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Winter Weather Advisory 13, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 13, 2008, 4:01 PM CST for 9 counties in South Dakota; 11 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 14, 2008, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2008, 4:01 PM CST (22:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2008, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 26 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, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Bon Homme County, SD, Clay County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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 weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Dec 13, 11:17 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 11:17 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 5:38 AM CST, 10 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 0538 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-141200- 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- 0538 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER... LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE ANDES TO MITCHELL TO BROOKINGS...LATE TONIGHT. UP TO AN INCH OF NEW SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY...WITH SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IN AREAS FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST. ANY AMOUNTS WILL BE VERY LIGHT... THOUGH PATCHY ICING IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE GREATEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAKE ANDES SOUTH DAKOTA...TO SALEM SOUTH DAKOTA...TO SLAYTON MINNESOTA. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THE FALLING SNOW. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE...CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN THESE AREAS ON SUNDAY. THOUGH LESS SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTHEAST...LOCATIONS FROM FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...INTO NORTHWEST IOWA AND THE I-90 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA COULD STILL SEE SOME LIGHT SNOWFALL AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET AS ARCTIC AIR SURGES SOUTH OUT OF CANADA. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND ARCTIC AIR WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATER SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY OVER MOST OF THE REGION. THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 4:01 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 9 more | 32 hr |
Nearby
Winter Weather Advisories in Iowa, 2008Winter Weather Advisories in South Dakota, 2008Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2008Every winter weather advisory 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.