Alert archive / South Dakota / Snow Advisories in 2008
Snow Advisory 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this snow advisory at Feb 10, 2008, 9:43 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 11, 2008, 3:33 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2008, 9:43 PM CST (03:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2008, 3:33 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2008, 3:11 AM CST
- In force
- 24 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 03:45 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1383 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 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 110343 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 943 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 .UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW PRESSURE...COUPLED WITH A VERY STRONG FRONT IN THE MID LEVELS...WILL BRING ABOUT A GENERAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY TO LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THIS FRONT COULD STALL AND CREATE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...NEAR THE DE SMET...BROOKINGS...HOWARD AND MADISON LOCATIONS. MNZ071-SDZ038>040-053>056-060-061-111145- /O.NEW.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.080211T1200Z-080212T0100Z/ LINCOLN-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- HANSON-MCCOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE 943 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM CST MONDAY. PERIODS OF FLURRIES AND PATCHY LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...BUT A MORE STEADY AND MEASURABLE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BROOKINGS...DE SMET...HOWARD AND MADISON LOCATIONS. BY MONDAY NIGHT...MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD SEE A FRESH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED LOCATIONS POSSIBLY RECEIVING AROUND 5 INCHES. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST O AROUND 25 MPH AT TIMES...CREATING LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ 08
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFSD 110933 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 333 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 .UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...AND INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITH THIS SYSTEM THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. SDZ052-057>059-064-065-111745- /O.EXB.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.080211T1400Z-080212T0000Z/ JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP 333 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-021-022-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ062- 066-067-111745- /O.EXB.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.080211T1600Z-080212T0200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 333 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD SNOW LATER THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. 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. $$ MNZ071-SDZ038>040-053>056-060-061-111745- /O.EXT.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.080211T1400Z-080212T0000Z/ LINCOLN-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- HANSON-MCCOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE 333 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD SNOW BY MID MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 111556 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 956 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 .A LARGE AREA OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA...WITH DECREASING AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING WEST OF INTERSTATE 90...AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 AFTER MIDNIGHT. SDZ050-063-068-120000- /O.EXB.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T0400Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON... TABOR 956 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD SNOW TOWARD NOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND END DURING THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE 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. $$ IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ069>071-120000- /O.EXB.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.080211T1600Z-080212T0600Z/ PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 956 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD SNOW BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ032-120000- /O.EXB.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.080211T1800Z-080212T1000Z/ IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 956 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE 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. $$ SDZ038-039-052>054-057>060-064-065-120000- /O.EXT.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T0400Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON- HANSON-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 956 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 14...TO 5 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ001-012-MNZ071-097-098-SDZ040-055-056-061-062-066-067-120000- /O.EXT.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.080211T1600Z-080212T0600Z/ LYON-SIOUX-LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK- MINNEHAHA-TURNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS... MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 956 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 14...TO AROUND 6 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. 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. $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-120000- /O.EXT.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.080211T1800Z-080212T1000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-LYON-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 956 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING... ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST IOWA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 14...TO AROUND 6 INCHES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SCHUMACHER
000 WWUS43 KFSD 111612 AAA WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1012 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 .A LARGE AREA OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA...WITH DECREASING AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING WEST OF INTERSTATE 29...AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 AFTER MIDNIGHT. SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-068-120015- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T0400Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 1012 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD SNOW TOWARD NOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND END DURING THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 14...TO 5 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. 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. $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ040-055-056-061- 062-066-067-069>071-120015- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T0600Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA- BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...BROOKINGS... MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1012 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 14... TO AROUND 6 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-120015- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.080211T1800Z-080212T1000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LYON- MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 1012 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING...WILL GIVE WAY TO WIDESPREAD SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING... ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST IOWA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 14...TO AROUND 6 INCHES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18. 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. $$ SCHUMACHER
000 WWUS43 KFSD 112109 AAA WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 309 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 .SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER EARLY THIS EVENING...AND WEST OF I29 BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL END IN NORTHWEST IOWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WHERE UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. MNZ071-SDZ040-112215- /O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T0600Z/ LINCOLN-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...BROOKINGS 309 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. WHILE LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MNZ072-112215- /O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T1000Z/ LYON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MARSHALL 309 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. WHILE LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ SDZ039-112215- /O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T0400Z/ KINGSBURY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON 309 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. WHILE LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ SDZ038-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-068-120400- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T0400Z/ BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 309 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...THEN SHOULD END BY LATE EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 14...TO AROUND 5 INCHES NEAR ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. 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. $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ055-056-061-062-066- 067-069>071-120515- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T0600Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-LAKE- MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 309 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 3 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 34...TO AROUND 6 INCHES NEAR CANTON. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-120515- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T1000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 309 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ESPECIALLY IN NORTHWEST IOWA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 30...TO AROUND 6 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18. 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. $$ SCHUMACHER
000 WWUS43 KFSD 120159 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 759 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 .SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE SNOW WILL END WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER EARLY THIS EVENING...AND SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATES 90 AND 29 BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WHERE ISOLATED LOCATIONS IN NORTHWEST IOWA COULD RECEIVE UP TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW. MNZ097-SDZ055-056-061-120300- /O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T0600Z/ PIPESTONE-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIPESTONE...MADISON...FLANDREAU... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE 759 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW MAY BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ SDZ038-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-068-120300- /O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T0400Z/ BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 759 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. $$ MNZ080-081-120300- /O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T1000Z/ MURRAY-COTTONWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE 759 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. WHILE LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE INCH ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IAZ002-003-013-MNZ089-090-120600- /O.EXT.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 759 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THROUGH MIDNIGHT OF ONE TO TWO INCHES. 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. $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ062-066-067-069>071- 120600- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T0600Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-MINNEHAHA-TURNER- LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 759 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM THREE INCHES NEAR THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR TO AROUND SIX INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 18 ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ IAZ014-021-022-032-121000- /O.CON.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T1000Z/ CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 759 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 INCHES AROUND SPENCER...TO ISOLATED AMOUNTS APPROACHING SEVEN INCHES NEAR STORM LAKE. 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. $$ BT
000 WWUS43 KFSD 120911 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 311 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 IAZ014-021-022-032-121015- /O.CAN.KFSD.SN.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T1000Z/ CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 311 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. WHILE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$
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 10, 7:16 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 7:16 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 716 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 .DISCUSSION... WENT AHEAD AND UPDATED FORECAST A BIT TO COVER ONGOING LIGHT SNOW FROM AROUND CHAMBERLAIN TO MITCHELL TO LENNOX. AREA OF PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE DRIVEN BY A WEAK WAVE CURRENTLY DROPPING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST ND AND NORTHEAST SD. PRECIPITATION GENERATION SOMEWHERE AROUND 700-650MB...SO VERY DRY AND LIGHT. DID RECEIVE A REPORT OF A HALF AN INCH FROM MITCHELL AND EXPECT THIS AND LESS TO BE THE NORM. AS WAVE PASSES THIS BAND SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL APART AND DECREASED POPS OVER MOST FAVORABLE AREA AFTER 6Z. BEYOND THIS...WEAK UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT FOR LIGHT SNOW...BECOMING MUCH MORE FAVORABLE BY 12Z. WILL WAIT SEE WHAT NEW MODELS AND SOUNDINGS SUGGEST FOR SNOW POTENTIAL FOR MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...THINK THAT SNOW MAY END UP BEING A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED FROM THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BETWEEN THE JAMES VALLEY AND INTERSTATE 29 BEFORE LIFTING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AS WAVE PASSES. SO...MAY NEED TO INCREASE AMOUNTS A SMIDGE HEAR AND DECREASE A SMIDGE FOR POINTS NORTH AND EAST OF HERE. HPC SEEM TOO FAR NORTH WITH AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW FROM MOBRIDGE TO BROOKINGS. FOR TEMPERATURES...RAISED SOME IN THE SOUTHWEST AS CLOUDS AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL FLOW SHOULD KEEP TEMPS FROM FALLING ANY FARTHER THAN THEY ARE. 08 && .PREV DISCUSSION... ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE HAS FINALLY MADE ITS WAY INTO THE EASTERN DAKOTAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH NORTHWEST WINDS FALLING OFF...WILL ALLOW REMAINING WIND CHILL ADVISORIES TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM. RETURN FLOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT DRAWING WARMER AIR BACK INTO THE REGION. WITH WARM AIR OVER RUNNING THE COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE EXPECT PRECIP EVENT TO BEGIN OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. EXTREMELY DRY AIR IN THE NEAR SURFACE LAYER HAS ALREADY DELAYED ONSET OF PRECIPITATION...BUT EXPECT WITH TIME COLUMN WILL SATURATE FROM ALOFT AND PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. HAVE TIMED PRECIP WITH 850 MB WARM AIR ADVECTION. IN TERMS OF TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...HAVE GONE NONDIURNAL AS TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE OVERNIGHT AS ARCTIC AIRMASS RETREATS TO THE EAST AND MILDER SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASE. SPEAKING OF THE WINDS...COULD REACH MARGINAL WIND CHILL ADVISORY CRITERIA IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FOR A BRIEF PERIOD EARLY TOMORROW MORNING....BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ENOUGH THAT WIND CHILLS EXCEED THE MAGIC 20 BELOW. NICE AMPLIFYING SHORT WAVE CRASHING ESEWD OVR CWA MON TAPPING INTO DVLPG E/W LIFTING BOUNDARY...AND INDUCING NICE INVERTED TROF. DESPITE SO/SO MOISTURE...WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT IN PRODUCING A 2 TO 4 INCH SNOWBAND MOVG ESEWD OVR MIDDLE OF CWA MONDAY. MODELS STILL HAVE TRENDED SOMEWHAT SOUTH FM PREV FCSTS...AND HEAVIEST BAND COULD BE RELATIVELY NARROW...SO HELD OFF PINNING DOWN AREA FOR ANY SNOW ADVY FOR LATER SHIFTS TO PONDER. SFC COLD AIR WILL STILL BE HARD TO MODIFY...AND HAVE CUT BACK TEMPS SOME MORE FOR MON THRU TUE. ALL MODELS STILL HAVING ISSUES PHASING NRN AND SRN STREAMS FOR LATE WED THRU THU SYSTEM...AND KEPT EXACT SAME WX/CHC POPS AS BEFORE. DID TREND COLDER TEMPS ACROSS THE BOARD WITH THE EXPCD ARCTIC TUNDRA EFFECT AND MORE COLD ADVECTION FM CANADA THU AND AGAIN DURING THE WEEKEND...WITH THE MAIN BRIEF WARMUPS WED AND AGAIN SAT BTWN COLD AIR SHOTS. && .AVIATION... CEILINGS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING AS WARMER AIR RETURNS TO THE UPPER PLAINS. CEILINGS OF 1-2K FEET ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND WORK EAST OVERNIGHT. AS THE LOWER LEVELS SATURATE...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...WITH WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA BY MID DAY MONDAY. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. MN...NONE. NE...NONE. SD...NONE. BT/RSR
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 3:56 PM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 356 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-111200- 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- 356 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER... WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...BUT WINDS SHOULD DECREASE QUICKLY...BRINGING AN END TO THE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SNOW WILL DEVELOP WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE FROM HURON TO CHAMBERLAIN TO MITCHELL AND LAKE ANDES. BY LATE MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY EVENING...THE SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO EXTREME EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST OF A DE SMET TO SALEM TO STORM LAKE IOWA LINE. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. .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. 08
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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.