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Snow Advisory 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

February 3, 20084 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this snow advisory at Feb 3, 2008, 3:51 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 4, 2008, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 3, 2008, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 4, 2008, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 4, 2008, 12:14 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 31 counties

Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson 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, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-02-03Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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 032151
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
351 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER COLORADO WILL PUSH ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT...THEN MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST ON MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON MONDAY EVENING AS
THE LOW PRESSURE MOVES OFF INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION.

IAZ001>003-012>014-020-021-031-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
NEZ013-014-SDZ040-055-056-061-062-065>071-040600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.080204T1000Z-080205T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
WOODBURY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
DIXON-DAKOTA-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...
MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...
SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
351 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. 

SNOW WILL BEGIN TO PUSH INTO SOUTHERN AREAS AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...THEN SPREAD TO THE NORTH AND EAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY OVER THE ENTIRE AREA ON
MONDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...TO 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER
NORTHWESTERN IOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 040338
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
938 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER COLORADO WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS ON MONDAY...AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION MONDAY
NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
AND MONDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF MONDAY NIGHT.

IAZ022-032-041145-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.080204T1000Z-080205T0000Z/
BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK
938 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY. 

MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SLEET OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP AROUND THE STORM LAKE VICINITY LATE TONIGHT.
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION COULD LAST IN THIS AREA INTO THE MID
MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW. ALL TOLD THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL...PRECEDED BY A
LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020-021-031-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
NEZ013-014-SDZ040-055-056-061-062-065>071-041145-
/O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.080204T1000Z-080205T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
WOODBURY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
DIXON-DAKOTA-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...
MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...
SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
938 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. 

SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP OVER THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY
GRADUALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN SPREAD NORTH AND EAST LATE TONIGHT
AND MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA...TO 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET COULD PRECEDE THE SNOW. THE ACCUMULATING
SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF MONDAY NIGHT.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$
 MJF
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 040934
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
334 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN KANSAS THIS MORNING...WILL MOVE OVER
SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA TO NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TODAY...TAPERING
OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATER TODAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OF 4 TO
6 INCHES SHOULD OCCUR FROM EASTERN PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA TO
SOUTHERN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

IAZ001>003-012>014-020-021-031-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
NEZ013-014-SDZ040-055-056-061-062-065>071-041745-
/O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.080204T1000Z-080205T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
WOODBURY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
DIXON-DAKOTA-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...
MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...
SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
334 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TO NORTHWEST
IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES SHOULD BE SOUTHEAST OF LINE FROM MARSHALL
MINNESOTA TO SIOUX FALLS TO SPRINGFIELD SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH MUCH
OF THIS SNOWFALL OCCURRING THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
JUST TO THE WEST OF THIS AREA...2 TO 3 INCHES SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
TODAY.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

IAZ022-032-041745-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.080204T1000Z-080205T0000Z/
BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK
334 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF
LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE SNOW COULD MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN
THROUGH MID MORNING. GENERALLY 3 TO 5 INCHES SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$
RSR
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 041215
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
615 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN KANSAS THIS MORNING...WILL MOVE OVER
SOUTHEAST IOWA THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA TO NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...
TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST IN THE AREA LATER TODAY.
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES SHOULD OCCUR FROM EASTERN
PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA TO SOUTHERN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ065-068>071-041800-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080205T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080204T1800Z/
PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...
TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
615 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE
SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

AREAS OF SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG
THIS MORNING...MAKING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. UP TO 2 INCHES
OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

IAZ001-012-013-021-MNZ098-SDZ055-061-062-066-067-041800-
/O.EXT.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080204T1800Z/
LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CHEROKEE-ROCK-LAKE-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...CHEROKEE...LUVERNE...MADISON...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG
615 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THE MORNING...BEFORE BECOMING VERY
LIGHT BY NOONTIME. SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SOME
FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE BY NOON.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

IAZ002-003-014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-SDZ040-056-042015-
/O.EXT.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080204T2100Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-
JACKSON-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...
FLANDREAU
615 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THE REST OF TODAY...BUT SHOULD TAPER
OFF TO LIGHT SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS
EXPECTED. 

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

IAZ022-032-041800-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080204T1800Z/
BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK
615 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SOME
FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$
RSR
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 041609
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1009 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

.SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...IN A BAND
FROM SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR SIOUX FALLS...THROUGH EXTREME
NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. SOUTH
OF THIS BAND...PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF
FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND AS SNOW TAPERS OFF IN
THE BAND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS LIKELY
TO DEVELOP AS FAR NORTH AS INTERSTATE 90.

IAZ012-013-021-042200-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080204T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080204T2200Z/
SIOUX-OBRIEN-CHEROKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...
HARTLEY...SANBORN...CHEROKEE
1009 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SOME AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF ALONG AND NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 18 MID TO LATE MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
LESS THAN AN INCH. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TO THE
SOUTH WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

IAZ014-042200-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080204T2100Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080204T2200Z/
CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPENCER
1009 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LITTLE OR NO
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AS THE
MAIN BAND OF SNOWFALL HAS LIFTED TO THE NORTH.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ089-090-042200-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.080204T1900Z-080204T2200Z/
/O.EXT.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080204T1900Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
1009 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE...AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES NORTH OF A LINE
FROM SIBLEY TO JACKSON THROUGH MIDDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD
REACH 3 TO 6 INCHES...SLIGHTLY LOWER NEAR THE IOWA GREAT LAKES.
HOWEVER...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL START TO DEVELOP AS SNOW TAPERS
OFF DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
THE DAY.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ061-062-066-067-042200-
/O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.080204T1800Z-080204T2200Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080204T1800Z/
LYON-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...
HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
1009 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING...BUT WILL
TAPER OFF MARKEDLY BETWEEN 1030 AM AND NOON FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG
AN AXIS FROM PARKER TO HARRISBURG TO LUVERNE. AREAS OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP AS SNOW TAPERS OFF...AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-055-056-042200-
/O.EXT.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080204T2200Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU
1009 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

SNOW WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THE REST OF TODAY...BUT SHOULD TAPER
OFF TO LIGHT SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS
EXPECTED.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

IAZ022-032-042200-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080204T2200Z/
BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK
1009 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
UNTREATED SURFACES COULD BECOME SLICK WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF
ICE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ065-068>071-042200-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080204T2200Z/
PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...
TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1009 AM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH MUCH
OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL PERSIST LATE MORNING
AROUND BON HOMME AND HUTCHINSON COUNTY...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

CHAPMAN
000 
WWUS43 KFSD 041814
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1214 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008

.SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TAPER OFF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINIMAL...PERHAPS UP TO A HALF
INCH IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. HOWEVER...OCCASIONAL FREEZING
DRIZZLE WILL BECOME MORE PREVALENT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE
29.

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-055-056-042200-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080204T2200Z/
/O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080204T2200Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU
1214 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LINGERING LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON... WITH AREAS OF FLURRIES AND FREEZING DRIZZLE EXPECTED
TO TAKE OVER BY MID AFTERNOON. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED...WITH A HALF INCH OR LESS. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
IS EXPECTED.|

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

IAZ002-003-MNZ089-090-042200-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080204T1900Z/
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.080204T1814Z-080204T2200Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
1214 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
SNOW ADVISORY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DWINDLE NORTH OF A LINE FROM
SIBLEY TO JACKSON EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP
AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD BE FROM
2 TO 5 INCHES...LOWEST NEAR THE IOWA GREAT LAKES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

IAZ021-022-032-041915-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080204T2200Z/
CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...
HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK
1214 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON...LIMITING
THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FREEZING DRIZZLE. 

$$

IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ061-062-066-067-042200-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080204T1800Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080204T2200Z/
LYON-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...
HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
1214 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...SNOW ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

LINGERING PATCHES OF LIGHT SNOW WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL
DWINDLE ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA MIDDAY...WITH AREAS OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE PREVALENT. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE
SHOULD TAPER OFF BY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

IAZ012>014-042200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080204T2200Z/
SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...
HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER
1214 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ065-068>071-042200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080204T2200Z/
PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...
TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1214 PM CST MON FEB 4 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH MUCH
OF THE AFTERNOON. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

CHAPMAN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Feb 3, 3:15 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 3:15 PM CST, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
315 PM CST SUN FEB 3 2008

.DISCUSSION...
FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY...TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY CONSTANT
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WITH CLOUDS AND DEWPOINTS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
QUICKLY THIS EVENING. ALREADY SEEING SOME 30 DEW POINTS UP THE JAMES
VALLEY...WITH LOW TO MID 20S ELSEWHERE. WILL FOLLOW THE 925MB TEMP
FAIRLY CLOSELY THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS SYSTEM WRAPS UP. THIS
MEANS GOING ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND NEAR OR
SLIGHTLY BELOW TOMORROW.

THE 18Z NAM COMING MORE IN LINE DYNAMICALLY WITH THE 12Z GFS....AND
WILL HIT SNOWFALL HARDEST FROM JUST SOUTH OF FSD TO JUST NORTH OF
SUX...NORTHEAST INTO NW IA AND SW MN. NAM QPF ALSO MUCH MORE IN LINE
WITH DYNAMICS AND 12Z GFS AS 12Z NAM SEEMED A LITTLE TOO FAR NORTH
WITH QPF...WHICH WAS WELL NORTH OF THE SUPPORTIVE DYNAMICS. NAM SREF
OUTPUT WAS OF LITTLE HELP AS IT ALSO POINTED TOWARDS PUTTING HEAVIER
SNOW NORTH OF THE MAIN DYNAMICS FROM EACH MODEL.

SO...DYNAMICALLY...MID LEVEL FRONT LIFTS NORTH WITH A VENGEANCE LATE
TONIGHT COUPLED WITH A TON OF INSTABILITY. THE 700-500MB LAPSE RATES
AROUND 8 DEGREES C AND THE 850-750MB LIS ADVECTING INTO NW IA
AROUND ZERO. MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CWA WILL LIKELY SEE SOME
PRECIPITATION...JUST A MATTER OF WHERE HEAVIEST BAND SETS UP AND
WHEN THIS PRECIP WILL FALL. ECMWF HAS LESS PRECIPITATION AND ALMOST
SPLITS THE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF QPF LOCATION. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
SIMILAR WITH BOUNDARY LOCATION CLOSER TO THE GFS.

SO...THINKING THAT AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP IN CENTRAL
NEBRASKA TONIGHT...THEN SHIFT NORTH/NORTHEAST INTO THE CWA BY
12Z...WITH AREAS FROM ABOUT MHE TO FSD TO SPW AND POINTS SOUTH
SEEING SNOW DEVELOP BEFORE 800 AM. MAY BE A BRIEF MIX...BUT SHOULD
FALL AS MAINLY SNOW...ESPECIALLY WITH POTENTIAL CONVECTIVE COMPONENT
INVOLVED FROM ABOUT 12-18Z WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES AND MID LEVEL LIS
NEAR ZERO. COULD SEE AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF AN HOUR SNOWFALL
RATES. QUESTION AFTER THE INITIAL PUNCH WILL BECOME WHETHER OR NOT
MID LEVEL DRY AIR WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CUT OFF PRECIPITATION OR
NOT. WILL LEAN TOWARDS MAINLY A SNOW THREAT TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WILL
GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A SNOW ADVISORY FOR A DECENT CHUNK OF THE CWA AND
MENTION AROUND 6 OVER PARTS OF SW MN AND NW IA.

FOR MON NGT WAS GOING TO GO FOR LGHT SNOW LINGERING...SORT OF WRAP
ARND TYPE...WITH THE BEST CHC OF SNOW AND BEST SHOT AT ADDNL LGT
ACCUMS N AND W. NEW 18Z NAM/NAM12 BRINGS A SECOND PRETTY DECENT WAVE
UP FOR MON EVE WHICH IT DIDNT HAVE BEFORE AND SUGGESTS A BETTER SNOW
THREAT SE. NOT SURE YET IF THIS WV CUD BRING ADDNL SIGNFCNT
ACCUM...BUT THIS SCENARIO FALLS IN LINE WITH SOME OF OUR THOUGHTS
THAT THE ERYR NAM RUNS HAVE BEEN TAKING TOO MUCH TOO FAR N AND LEAVG
OUR SRN EDGE WITH VERY LTL AFTER MON MRNG. WILL GO IN THE MIDDLE FOR
NOW...GOING WITH HI CHC TO LIKELY POPS OVER FCST AREA FOR MON NGT
AND TAKING THE LGT OUT OF THE SNOW BUT KEEPNG ADDNL ACCUMS RELTVLY
LGT. THIS SOLD CUD WAFFLE BACK WITH NGT RUN BUT EVEN SO LOOKS LIKE
BETTR CHC OL AT LEAST LINGRNG LGT SNOW THAN I WAS THINKNG ERYR. WE
WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS ONE.

EITHER WAY...TUE SHUD BRING A FEW AREAS OF LINGRNG LGT SNW OR FLRYS
SLWLY DCRG DURG THE DAY...WITH CLDS BEGINNING TO DCRS FROM THE N.
WITH COOLNG BUT NOT CLRNG MON NGT TEMPS WILL DROP ONLY
MODESTLY...BUT MAY RISE VERY LTL IF ANY TUE.

FOR WED THRU SUN...WILL KEEP MINISCULE CHC LGT SNW FOR WED NGT AS
MODELS STILL SHOW WEAK WV AND OCFNT PASSING OVER FCST AREA FROM THE
W. THEREAFTER...DRY WX WILL BE IN THE FCST WITH MDTLY COLD TEMPS
WARMNG OVER THE WEEKEND. HUGE QSTRNB ON DAY 7...NEXT MON...IN THAT
GFS AND AS FAR AS I CAN PROJECT THE ECMWF ALSO FROM ITS H168 FCST
BRING CDFNT AND SOME ACRTIC AIR DOWN FOR MON. THIS CUD WAFFLE ESPLY
THAT FAR AHD AND FOR NOW WILL KEEP THE RELTVLY MILD TEMPS OF THE
WEEKEND THRU MON...AS THE ERYR GUIDNCE WAS SHOWING.

&&

.AVIATION...
MOST SITES SHOULD QUICKLY FALL INTO IFR CIGS AND MVFR VISBYS THIS
EVENING...THEN SOME POTENTIAL FOR IFR VISBYS AFTER AVOUT 5Z.
SNOW...POSSIBLY BRIEFLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN...WILL MOVE INTO
THE AREA BETWEEN ABOUT 10Z AND 15Z. AN ABUNDANCE OF INSTABILITY WILL
LIKELY LEAD TOWARDS SNOWFALL RATES AT TIMES AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES
AND HOUR. FROM 12Z-00Z TOMORROW...LIFR CIGS AND VIBYS WILL BE LIKELY
AT TIMES IN FOG AND OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...SNW ADV 4AM TO 6PM MON SDZ040-054>056-059>062-065>067-068>071.
MN...SNW ADV 4AM TO 6PM MON ALL OF SWRN MN.
IA...SNW ADV 4AM TO 6PM MON IAZ001>003-012>014-020-021-031.
NE...SNW ADV 4AM TO 6PM MON NEZ013-014.

08/WILLIAMS
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 5:40 AM CST, 10 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
0540 AM CST SUN FEB 03 2008

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-041200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
0540 AM CST SUN FEB 03 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINTER WEATHER...
AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE REGION TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LIFT
NORTHEASTWARD ON MONDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO BE FAIRLY LIGHT...TOTALING LESS THAN TWO INCHES IN
MOST LOCATIONS. WARM AIR ALOFT ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA MAY LEAD TO
ADDITIONAL ICING ALONG A LINE FROM SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE. IF
YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS ON MONDAY...STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WINTER STORM.

WIND AND FOG...
AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL BE FOUND OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND
ADJACENT AREAS THIS MORNING. WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
VISIBILITY WHEN TRAVELING...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY.  HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
IOWA...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO
SPENCER IA WHERE FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE.
STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS
POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

BT

The office that day

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

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Sources

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