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Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

December 19, 20084 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Dec 19, 2008, 4:08 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 20, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 33 hr. 46 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 2008, 4:08 PM CST (22:08 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 20, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 21, 2008, 3:00 PM CST
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 45 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 16 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 20, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 0.7Huron, SD
Dec 20, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 1Chamberlain, SD
Dec 20, 6:15 AM CSTSNOW 34 N Currie, MN
Dec 20, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 0.8Pickstown, SD
Dec 20, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.3White Lake, SD
Dec 20, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 31 Ne Worthington, MN
Dec 20, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 3.22 Ne Lakefield, MN
Dec 20, 7:00 AM CSTSNOW 45 Ne Sibley, IA
Dec 20, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.9Sioux Falls, SD
Dec 20, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 2Rock Valley, IA
Dec 20, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 2Yankton, SD
Dec 20, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 2.5Ocheyedan, IA
Dec 20, 8:40 AM CSTSNOW 1.8Wall Lake, SD
Dec 20, 8:54 AM CSTSNOW 4Pipestone, MN
Dec 20, 8:54 AM CSTSNOW 4.5Tracy, MN
Dec 20, 9:00 AM CSTSNOW 0.58 Ssw Herrick, SD
Dec 20, 9:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.6Wessington Springs, SD
Dec 20, 9:00 AM CSTSNOW 27 Wsw Garretson, SD
Dec 20, 9:00 AM CSTSNOW 2Ne Marion, SD
Dec 20, 9:00 AM CSTSNOW 2Nne Viborg, SD
Dec 20, 9:00 AM CSTSNOW 2.33 Ese Sioux Falls, SD
Dec 20, 9:00 AM CSTSNOW 2.51 Sw Brookings, SD
Dec 20, 9:00 AM CSTSNOW 313 Ne Brookings, SD
Dec 20, 9:00 AM CSTSNOW 35 Nw Montrose, SD
Dec 20, 9:00 AM CSTSNOW 4.51 N Spencer, IA
Dec 20, 9:40 AM CSTSNOW 6Ivanhoe, MN
Dec 20, 9:42 AM CSTSNOW 6Marshall, MN
Dec 20, 9:44 AM CSTSNOW 3Luverne, MN
Dec 20, 9:45 AM CSTSNOW 4Jackson, MN
Dec 20, 9:50 AM CSTSNOW 0.5Cherokee, IA
Dec 20, 9:53 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Orange City, IA
Dec 20, 9:56 AM CSTSNOW 1Sheldon, IA
Dec 20, 10:12 AM CSTSNOW 0.8Sioux City, IA
Dec 20, 3:03 PM CSTSNOW 6Ivanhoe, MNEVENT TOTAL
Dec 20, 3:23 PM CSTSNOW 6Marshall, MNEVENT TOTAL
Dec 20, 3:25 PM CSTSNOW 6Slayton, MNEVENT TOTAL
Dec 20, 3:27 PM CSTSNOW 6Windom, MNEVENT TOTAL
Dec 20, 3:30 PM CSTSNOW 515 Nne Windom, MNCOMFREY...COUNTY DEPUTY...EVENT TOTAL
Dec 20, 3:34 PM CSTSNOW 7Worthington, MNEVENT TOTAL
Dec 20, 3:37 PM CSTSNOW 5Jackson, MNEVENT TOTAL
Dec 20, 3:39 PM CSTSNOW 7Sibley, IAEVENT TOTAL
Dec 20, 3:41 PM CSTSNOW 5Spirit Lake, IAEVENT TOTAL
Dec 20, 3:47 PM CSTSNOW 3Spencer, IAEVENT TOTAL
Dec 20, 3:52 PM CSTSNOW 3Cherokee, IAEVENT TOTAL
Dec 20, 4:14 PM CSTSNOW 4Hardwick, MN
Dec 20, 4:30 PM CSTSNOW 2.3Sioux Falls, SDEVENT TOTAL

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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2008-12-19Temperature 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 2008-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 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 192208
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
408 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

.ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL GIVE THE AREA MORE SNOWFALL AS
THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...LINGERING INTO SATURDAY BUT TAPERING OFF
FROM WEST TO EAST. WHAT WILL FOLLOW THE SNOWFALL IS VERY STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS. THE NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH...BUT COULD THEN MODESTLY
DECREASE SOME SATURDAY EVENING. HOWEVER LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY MORNING...MORE STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THIS AREA ONCE
AGAIN INCREASING THE SPEEDS TO A WIDESPREAD 25 TO 40 MPH. WITH THE
SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND THE FLUFFY SNOW ALREADY IN PLACE FOR
MUCH OF THIS AREA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PROGRESS
EASTWARD ON SATURDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED OR GREATLY RESTRICTED TO SHORT
DISTANCES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE BLOWING SNOW
AND WIND...TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY COLD BEHIND THE FRONT THIS
WEEKEND. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL REACH 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO
THROUGH THIS ENTIRE REGION BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING.

SDZ050-057-063-068-069-200615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0003.081220T1200Z-081221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1200Z-081221T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T0600Z-081220T1200Z/
GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...TYNDALL...
SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
408 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO
SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED.
AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL MOVE THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...GREATLY INCREASING THE NORTHWEST
WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH A GOOD
PORTION OF THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER MODESTLY LIGHTER WINDS COULD OCCUR
SATURDAY EVENING. THESE KINDS OF WIND SPEEDS WILL CREATE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD
WIND CHILLS WILL FOLLOW...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 30
BELOW TO 40 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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.

$$

SDZ038-052-053-058>060-064-065-200615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0003.081220T1200Z-081221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1200Z-081221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T0600Z-081220T1200Z/
BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP
408 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...

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

ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO
SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED.
AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL MOVE THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY...GREATLY INCREASING THE NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO
40 MPH WHICH WILL REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE
WEEKEND. HOWEVER MODESTLY LIGHTER WINDS COULD OCCUR SATURDAY
EVENING. THESE KINDS OF WIND SPEEDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL
FOLLOW...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-066-067-200615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0003.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T0900Z-081220T1800Z/
LYON-ROCK-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
TURNER-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG
408 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM
CST SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM CST
SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM CST
SATURDAY. 

ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT AND LINGER
INTO MIDDAY SATURDAY. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS
EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
THE SMALLER AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND CLOSER TO I 90. AS THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL MOVE THROUGH SATURDAY...
GREATLY INCREASING THE NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL
REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER
MODESTLY LIGHTER WINDS COULD OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING. THESE KINDS
OF WIND SPEEDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL FOLLOW...WITH WIND
CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-200615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0003.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T0900Z-081220T1800Z/
SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...
SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
408 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM CST
SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM
CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER
INTO MIDDAY SATURDAY. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL
OCCUR. AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL MOVE
THROUGH ON SATURDAY...GREATLY INCREASING THE NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25
TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE
WEEKEND. HOWEVER MODESTLY LIGHTER WINDS COULD OCCUR SATURDAY
EVENING. THESE KINDS OF WIND SPEEDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL
FOLLOW...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ013-014-021-022-032-200615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0003.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T1200Z-081220T1800Z/
OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK
408 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM CST
SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM
CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH
SATURDAY. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR. AS THE
SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER SATURDAY...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL MOVE 
THROUGH...GREATLY INCREASING THE NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH
WHICH WILL REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE WEEKEND.
HOWEVER MODESTLY LIGHTER WINDS COULD OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING. THESE
KINDS OF WIND SPEEDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL FOLLOW...WITH
WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-200615-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0003.081220T2100Z-081221T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T1200Z-081220T1800Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
408 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO
12 PM CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER
THROUGH SATURDAY. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL
OCCUR...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. SMALLER
AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND IN THE IOWA GREAT LAKES REGION. AS THE SNOW
SUBSIDES LATER SATURDAY...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL MOVE THROUGH...
GREATLY INCREASING THE NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL
REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER
MODESTLY LIGHTER WINDS COULD OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING. THESE KINDS
OF WIND SPEEDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL FOLLOW...WITH WIND
CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY.

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.


$$
 MJF
10 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 200316
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
916 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

.ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD TONIGHT
INTO SATURDAY...BRINGING AN INCREASE IN SNOWFALL AS THE NIGHT
PROGRESSES. THE SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...TAPERING
OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. WHAT WILL FOLLOW THE SNOWFALL IS VERY
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THE NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH...BUT COULD THEN MODESTLY
DECREASE SOME SATURDAY EVENING. HOWEVER LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY MORNING...MORE STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THIS AREA ONCE
AGAIN INCREASING THE SPEEDS TO A WIDESPREAD 25 TO 40 MPH. WITH THE
SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND THE FLUFFY SNOW ALREADY IN PLACE FOR
MUCH OF THIS AREA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PROGRESS
EASTWARD ON SATURDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED OR GREATLY RESTRICTED TO SHORT
DISTANCES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE BLOWING SNOW
AND WIND...TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY COLD BEHIND THE FRONT THIS
WEEKEND. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL REACH 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO
THROUGH THIS ENTIRE REGION BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-201130-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1200Z-081221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T0600Z-081220T1200Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
916 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM
CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM
CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 AM CST SATURDAY. 

ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO
SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS
EXPECTED. AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL MOVE
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...GREATLY INCREASING THE
NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL REMAIN THAT WAY
THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER MODESTLY LIGHTER
WINDS COULD OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING. THESE KINDS OF WIND SPEEDS
WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL FOLLOW...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES
FALLING TO 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-
066-067-070-071-201130-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T0900Z-081220T1800Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-
UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...
HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
916 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 12 PM
CST SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM
TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY. 

ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO
MIDDAY SATURDAY. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS
EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
THE SMALLER AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND CLOSER TO I 90. AS THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING...
GREATLY INCREASING THE NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL
REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER
MODESTLY LIGHTER WINDS COULD OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING. THESE KINDS
OF WIND SPEEDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL FOLLOW...WITH WIND
CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ013-014-021-022-032-201130-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T1200Z-081220T1800Z/
OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK
916 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM
CST SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY. 

SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH
SATURDAY. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR. AS THE
SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER SATURDAY...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL MOVE
THROUGH...GREATLY INCREASING THE NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH
WHICH WILL REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE WEEKEND.
HOWEVER MODESTLY LIGHTER WINDS COULD OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING.
THESE KINDS OF WIND SPEEDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW
WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL FOLLOW...
WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-201130-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T2100Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T1200Z-081220T1800Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
916 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 12 PM
CST SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM
CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM
CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY. 

ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER
THROUGH SATURDAY. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL
OCCUR...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. SMALLER
AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND IN THE IOWA GREAT LAKES REGION. AS THE SNOW
SUBSIDES LATER SATURDAY...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL MOVE
THROUGH... GREATLY INCREASING THE NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH
WHICH WILL REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE WEEKEND.
HOWEVER MODESTLY LIGHTER WINDS COULD OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING.
THESE KINDS OF WIND SPEEDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW
WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL FOLLOW...
WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 200456
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1056 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

.ANOTHER STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD TONIGHT
INTO SATURDAY...BRINGING AN INCREASE IN SNOWFALL AS THE NIGHT
PROGRESSES. THE SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. WHAT WILL FOLLOW THE SNOWFALL IS
VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THE NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH...BUT COULD THEN
MODESTLY DECREASE SOME SATURDAY EVENING. HOWEVER LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...MORE STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THIS
AREA ONCE AGAIN INCREASING THE SPEEDS TO A WIDESPREAD 25 TO
40 MPH. WITH THE SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND THE FLUFFY SNOW
ALREADY IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THIS AREA...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
LIKELY PROGRESS EASTWARD ON SATURDAY WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN
THE COUNTRY. TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED OR GREATLY RESTRICTED TO
SHORT DISTANCES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE
BLOWING SNOW AND WIND...TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY COLD BEHIND THE
FRONT THIS WEEKEND. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL REACH 25 BELOW TO
40 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS ENTIRE REGION BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY MORNING.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-201300-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1200Z-081221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T0600Z-081220T1200Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
1056 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM
CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM
CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 AM CST SATURDAY. 

ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO
SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS
EXPECTED. AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL MOVE
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...GREATLY INCREASING THE
NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH WILL REMAIN THAT WAY
THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER MODESTLY LIGHTER
WINDS COULD OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING. THESE KINDS OF WIND SPEEDS
WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL FOLLOW...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES
FALLING TO 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-
066-067-070-071-201300-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T0600Z-081220T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-
UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...
HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1056 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
SATURDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM
SATURDAY TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR BY
MIDNIGHT...WITH SNOWFALL OF A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH AN HOUR
POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL SHOULD LINGER THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH 3
TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION LIKELY. FOLLOWING THE
SNOWFALL...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE AROUND MID
MORNING WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LIKELY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO A
QUARTER MILE OR LESS.

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.

$$

IAZ013-014-021-022-032-201300-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T1000Z-081220T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK
1056 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 12 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO
12 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 12 PM
CST SATURDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM
SATURDAY TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH
SATURDAY. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR. AS THE
SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER SATURDAY...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL MOVE
THROUGH...GREATLY INCREASING THE NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH
WHICH WILL REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE WEEKEND.
HOWEVER MODESTLY LIGHTER WINDS COULD OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING.
THESE KINDS OF WIND SPEEDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW
WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL FOLLOW...
 WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-201300-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T1000Z-081220T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T2100Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
1056 PM CST FRI DEC 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 12 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM
CST SUNDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 12 PM
CST SATURDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM
SATURDAY TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. 

ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL MOVE EASTWARD LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER
THROUGH SATURDAY. TOTAL NEW SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL
OCCUR...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. SMALLER
AMOUNTS WILL BE FOUND IN THE IOWA GREAT LAKES REGION. AS THE SNOW
SUBSIDES LATER SATURDAY...A COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL MOVE
THROUGH... GREATLY INCREASING THE NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH
WHICH WILL REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF THE WEEKEND.
HOWEVER MODESTLY LIGHTER WINDS COULD OCCUR SATURDAY EVENING.
THESE KINDS OF WIND SPEEDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW
WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL FOLLOW...
 WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 200945
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
345 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW AHEAD THIS FRONT SHOULD TAPER OFF BY MID
MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED EAST
OF INTERSTATE 29...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH TO THE WEST. BEHIND THE
FRONT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE
WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS INTO SUNDAY.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-201745-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1200Z-081221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T1200Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
345 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF LESS THAN AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS
MORNING. HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED
WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER
WINDS THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A
SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR MOVES IN. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
THROUGH OUT THE DAY WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 25 BELOW.
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-
066-067-070-071-201745-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T1800Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-
UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...
HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
345 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST
SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TODAY. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW OF AN INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 40 MPH SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA BY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH
WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THERE COULD BE A
BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL
QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR MOVES IN.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH WIND CHILLS
DROPPING TO 25 BELOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ013-014-021-022-032-201745-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T1000Z-081220T1800Z/
OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK
345 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST
SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TODAY. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW OF AN INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 40 MPH SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA BY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH
WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THERE COULD BE A
BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL
QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR MOVES IN.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH WIND CHILLS
DROPPING TO 25 BELOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-201745-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T2100Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.081220T1000Z-081220T1800Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
345 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TODAY. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 40 MPH SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA BY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
INTO SUNDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW
COVER WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING
TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER
WINDS THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A
SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR MOVES IN. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 25 BELOW BY MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW
CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 201202
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
602 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW AHEAD THIS FRONT SHOULD TAPER OFF BY MID
MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED EAST OF INTERSTATE 29...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH TO THE
WEST. BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH
WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILLS INTO SUNDAY.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-202015-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T1200Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
602 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. 

ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF LESS THAN AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS
MORNING. HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS...
COMBINED WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF
MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE COULD BE A
BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL
QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR MOVES IN.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH OUT THE DAY WITH WIND CHILLS
DROPPING TO 25 BELOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40
BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-
066-067-070-071-202015-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T1800Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-
UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...
HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
602 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST
SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TODAY. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW OF AN INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 40 MPH SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA BY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED
WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THERE COULD BE A
BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS
WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR MOVES
IN. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH WIND CHILLS
DROPPING TO 25 BELOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ013-014-021-022-032-202015-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T1800Z/
OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK
602 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST
SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TODAY. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW OF AN INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 40 MPH SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA BY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED
WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THERE COULD BE A
BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS
WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR MOVES
IN. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH WIND CHILLS
DROPPING TO 25 BELOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-202015-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T2100Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T1800Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
602 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TODAY. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 40 MPH SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA BY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH
WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF
PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL
QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR MOVES IN.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH WIND CHILLS
DROPPING TO 25 BELOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 201758
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1158 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

.STRONG WINDS AND BITTER ARCTIC AIR WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA 
THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED 
THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH SEVERAL
INCHES OF LOOSE SNOW. FALLING SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
PART OF NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE...BUT EVEN WITHOUT NEW SNOWFALL VISIBILITIES WILL
FREQUENTLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO AS THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25
TO 40 MPH CREATES BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH BITTERLY COLD
WIND CHILLS.

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-
066-067-070-071-210200-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-
UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...
HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1158 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW OF LESS THAN AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY
MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER
WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO
LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THIS EVENING
INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER
WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG
WINDS WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR
MOVES IN. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON WITH
WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 25 BELOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ013-014-021-022-032-210200-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T1800Z/
OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK
1158 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW OF AN INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA BY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH
WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THERE COULD BE A
BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL
QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR MOVES IN.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILLS
DROPPING TO 25 BELOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.

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.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-210200-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081220T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.081220T1800Z-081221T2100Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
1158 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY. 

ADDITIONAL SNOW OF LESS THAN 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA BY MID AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH
WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF
PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL
QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR MOVES IN.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH WIND CHILLS
DROPPING TO 25 BELOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY.

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.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-210200-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
1158 AM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY. 

LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 40 MPH CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE
STRONG WINDS... COMBINED WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW COVER WILL PRODUCE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO LESS THAN ONE
HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE COULD
BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT
STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER
AIR MOVES IN. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH OUT THE DAY WITH WIND
CHILLS DROPPING TO 25 BELOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW
TO 40 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 202159
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
359 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

.STRONG WINDS AND BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST ACROSS
THE AREA INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD
TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS HIGH
PRESSURE SETTLES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...HOWEVER...BITTERLY
COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057-058-063-064-068-210600-
/O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.W.0005.081220T2159Z-081221T1800Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...TYNDALL...
SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR
359 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE
BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER
WINDS EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP
AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD. THE BLIZZARD
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED...HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE PRODUCE AREAS
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN
AREAS...WHICH MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 25 TO 40
BELOW ZERO.

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.

$$

SDZ059-060-065-069-210600-
/O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1800Z/
DAVISON-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...YANKTON
359 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS EARLY
THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A
SECONDARY SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD. STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING
VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 25 TO
40 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>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-
054>056-061-062-066-067-070-071-210600-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1800Z/
LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-
MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
359 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS EARLY THIS
EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY
SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES...
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO FALL TONIGHT WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 25 TO 40 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.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-210600-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T2100Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
359 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS EARLY THIS
EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY
SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 25 TO
40 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.

$$
LIEBL
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 210246
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
846 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

.STRONG WINDS AND BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST ACROSS
THE AREA INTO SUNDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...
HOWEVER...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT.

SDZ059-060-065-069-211100-
/O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KFSD.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081221T1800Z/
DAVISON-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...YANKTON
846 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE
BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS THAT APPROACH 40 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES. THIS CAN
CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED FLESH IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. WHILE THE
BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...SO PLEASE PROCEED WITH
CAUTION OF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY TONIGHT.

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>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-
054>056-061-062-066-067-070-071-211100-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1800Z/
LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-
MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
846 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS EARLY
THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A
SECONDARY SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD. STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...
REDUCING VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT WITH WIND CHILLS
DROPPING TO 25 TO 40 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.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-211100-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T2100Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
846 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER WINDS EARLY
THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP AS A
SECONDARY SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD. STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...
REDUCING VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT WITH WIND CHILLS
DROPPING TO 25 TO 40 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.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057-058-063-064-068-211100-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081221T1800Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...TYNDALL...
SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR
846 PM CST SAT DEC 20 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHTER
WINDS EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY
REDEVELOP AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD. THE
BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO
LONGER EXPECTED...HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE PRODUCE
AREAS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN
AREAS...WHICH MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 25 TO
40 BELOW ZERO.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 210945
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
345 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS...DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...IN OPEN AREAS TODAY...MAINLY
ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO
PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ACROSS
THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY...WITH THE WIND GRADUALLY BECOMING LIGHT
AND VARIABLE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT.

SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-066-067-211745-
/O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081222T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG
345 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD
WIND CHILLS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW TODAY. THE WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING...HOWVER...WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN
NEAR 30 BELOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME LIGHT AND
VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

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.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-211745-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.W.0006.081221T2100Z-081222T0600Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T2100Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
345 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FRESH SNOW
COVER...TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS TODAY. THESE
STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30
BELOW TO 40 BELOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WIND SHOULD BECOME
LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

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.

$$

IAZ001-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-
211745-
/O.EXB.KFSD.WC.W.0005.081221T1800Z-081222T0600Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1800Z/
LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
345 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

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

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FRESH SNOW
COVER...TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS THIS MORNING.
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF
25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE WIND SHOULD BECOME
LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

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>060-063>065-068-069-211745-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
345 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

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

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 


STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD
WIND CHILLS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW TODAY. THE WINDS WILL BECOME
LIGHT AND VARIABLE DURING THE 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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 211738
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1138 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS THIS 
AFTERNOON...ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST
IOWA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND
CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE WIND GRADUALLY BECOMING LIGHT AND 
VARIABLE ACROSS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT.

IAZ001-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-
220145-
/O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0005.081221T1800Z-081222T0600Z/
LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1138 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A WIND CHILL
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY
DROPPING TO 1 TO 3 MILES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW INTO THIS EVENING.
THE WIND SHOULD BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-220145-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T2100Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0006.081221T2100Z-081222T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
1138 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FRESH
SNOW COVER TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS.
VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY BE LESS THAN 1/2 MILE.
THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 30
BELOW TO 40 BELOW INTO THIS EVENING. THE WIND SHOULD BECOME LIGHT AND
VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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>060-063>065-068-069-220000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
1138 AM CST SUN DEC 21 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 NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD
WIND CHILLS OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE
WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE DURING THE 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.

$$

SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-066-067-220145-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081222T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG
1138 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD
WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS
EVENING...HOWEVER...WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN NEAR 20 TO 30 BELOW
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE WINDS SHOULD BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 212105
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
305 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING...BEFORE DROPPING OFF TO 5 TO 15 MPH OR LESS BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...BUT
VISIBILITIES WILL GENERALLY BE GREATER THAN 1 TO 3 MILES THROUGH
THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL GENERALLY BE 20 TO 35 BELOW
INTO THIS EVENING...AND WILL NOT BE GETTING ANY WORSE OVERNIGHT
DESPITE THE COLD OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED DUE TO THE
LIGHTER WIND SPEEDS.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-212215-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
305 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND CHILL WARNING. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED TO 15 TO 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE INTO THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE NOW 15 TO 25
BELOW...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MODERATE.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-220300-
/O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081221T2100Z/
/O.EXT.KFSD.WC.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081222T0300Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
305 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WIND CHILL
WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING...BEFORE DROPPING OFF TO 5 TO 15 MPH OR LESS BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...BUT
VISIBILITIES WILL GENERALLY BE GREATER THAN 1 TO 3 MILES THROUGH
THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL GENERALLY BE 25 TO 35 BELOW
INTO THIS EVENING...BUT WILL NOT BE GETTING ANY WORSE OVERNIGHT
DESPITE THE COLD OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED DUE TO THE
LIGHTER WIND SPEEDS.

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.

$$

SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-066-067-220000-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081222T0000Z/
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG
305 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

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

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE
DROPPING OFF TO LESS THAN 10 MPH BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...BUT VISIBILITIES WILL
GENERALLY BE GREATER THAN 2 TO 4 MILES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WIND
CHILL VALUES WILL GENERALLY BE 20 TO 30 BELOW INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING...BUT WILL NOT BE GETTING ANY WORSE OVERNIGHT DESPITE THE
COLD OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED DUE TO THE LIGHTER WIND
SPEEDS.

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>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-
220300-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WC.W.0005.000000T0000Z-081222T0300Z/
LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
305 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2008

...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING...BEFORE DROPPING OFF TO 5 TO 15 MPH OR LESS BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...BUT
VISIBILITIES WILL GENERALLY BE GREATER THAN 1 TO 3 MILES THROUGH
THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL GENERALLY BE 25 TO 35 BELOW
INTO THIS EVENING...BUT WILL NOT BE GETTING ANY WORSE OVERNIGHT
DESPITE THE COLD OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED DUE TO THE
LIGHTER WIND SPEEDS.

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 19, 4:25 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more32 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2008Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 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.