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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 16, 200818 counties in South Dakota; 6 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm watch at Mar 16, 2008, 3:58 PM CDT for 18 counties in South Dakota; 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 17, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2008, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 17, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 17, 2008, 2:56 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 24 counties

Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 16, 10:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 10:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 5:44 AM CDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
544 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2008

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-171200-
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-
544 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINTER WEATHER...
A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL PUSH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
TOWARD EVENING...AND QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOWFALL. SNOW MAY BE
BRIEFLY HEAVY THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
BEFORE EXPANDING RAPIDLY NORTH AND EAST. TWO TO THREE INCHES
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WESTERN MISSOURI RIVER
CORRIDOR WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER.
SNOW WILL BE GENERALLY 2 INCHES OR LESS INCHES HEADING NORTH AND
EAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO
ADJOINING SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA BY DAYBREAK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE AREA WITH
ACCUMULATION AT MOST AN INCH OR SO SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
WINDOM TO YANKTON.  PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE
MORNING...AND LEAVE A PATCHWORK OF LIGHT RAIN...DRIZZLE...OR
LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BY MIDDAY.

SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AND EXPAND OUT OF NEBRASKA INTO
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. A BAND OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO SET UP MONDAY EVENING ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM TYNDALL SOUTH DAKOTA TO SIOUX FALLS TO
WINDOM MINNESOTA...WHERE AN AXIS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES SNOWFALL IS
POSSIBLE.

.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.

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in South Dakota, 2008Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2008Every winter storm watch in 2008

Sources

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