Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this blizzard warning at Mar 9, 2009, 3:23 PM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 10, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2009, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2009, 11:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Day County, SD, Grant County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 12:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Milbank, SD | VIS 1/4 MILE VIS FOR 3 HRS |
| Mar 10, 1:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Andover, SD | 2 INCHES OF SNOW...VIS LESSTHAN 1/4 MILE ON/OFF SINCE 9AM |
| Mar 10, 1:10 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Britton, SD | 5.0 IN OF SNOW...1/4 MILE VIS ON/OFF SINCE 8AM |
| Mar 10, 1:11 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Ortonville, MN | VIS LESS THAN 1/4 MILE FOR 3 HRS...35MPH WINDS ALSO |
| Mar 10, 1:12 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Wheaton, MN | VIS DOWN LESS THAN 1/4 MILE FOR 3 HRS AND 35MPH WINDS |
| Mar 10, 1:22 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Sisseton, SD | 1/4 MILE VIS FOR SEVERAL HRS. 2-3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 527 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 KABR 092023 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 323 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...A RETURN TO WINTER WEATHER BEGINNING TONIGHT LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL EJECT ONTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT...MOVING RAPIDLY INTO MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...WIND...AND COLD TO THE REGION. SDZ003-004-100430- /O.CAN.KABR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-090309T2100Z/ /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0003.090310T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAB THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALSO...BY MORNING NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES AT TIMES MAY BE REDUCTED TO LESS THAN 1 MILE WITH THE BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 6 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-021-100430- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0002.090310T1500Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...MILBANK 323 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ005-010-017-100430- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WS.W.0004.090310T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-FAULK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...FAULKTON 323 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING TUESDAY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES AT TIMES MAY BE LOWERED TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ006-018-019-100430- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WS.W.0004.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ BROWN-SPINK-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...REDFIELD...CLARK 323 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...AND LINGER THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING TUESDAY. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 7 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ020-022-023-100430- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0002.090310T1500Z-090311T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WS.W.0004.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ CODINGTON-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 323 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...AND LINGER THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING TUESDAY. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ009-015-016-100430- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0003.090310T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WS.W.0004.090310T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ WALWORTH-DEWEY-POTTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOBRIDGE...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG 323 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 /223 PM MDT MON MAR 9 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING TUESDAY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES AT TIMES MAY BE LOWERED TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ033>037-100430- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0003.090310T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WW.Y.0009.090310T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER 323 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 /223 PM MDT MON MAR 9 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE POCKETS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ045-048-051-100430- /O.NEW.KABR.WW.Y.0009.090310T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 323 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE POCKETS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ HINTZ
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KABR 092357 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 657 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...A RETURN TO WINTER WEATHER BEGINNING TONIGHT LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL EJECT ONTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT...MOVING RAPIDLY INTO MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...WIND...AND COLD TO THE REGION. SDZ021-100930- /O.EXB.KABR.WW.Y.0009.090309T2357Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MILBANK 657 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE OVER NIGHT HOURS WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TOWARDS THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS BY THE MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 7 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-100930- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER 657 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES... WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ019-020-022-023-100930- /O.EXB.KABR.WW.Y.0009.090309T2357Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0004.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 657 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE OVER NIGHT HOURS WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TOWARDS THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS INCREASING FROM 20 TO 30 MPH TO CREATE POCKETS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW BY THE MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-100930- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0004.090310T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON 657 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 /557 PM MDT MON MAR 9 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING TUESDAY. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 35 MPH...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES AT TIMES MAY BE LOWERED TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ006-018-100930- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0004.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ BROWN-SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...REDFIELD 657 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...AND LINGER THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING TUESDAY. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 7 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ033>037-045-048-051-100930- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0009.090310T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 657 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 /557 PM MDT MON MAR 9 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE POCKETS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SD
000 WWUS43 KABR 100858 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 358 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. THIS LOW COMBINED WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SPREADING SNOW AND WIND ACROSS THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SDZ021-101700- /O.CAN.KABR.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MILBANK 358 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN HAS SWITCHED OVER TO SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. THUS...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. BY MID MORNING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ019-020-022-023-101700- /O.CAN.KABR.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0004.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 358 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN HAS SWITCHED OVER TO SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. THUS...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. BY MID MORNING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-101700- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER 358 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. BY MID MORNING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-101700- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON 358 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 /258 AM MDT TUE MAR 10 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. REPORTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF CORSON COUNTY AS OF 330 AM CDT. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER BY 7 AM CDT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ006-018-101700- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0004.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ BROWN-SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...REDFIELD 358 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BECOME HEAVIER BY MID MORNING AND LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ033>037-045-048-051-101700- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 358 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 /258 AM MDT TUE MAR 10 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING WILL BECOME HEAVIER BY MID MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ TMT
000 WWUS43 KABR 101654 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1154 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST...WITH SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WITHIN THE BROAD AREA OF SNOW...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TREK ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-021-110100- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090311T0600Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...MILBANK 1154 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. MUCH OF THE SNOW THAT FALLS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ006-018>020-022-023-110100- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090311T0600Z/ BROWN-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...REDFIELD...CLARK... WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 1154 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. MUCH OF THE SNOW THAT FALLS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-110000- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON 1154 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 /1054 AM MDT TUE MAR 10 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. WHILE SNOW INTENSITY HAS DIMINISHED...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE RESULT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS TO VISIBLY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO ACCUMULATION MAY BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ033>037-045-048-051-110000- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1154 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 /1054 AM MDT TUE MAR 10 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH MAY LOWER VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ CONNELLY
000 WWUS43 KABR 101922 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 222 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA INTO THE EVENING... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST. WITHIN THE BROAD AREA OF SNOW...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TREK ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL. COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM WILL REDUCE WIND CHILLS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-110330- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WC.Y.0009.090310T1922Z-090311T1700Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON 222 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 /122 PM MDT TUE MAR 10 2009/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM -25 TO -35 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ SDZ006-018-110330- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090311T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WC.Y.0009.090310T1922Z-090311T1700Z/ BROWN-SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...REDFIELD 222 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM -25 TO -35 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ SDZ033>037-045-048-051-110330- /O.CAN.KABR.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090311T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WC.Y.0009.090310T1922Z-090311T1700Z/ STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 222 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 /122 PM MDT TUE MAR 10 2009/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM -25 TO -35 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-021-110330- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090311T0600Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...MILBANK 222 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THIS AFTERNOON... WHICH...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. MUCH OF THE SNOW THAT FALLS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ019-020-022-023-110330- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090311T0600Z/ CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 222 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THIS AFTERNOON... WHICH...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. MUCH OF THE SNOW THAT FALLS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ CONNELLY
000 WWUS43 KABR 102250 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 550 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA INTO THE EVENING... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST. WITHIN THE BROAD AREA OF SNOW...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TREK ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL. COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM WILL REDUCE WIND CHILLS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-021-110600- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090311T0600Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...MILBANK 550 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THIS AFTERNOON... WHICH...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. MUCH OF THE SNOW THAT FALLS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ019-020-022-023-110600- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090311T0600Z/ CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 550 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST THIS AFTERNOON... WHICH...COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. MUCH OF THE SNOW THAT FALLS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AND DRIFT THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ005-006-010-017-018-110700- /O.NEW.KABR.WW.Y.0010.090310T2300Z-090311T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090311T1700Z/ MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-FAULK-SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH... FAULKTON...REDFIELD 550 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WHEN COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE WITH THE BLOWING SNOW. WITH VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM -25 TO -35 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>037-045-048-051-110700- /O.CON.KABR.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090311T1700Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE- HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE... TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 550 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 /450 PM MDT TUE MAR 10 2009/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES RANGING FROM -25 TO -35 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ HINTZ
000 WWUS43 KABR 110213 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 913 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...LIGHT SNOW AND WIND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY FROM NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. LIGHT SNOW WILL SLOWLY END FROM WEST TO EAST...WITH THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ALSO SLOWLY DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...THE WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH THAT WHEN COUPLED WITH THE VERY COLD AIR IN PLACE...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS CAN BE EXPECTED. SDZ005-006-010-017-018-111015- /O.EXP.KABR.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090311T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090311T1700Z/ MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-FAULK-SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH... FAULKTON...REDFIELD 913 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS ENDING ACROSS THE AREA...AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME ISOLATED POCKETS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL SLOWLY DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY MORNING. HOWEVER...THESE WINDS WHEN COUPLED WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...WILL PRODUCE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-021-110600- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090311T0600Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...MILBANK 913 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AS THE EVENING WEARS ON...WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL STILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONDITIONS...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ019-020-022-023-110600- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090311T0600Z/ CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 913 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AS THE EVENING WEARS ON...WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH WILL STILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONDITIONS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES DUE TO THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER RELATED UPDATES. && $$ SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>037-045-048-051-111015- /O.CON.KABR.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090311T1700Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE- HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE... TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 913 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 /813 PM MDT TUE MAR 10 2009/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SLOWLY DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY MORNING. HOWEVER...WHEN COUPLED WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ HINTZ
000 WWUS43 KABR 110426 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1126 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. COUPLED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-021-111230- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090311T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KABR.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090311T1700Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...MILBANK 1126 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SLOWLY DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY MORNING. HOWEVER...WHEN COUPLED WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ SDZ019-020-022-023-111230- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090311T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KABR.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090311T1700Z/ CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 1126 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SLOWLY DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY MORNING. HOWEVER...WHEN COUPLED WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ SDZ003>006-009-010-015>018-033>037-045-048-051-111230- /O.CON.KABR.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090311T1700Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER- FAULK-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... ABERDEEN...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG... FAULKTON...REDFIELD...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE... MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1126 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 /1026 PM MDT TUE MAR 10 2009/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SLOWLY DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH BY MORNING. HOWEVER...WHEN COUPLED WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ HINTZ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Mar 9, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 10:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1000 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009
.UPDATE...
COLD FRONT HAS SLIPPED THROUGH ALL THE CWA THIS MORNING...WITH
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ALL SITES. FOG IS BEGINNING TO LIFT
ACROSS THE FAR SE...WITH VSBYS NOW GETTING BACK CLOSER TO 1SM.
FURTHER NW...AREA RADARS ALONG WITH LATEST RUC SUGGEST THAT MOST
SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR IN ND. WINDS HAVE COME UP IN KMBG...BUT NO
PCPN BEING REPORTED YET. HOWEVER...LATEST NAM12 SUGGESTS THAT AN
INCH OR TWO IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH EARLY
AFTN...SO WILL JUST LET CURRENT WINTER WEATHER ADVRY OUT THERE
RIDE THROUGH EXPIRATION. HAVE TWEAKED HOURLY TEMPS AS CURRENT
READINGS ARE RUNNING A BIT LOWER. INHERITED GRIDS THOUGH DO
REFLECT FALLING TEMPS...AND THAT STILL LOOKS GOOD.
PREVIOUS AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
FORECAST CHALLENGES INCLUDE SNOW EVENTS TODAY AND THEN AGAIN
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...AS WELL AS WIND CHILLS TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
CURRENTLY...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS WORKING THROUGH THE CWA.
BEHIND THE FRONT...A LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW BAND EVENT IS UNDERWAY
AMIDST SOME 15 TO 30 MP NORTHERLY SURFACE WINDS. AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...LOW CLOUDS AND FOG ARE DEVELOPING AND WILL PERSIST ACROSS
THE SOUTHEASTERN ZONES UNTIL THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH THAT AREA
LATER TODAY.
TOSSED CORSON AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES INTO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH 21Z TODAY. MOST OF THE BANDED
SNOW WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THAT THE SOUTHWESTERN-MOST PORTION OF THE
BAND WILL BE WORKING UP FROM WESTERN/NORTHWESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...AND FROM DEPICTIONS OF LIFT AND FORCING AVAILABLE IN
MODEL CROSS SECTIONS THIS MORNING...COULD EASILY BE SEEING 2 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN PORTIONS OF CORSON AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES TODAY.
TURNING TO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THE ONLY REAL CHANGES
SHOWING UP IN THE 00Z MODEL RUNS INCLUDE A SLOW DOWN IN TIMING OF
ABOUT 6 HOURS...AND THE INCREASING LIKELIHOOD OF EXPERIENCING
BLIZZARD-TYPE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE
STATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. EVEN THOUGH SPEC HUMIDITIES ARE
ONLY RUNNING ABOUT 2-3G/KG WITH THIS EVENT...BUFKIT CARIBOU TOOL
OUTPUT IS RAMPING UP SOME 15 TO 1 ALL THE WAY TO 25 TO 1 SNOW TO
LIQUID RATIOS BY THE MIDDLE TO LATER PORTION OF THE EVENT. AT ANY
RATE...WITH HPC STORM TOTAL QPF TOTALING OUT ANYWHERE FROM 0.25
TO 0.75 INCHES OVER THIS CWA...EXPECTING THAT IN ADDITION TO
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS FROM STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING
SNOW...WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF SEEING SOME LOCALLY HIGHER
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS SYSTEM. UPDATED A PORTION OF WINTER
STORM WATCH TO A BLIZZARD WATCH AND ONLY SLIGHTLY ADJUSTED THE
TIMING OF THE WATCH.
TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE GOING TO EXHIBIT A SHARP DROP BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT...WITH AFTERNOON READINGS STEADY OR FALLING ACROSS THE
EASTERN ZONES. TEMPERATURES HEADING INTO TUESDAY ARE NOT GOING TO
BODE WELL FOR MUCH IN THE WAY OF TEMPERATURE RECOVERY THROUGH THE
DAY. HAVE TEMPERATURES STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY AS WELL. OTHERWISE...NO REAL NOTABLE CHANGES
MADE TO THE SHORT TERM FORECAST. WITH ALL THE WELL BELOW NORMAL
TEMPS IN PLACE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...AND ALL THE STRONG NORTH
AND NORTHWEST WINDS...SUSPECT THAT WIND CHILLS MAY BECOME A
CONCERN BY TUESDAY NIGHT.
.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH A RATHER
QUIET PERIOD. THE PERIOD OPENS WITH THIS AREA UNDER NORTHWEST H5
FLOW ALOFT. AT THE SURFACE A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE IS
ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. BY THURSDAY THE SURFACE HIGH IS
SLIDING TO THE EAST AS A LEE SIDE LOW SETS UP OVER COLORADO. ALOFT
THERE IS AN H5 TROUGH FORMING ALONG THE ROCKIES. AND BY THE END OF
THE PERIOD THE H5 SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES TROUGH CONTINUES TO DIG
AS THE DAKOTAS REMAIN UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW AT THE SURFACE A BROAD
EAST WEST RIDGE FORMS OVER THE AREA. AT THE START OF THE PERIOD
THIS AREA WAS UNDER RATHER COLD AIR ASSOCIATED WITH AN H5 HUDSONS
BAY LOW. BY FRIDAY THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW AND THE COLD AIR GIVE WAY
TO MILDER MODIFIED PACIFIC AIR AND HEIGHT RISES ASSOCIATED WITH
THE BUILDING RIDGE.
&&
.AVIATION...
A COLD FRONT IS DRAPED ACROSS THE DAKOTAS THIS MORNING. WSR-88D
SHOWS SOME AREAS OF RETURNS ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE FRONT. SNOW
IS BEING REPORTED IN SOME OF THE AREAS OF STRONGEST RETURN. LATEST
SATELLITE FOG PRODUCT SHOWS FAIRLY EXTENSIVE AREA OF LOW CLOUDS
ACROSS THE STATE MOSTLY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. CEILINGS IN
THESE AREAS ARE BETWEEN 600 AND 1500 FT AGL. THE SATELLITE LOOP
ALSO SHOWS THE AREA INCREASING IN SIZE AS WARM MOIST AIR IS PULLED
UP FROM THE SOUTH. TODAY WILL SEE A MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY
CONTINUE AT MOST TAF LOCATIONS. LATER TODAY SNOW WILL BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD AND EXPECT CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE IN THE SNOW TO
MOSTLY IFR. ON THE HEELS OF THIS SYSTEM ANOTHER LOW WILL MOVE
NORTH TOWARD THE DAKOTAS SO ANY IMPROVEMENT WILL BE VERY SLOW AND
LIKELY NOT DURING THIS TAF PERIOD.
&&
.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CAMPBELL-CORSON-DEWEY-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-
POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-WALWORTH.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR CODINGTON-DAY-DEUEL-GRANT-HAMLIN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON
FOR CAMPBELL-CORSON.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
FOR BROWN-CLARK-EDMUNDS-FAULK-MCPHERSON-SPINK.
MN...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR BIG STONE-TRAVERSE.
&&
UPDATE...HINTZ
SHORT TERM...DORN
LONG TERM...KEEFE
AVIATION...KEEFE
WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEENHazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 5:46 AM CDT, 9 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 546 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-101100- TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES- LYMAN-BUFFALO- 546 AM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 /446 AM MDT MON MAR 9 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ONE ROUND OF BANDED SNOW AFFECTS EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...PRODUCING 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW ACCOMPANYING IT. THEN...A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS OUT ONTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT...INTRODUCING A MUCH LARGER AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THIS AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE LARGE AREA OF SNOW THEN SHIFTS INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...DROPPING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW HERE AS WELL. HOWEVER...THE BIGGEST CONCERN ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT IS GOING TO BE THE STRENGTH OF NORTH- NORTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WHILE THE SNOW IS FALLING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL IS DEFINITELY INCREASING THAT THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE OUT OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. ALSO...TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...ARCTIC COLD AIR IN PLACE WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...AND POOR VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 9, 2:53 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
253 PM CDT MON MAR 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM SNOW MCLAUGHLIN 45.81N 100.81W
03/09/2009 E3.0 INCH CORSON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING AS WELL.
0245 PM SNOW MCINTOSH 45.92N 101.35W
03/09/2009 E1.5 INCH CORSON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
0245 PM SNOW POLLOCK 45.90N 100.29W
03/09/2009 E2.5 INCH CAMPBELL SD TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
&&
NWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:41 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | ABR | Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Edmunds and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:41 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Campbell, Corson | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Dewey | 11 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:23 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Deuel and 8 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:23 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 7 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2009Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2009Every blizzard warning in 2009
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.