTHINGTON...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...
VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
401 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SNOW
SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECT TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY
ON SUNDAY...AND GRADUALLY COME TO AN END SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES. THIS
SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF
REDUCED VISIBILITY AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS THE
TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL
FALL TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

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.

$$

IAZ002-003-013-MNZ081-090-140615-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.081214T1200Z-081215T0000Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
401 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SNOW
SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECT TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY
ON SUNDAY...AND GRADUALLY COME TO AN END SUNDAY EVENING. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES. THIS
SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF
REDUCED VISIBILITY AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS THE
TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL
FALL TO 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

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.

$$
BT
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 140237
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
837 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NEBRASKA WILL RAPIDLY SHIFT EAST
INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY SUNDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION
TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DRAW ARCTIC AIR
SOUTHWARD CAUSING THE MERCURY TO PLUMMET DURING THE DAY ON
SUNDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGHOUT
THE DAY ON SUNDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY. ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS...SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST
TO EAST ON SUNDAY CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY NORTH
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WAGNER SOUTH DAKOTA TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA.
THE WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35
DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-141045-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.081214T0600Z-081215T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
837 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA IN THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN.
THIS SNOWFALL ALONG WITHE THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
CREATE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED WITHIN THE
WARNED AREA. AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

SDZ039-040-054>056-060-141045-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.081214T0900Z-081215T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
837 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO
5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXTENDING FROM
ALEXANDRIA TO DE SMET. THIS SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS
WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VERY LOW VISIBILITIES...AND
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. AS THE
TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WIND CHILL READINGS
WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.

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.

$$

MNZ071-072-141045-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL
837 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT...BEFORE SNOW SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL
SHOULD BEING TO WIND DOWN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A TOTAL ACCUMULATION
OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES. THIS SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE VERY
STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED.
AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WIND CHILL
READINGS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW 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.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-MNZ080-089-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ061-062-065>071-
141045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.081214T0900Z-081215T0000Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-MCCOOK-
MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
ALLEN...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...
CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...
LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
837 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SNOW
SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECT TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE
DAY ON SUNDAY...AND GRADUALLY COME TO AN END SUNDAY EVENING.
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES. THIS SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS THE
TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WIND CHILL READINGS
WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

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.

$$

IAZ002-003-013-MNZ081-090-141045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.081214T1200Z-081215T0000Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
837 PM CST SAT DEC 13 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM
CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SNOW
SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECT TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE
DAY ON SUNDAY...AND GRADUALLY COME TO AN END SUNDAY EVENING.
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES. THIS SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS THE
TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...WIND CHILL READINGS
WILL FALL TO 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

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.

$$

BT
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 141018
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
418 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL RAPIDLY SHIFT
EAST INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION BY THIS EVENING. BEHIND
THE SYSTEM...BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE REGION...WITH
TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS THE COLD AIR EXPANDS
EASTWARD. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
REGION...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. ALONG
WITH THE STRONG WINDS...SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST...CREATING
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
WAGNER SOUTH DAKOTA TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA. THE COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO CREATE BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-141830-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
418 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE
THROUGH THE DAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA INTO THE NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. THIS SNOWFALL
ALONG WITH THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. AS THE
TEMPERATURE FALLS TODAY... WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP TO 20 TO
30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

SDZ039-040-054>056-060-141830-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
418 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY. SNOW WILL ALSO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUE DURING THE DAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXTENDING FROM ALEXANDRIA TO DE
SMET. THIS SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VERY LOW VISIBILITIES...AND NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING
THE DAY...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO BY EARLY THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

MNZ071-072-141830-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL
418 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS
MORNING...WITH SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE SNOWFALL...COMBINED WITH THE
VERY STRONG WINDS...WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED.
AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE DAY...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL
FALL TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW 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.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-MNZ080-089-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ061-062-065>071-
141830-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-MCCOOK-
MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
ALLEN...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...
CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...
LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
418 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY...THEN CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...BEFORE SNOW
SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE
DAY...AND GRADUALLY COME TO AN END THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. THIS SNOWFALL...COMBINED
WITH THE STRONG WINDS...WILL CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY
AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE
DAY...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO.

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.

$$

IAZ002-003-013-MNZ081-090-141830-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.081214T1200Z-081215T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
418 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS
MORNING...THEN CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...BEFORE SNOW
SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECT TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND
GRADUALLY COME TO AN END THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. THIS SNOWFALL...COMBINED
WITH THE STRONG WINDS...WILL CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY
AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS DURING THE
DAY...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO.

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 141656
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1056 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

.INTENSE LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE TWIN CITIES WILL ONLY SLOWLY MOVE
AWAY FROM THE REGION TODAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AND BITTERLY COLD
AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM ON VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM WAGNER SOUTH DAKOTA TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA...WITH TRAVEL
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO AREAS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.  FALLING
TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-150100-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
1056 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY
THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO BE
ONLY AN INCH OR TWO AT MOST...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO
HIGHWAY 14...THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES
FROM EARLIER WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED WITHIN THE WARNED AREA.
AS THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON...WIND CHILL
READINGS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON.

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.

$$

SDZ039-040-054>056-060-150100-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
1056 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY
THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO BE
ONLY AN INCH OR TWO AT MOST...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO
HIGHWAY 14...THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES FROM
EARLIER WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED WITHIN THE WARNED AREA.
AS THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON...WIND CHILL
READINGS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON.

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.

$$

MNZ071-072-150100-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL
1056 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST
INTO THE EVENING...ALONG WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL. WHILE
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD BE MAINLY AN INCH OR LESS...ANY
SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE VERY STRONG WINDS...WILL PRODUCE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VERY LOW VISIBILITIES AND NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED. WITH THE SLOWLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES...WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL
BE COMMON.

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.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-MNZ080-089-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ061-062-065>071-
150100-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-MCCOOK-
MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
ALLEN...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...
CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...
LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1056 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO
BE LIGHT AND ONLY ACCUMULATE TO AN INCH OR SO AT MOST...THERE WILL
BE SOME AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. IN
ADDITION... SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS
FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

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.

$$

IAZ002-003-013-MNZ081-090-150100-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
1056 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE
LITTLE ACCUMULATION...THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. IN ADDITION... SLOWLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 15 TO 25 BELOW
ZERO.

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.

$$

CHAPMAN
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 142150
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
350 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE REGION.
STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE AND BITTERLY COLD AIR MOVING IN BEHIND
THIS SYSTEM UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM WAGNER SOUTH DAKOTA TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA...WITH TRAVEL
EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO AREAS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. FALLING
TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

SDZ039-040-054>056-060-150600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
350 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING....BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING TO 20 TO 30
MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO BE ONLY AN INCH
OR TWO AT MOST...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 14...THE
STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM EARLIER WILL
COMBINE TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. AS THE TEMPERATURE
CONTINUES TO FALL TONIGHT...WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 TO 40
DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

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.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-150600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
350 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO 
THIS EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO BE ONLY AROUND
ONE INCH AT MOST...THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES
FROM EARLIER WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED WITHIN THE WARNED AREA.
AS THE TEMPERATURE CONTINUES TO FALL THIS TONIGHT...WIND CHILL
READINGS OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON.

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.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ071-072-150600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL
350 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST
INTO THE EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD REMAIN
AROUND AN INCH OR LESS... ANY SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH THE VERY STRONG
WINDS...WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VERY LOW
VISIBILITIES AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED.
WITH THE SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 35
TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON.

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.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ080-089-097-098-SDZ061-062-150600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS
350 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING....THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND ONLY
ACCUMULATE TO AN INCH OR SO AT MOST...THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF
REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. AS TEMPERATURES FALL
TONIGHT...WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW WILL BE COMMON.

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.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ081-090-150600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD
350 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE LITTLE
ACCUMULATION...THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN
BLOWING SNOW. IN ADDITION...FALLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL
RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

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.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-NEZ013-SDZ065>071-150600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0012.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-DIXON-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...
CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...
LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
350 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING....BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING TO 15 TO 25
MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN LESS THAN ONE INCH...THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH
THE STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30
DEGREES BELOW ZERO.


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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE
WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR
EXPOSED SKIN.  THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS.  THOSE
PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE
THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

$$

IAZ002-003-013-150600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0012.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN
350 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE LITTLE
ACCUMULATION...THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN
BLOWING SNOW. FALLING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL RESULT IN WIND
CHILLS DROPPING TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE
WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR
EXPOSED SKIN.  THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS.  THOSE
PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE
THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

$$

IAZ014-021-022-031-032-NEZ014-150600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0012.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY
350 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE
LIGHT AND ONLY ACCUMULATE TO ONE INCH AT MOST...THERE WILL BE SOME
AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. FALLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT
WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE
WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR
EXPOSED SKIN.  THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS.  THOSE
PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE
THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

$$

BT
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 150312
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
912 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

.ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE
ACROSS FAR SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE
WESTERN GREAT LAKES SHIFTS NORTHEAST. STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE
WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40
BELOW ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.

SDZ038>040-050-052>060-063-064-151115-
/O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.EXT.KFSD.WC.W.0004.081215T0300Z-081216T0000Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-
MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...
MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
912 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM CST MONDAY. 

SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT...HOWEVER STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE
AREA OF BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. WIND CHILLS OF
30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS
WILL MARGINALLY IMPROVE TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS DECREASE. 

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ071-072-151115-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081216T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL
912 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH PREVIOUS SNOWFALL
AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
IN ADDITION...THE SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WINDS CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO THROUGH MONDAY.

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.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ080-089-097-098-SDZ061-062-151115-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081216T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS
912 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING....THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL...THERE
WILL BE SOME AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. THE
SUBZERO TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING. 

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.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ081-090-151115-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WC.W.0004.081215T0600Z-081216T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD
912 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING
TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THROUGH MIDNIGHT
RESULTING IN AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. IN
ADDITION...SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WITH THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.

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.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-NEZ013-SDZ065>071-151115-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WC.Y.0012.081215T0600Z-081216T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-DIXON-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...
CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...
LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
912 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING....THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE TO
20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
TO BE MINIMAL...THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN
BLOWING SNOW. THE SUBZERO TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE
WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR
EXPOSED SKIN.  THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS.  THOSE
PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE
THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-031-032-NEZ014-151115-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WC.Y.0012.081215T0600Z-081216T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
DAKOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY
912 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING....THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE
TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL...THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. THE SUBZERO TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35
DEGREES BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE
WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR
EXPOSED SKIN.  THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS.  THOSE
PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE
THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

$$

BT
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 150610
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1210 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008

STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY.

MNZ071-072-151415-
/O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL
1210 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE SUBZERO TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE
BITTERLY COLD WINDS CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THROUGH
MONDAY.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ061-062-151415-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS
1210 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE SUBZERO TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ065>071-151415-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...
CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...
LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1210 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE SUBZERO TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE
WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR
EXPOSED SKIN.  THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS.  THOSE
PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE
THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

$$

SDZ038>040-050-052>060-063-064-151415-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-
MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...
MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
1210 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS COMBINED WITH BITTERLY COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL MARGINALLY IMPROVE TO AROUND 30 BELOW
ZERO BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS DECREASE.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 4:01 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock32 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2008Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2008Every blizzard warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.