Alert archive / South Dakota / Snow Advisories in 2008
Snow Advisory 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 9:23 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Jackson | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.