Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this blizzard warning at Mar 22, 2009, 2:10 PM CDT for 9 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Mar 23, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr. 13 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 22, 2009, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
Counties Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Jones County, SD, Potter County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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 24, 12:00 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Mobridge, SD | 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SLUSHY SNOW TURNING TO ICE...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OFF AND ON SINCE MIDNIGHT CDT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...SUSTAINED WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 24, 6:00 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Mclaughlin, SD | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OBSERVED SINCE 6 AM CDT...3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE OR LESS...STILL SNOWING |
| Mar 24, 8:24 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | 6 E Hayes, SD | HEAVY SNOW STARTED 1 HOUR AGO, VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. 1/4 INCH ICE BUILDUP FROM FREEZING RAIN. WIND 50 TO 60 MPH. |
| Mar 24, 10:00 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Mound City, SD | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OBSERVED SINCE 10 AM CDT...APPX ONE INCH OF SLUSHY SNOW ON THE GROUND TURNING TO ICE...SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WITH VISIBILITY AROUND 1/4 MILE...30 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS WITH HIGHER GUSTS...NUMEROUS CARS DITCHED ALONG HIGHWAY 83 |
| Mar 24, 10:15 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.2 | 2 Wsw Timber Lake, SD | |
| Mar 24, 10:33 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | 6 Se Mcintosh, SD | ESTIMATED 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND STILL SNOWING. VSBYS REDUCED TO 1/8 MI. |
| Mar 24, 10:41 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | 14 Nne Isabel, SD | 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ESTIMATED AND STILL SNOWING. VSBY IS REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MI. A THIN LAYER OF ICE IS UNDER SNOW. |
| Mar 24, 10:44 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Timber Lake, SD | ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND STILL SNOWING. VSBY REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. |
| Mar 24, 1:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Gettysburg, SD | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SINCE APPX 1 PM CDT...TRACE OF SNOW ON THE GROUND /A LOT OF MELTING ON IMPACT/ AND STILL SNOWING...ROADS ARE SLUSHY BECOMING ICY...VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE OR LESS...WINDS 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. |
| Mar 24, 2:25 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 6 E Hayes, SD | SNOWFALL 4-5 INCHES. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. WIND ESTIMATED 40-50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. |
| Mar 24, 2:30 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 4 Nw Onida, SD | SNOWFALL 1-2 INCHES. VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. WINDS 30-40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. |
| Mar 24, 2:45 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Murdo, SD | VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE OR LESS. WIND 30-40 WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 24, 4:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Pierre, SD | IN HUGHES COUNTY. VSBY 1/4 MILE OR LESS. WIND 35-45 WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SNOW CONTINUED |
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 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 221910 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 210 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...STRONG SPRING/WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. ON THE BACK EDGE...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND POTENTIALLY BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALLS ARE POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BY TUESDAY NIGHT. SDZ004-009-230315- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.A.0003.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WS.A.0004.090324T1200Z-090325T0000Z/ CAMPBELL-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...MOBRIDGE 210 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO WET SNOW ON TUESDAY MORNING WITH UP TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT. AREAS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER WILL HAVE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ SDZ003-015-230315- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0003.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0003.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ CORSON-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...TIMBER LAKE 110 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AND COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. RAIN WILL SLOWLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEWEY AND CORSON COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ033-045-230315- /O.NEW.KABR.WS.A.0004.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ STANLEY-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...MURDO 210 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 /110 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER SNOW MONDAY NIGHT...AND POSSIBLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON TUESDAY MORNING. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY TUESDAY EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ SDZ016-034-035-230315- /O.NEW.KABR.WS.A.0004.090324T1200Z-090325T0000Z/ POTTER-SULLY-HUGHES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GETTYSBURG...ONIDA...PIERRE 210 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY EVENING. AREAS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER WILL HAVE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ SCARLETT
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KABR 230220 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 920 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...STRONG SPRING/WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. ON THE BACK EDGE...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND POTENTIALLY BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALLS ARE POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BY TUESDAY NIGHT. SDZ003-015-231030- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0003.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ CORSON-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...TIMBER LAKE 820 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AND COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. RAIN WILL SLOWLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA BY LATE MONDAY NIGHT. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEWEY AND CORSON COUNTIES. 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. && $$ SDZ033-045-231030- /O.CON.KABR.WS.A.0004.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ STANLEY-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...MURDO 920 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 /820 PM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER SNOW MONDAY NIGHT...AND POSSIBLY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON TUESDAY MORNING. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY TUESDAY EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ SDZ004-009-016-034-035-231030- /O.CON.KABR.WS.A.0004.090324T1200Z-090325T0000Z/ CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-POTTER-SULLY-HUGHES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...MOBRIDGE...GETTYSBURG... ONIDA...PIERRE 920 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO WET SNOW ON TUESDAY MORNING WITH UP TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT. AREAS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER WILL HAVE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ HINTZ
000 WWUS43 KABR 230902 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 402 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...STRONG SPRING/WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY. WHILE AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED...ON THE BACK EDGE...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST. THE RESULT WILL BE BLIZZARD AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALLS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EFFECTED AREAS. SDZ033-045-231715- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0004.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KABR.BZ.W.0003.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ STANLEY-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...MURDO 402 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 /302 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF JONES AND STANLEY COUNTIES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS IN THE EAST. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ004-009-016-034-035-231715- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0004.090324T1200Z-090325T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KABR.BZ.W.0003.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-POTTER-SULLY-HUGHES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...MOBRIDGE...GETTYSBURG... ONIDA...PIERRE 402 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE EAST. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE TUESDAY. 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. && $$ SDZ003-015-231715- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0003.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ CORSON-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...TIMBER LAKE 302 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY NIGHT. POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEWEY AND CORSON COUNTIES...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ005-010-017-036-048-231715- /O.NEW.KABR.WW.Y.0011.090324T0900Z-090325T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-FAULK-HYDE-LYMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...FAULKTON... HIGHMORE...PRESHO 402 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM 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 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE TUESDAY. 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. && $$ CONNELLY
000 WWUS43 KABR 231646 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1146 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND INTO MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WHILE ON THE BACK EDGE...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THE RESULT WILL BE BLIZZARD AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE EFFECTED AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SDZ003-015-240100- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0003.090324T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ CORSON-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...TIMBER LAKE 1046 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST MONDAY EVENING. POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEWEY AND CORSON COUNTIES...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ004-009-016-033>035-045-240100- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0003.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...MOBRIDGE...GETTYSBURG... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...MURDO 1146 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 /1046 AM MDT MON MAR 23 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE EAST. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE TUESDAY. 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. && $$ SDZ005-010-017-036-048-240100- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.090324T0900Z-090325T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-FAULK-HYDE-LYMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...FAULKTON... HIGHMORE...PRESHO 1146 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TMT
000 WWUS43 KABR 240050 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 750 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING THE REGION... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE FROM NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA FROM TONIGHT THROUGH NOON TUESDAY. AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITH HEAVY SNOW AND POWERFUL NORTHWEST WINDS OCCURRING ON THE BACKSIDE. THE RESULT WILL BE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SDZ003-015-240900- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ CORSON-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...TIMBER LAKE 650 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TUESDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING SNOW. UP TO A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEWEY AND CORSON COUNTIES...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE TUESDAY. 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. && $$ SDZ004-009-016-033>035-045-240900- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0003.090324T0600Z-090325T0000Z/ CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...MOBRIDGE...GETTYSBURG... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...MURDO 750 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 /650 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ TUESDAY. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE REGION. POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH OR MORE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING SNOW. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE EAST. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ005-010-017-036-048-240900- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.090324T0900Z-090325T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-FAULK-HYDE-LYMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...FAULKTON... HIGHMORE...PRESHO 750 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH OR MORE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE TUESDAY. 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. && $$ MOHR
000 WWUS43 KABR 240841 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 341 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING THE REGION... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO WESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY. HEAVY SNOW AND POWERFUL NORTHWEST WINDS OCCURRING ON THE BACKSIDE WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE AFFECTED AREAS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SDZ003-015-241700- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ CORSON-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...TIMBER LAKE 241 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING SNOW. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEWEY AND CORSON COUNTIES...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ004-009-016-033>035-045-241700- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...MOBRIDGE...GETTYSBURG... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...MURDO 341 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 /241 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THIS MORNING AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE REGION. POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING SNOW. UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE EAST. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ SDZ005-010-017-036-048-241700- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.090324T0900Z-090325T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-FAULK-HYDE-LYMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...FAULKTON... HIGHMORE...PRESHO 341 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH OR HIGHER TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SD
000 WWUS43 KABR 241657 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1157 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING THE REGION... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO WESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY. HEAVY SNOW AND POWERFUL NORTHWEST WINDS OCCURRING ON THE BACKSIDE WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IN THE AFFECTED AREAS... ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SDZ003-015-250000- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ CORSON-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...TIMBER LAKE 1057 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING SNOW. UP TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEWEY AND CORSON COUNTIES...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ SDZ004-009-016-033>035-045-250000- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...MOBRIDGE...GETTYSBURG... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...MURDO 1157 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 /1057 AM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND DRIFTING SNOW. UP TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY FOR COMMUNITIES ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE EAST. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ037-051-250000- /O.EXA.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ HAND-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLER...FORT THOMPSON 1157 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 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 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH OR HIGHER TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ SDZ005-010-017-036-048-250000- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090325T0000Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-FAULK-HYDE-LYMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...FAULKTON... HIGHMORE...PRESHO 1157 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH OR HIGHER TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY AREA. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ PARKIN
000 WWUS43 KABR 242357 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 657 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING THE REGION... .A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO THE LATE EVENING. THE LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END AND THE WINDS DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SDZ003-015-250200- /O.EXT.KABR.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090325T0200Z/ CORSON-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...TIMBER LAKE 557 PM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SNOW ALONG WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL KEEP VISIBILITIES POOR ACROSS CORSON AND DEWEY COUNTIES INTO THE LATE EVENING BEFORE IMPROVEMENT OCCURS. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL END AND THE WIND WILL DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. 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. && $$ SDZ004-009-016-033>035-045-250200- /O.EXT.KABR.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090325T0200Z/ CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...MOBRIDGE...GETTYSBURG... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...MURDO 657 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 /557 PM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. SNOW ALONG WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL KEEP VISIBILITIES LOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO THE LATE EVENING BEFORE IMPROVEMENT OCCURS. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL END AND THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ005-010-017-036-037-048-051-250200- /O.EXT.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090325T0200Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-FAULK-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...FAULKTON... HIGHMORE...MILLER...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 657 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH WILL BRING OCCASIONALLY LOW VISIBILITIES DOWN TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. 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. && $$ MOHR
000 WWUS43 KABR 250208 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 908 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES EXPIRE... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND MORNING WEDNESDAY BRINGING AN END TO THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>035-045-250315- /O.EXP.KABR.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090325T0200Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE... TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...MURDO 908 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 /808 PM MDT TUE MAR 24 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE LIGHT SNOW ENDS AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE. THUS...THE BLIZZARD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ SDZ005-010-017-036-037-048-051-250315- /O.EXP.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090325T0200Z/ MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-FAULK-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...IPSWICH...FAULKTON... HIGHMORE...MILLER...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 908 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE LIGHT SNOW ENDS AND THE WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE. THUS...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ MOHR
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 22, 10:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 10:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1037 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009
.UPDATE...
FORECAST PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK. GOOD BAND OF INSTABILITY ALONG THE
MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY ENHANCING THUNDERSTORMS. ISSUED FIRST SVR
WARNING OF THE YEAR WITH NICKEL HAIL CONCERNED ABOUT HEAVY RAIN
AGGRAVATING THE FLOODING ALSO. INSTABILITY WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST
TODAY ALLOWING FOR CONVECTION TO SPREAD ACROSS MOST OF AREA BY
THIS EVENING. I MADE A FEW TWEAKS TO THE POPS AND WINDS...
OTHERWISE NO CHANGES. WIND ADVISORY LOOKS OK.
12Z NAM IS SHOWING GOOD INSTABILITY MOST OF NIGHT INTO TOMORROW.
WILL ALSO HAVE TO SEE HOW NEW NAM/GFS COMPARE TO EACH OTHER WHEN
DETERMINING THE RAIN CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IN THE WEST LATER IN
PERIOD. GFS IS WARMER AND IS GIVING MUCH LOWER SNOW AMOUNTS. IT
DOES APPEAR HOWEVER THE BLIZZARD WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE DELAYED 12
HOURS INTO TUESDAY PER 12Z NAM. WILL WAIT UNTIL ALL NEW MODEL
DATA IS IN TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS. THE FASTER AND WARMER GFS
WOULD SUGGEST MUCH LESS SNOW FOR ABR FORECAST AREA.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...THROUGH TUESDAY
VERY LITTLE RUN TO RUN CHANGE BETWEEN SUITE OF DETERMINISTIC
MODELS...THUS WILL STICK TO THE HIGHLIGHTS WITH THE SYSTEM THAT
COMES TO DOMINATE THE EXTENT OF THE PERIOD.
FIRST...WIND ADVISORY. 925HPA WINDS 35-40KTS ADVERTISED OVER MUCH OF THE
CWA. ANY POTENTIAL MIXING...BE IT HEATING OR THROUGH SHOWER
ACTIVITY...WILL ALLOW FOR ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS. FIRST SHORTWAVE
MOVES OVER THE EAST TONIGHT...AND AS LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS AHEAD
OF THIS FEATURE...WILL SEE THE ABILITY TO TRANSLATE WINDS TO THE
SURFACE WEAKEN.
SECOND...FLOOD POTENTIAL. GUIDANCE HAS SLOWED WITH PROGRESSION OF
FIRST SHORTWAVE SOMEWHAT...BUT CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A BAND OF
RAIN/THUNDER PROGRESS ACROSS THE CWA. SREF PROBABILITY FOR 1/2
INCH IS OVER 70 PERCENT ACROSS THE WEST...WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
FOR GREATER THAN 1 INCH JUST ACROSS THE CWA BORDER IN THE EAST.
GIVEN HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF ATMOSPHERE...AND POTENTIAL FOR
EMBEDDED CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS...HEAVY RAIN COULD SPUR ADDITIONAL
FLOODING IN ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS/CREEKS...WARRANTING AT LEAST A
FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME.
LAST IS BLIZZARD POTENTIAL. WITH OVERALL SLOWER PROGRESSION...TO
INCLUDE TROWAL FEATURE FOR MONDAY NIGHT...AND A MORE RAPID
INFILTRATION OF COLD AIR ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM...HAVE
INCREASED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FOR BLIZZARD WATCH COUNTIES. WHEN
UPGRADE IS CONSIDERED LATER TODAY...SUGGEST STANLEY BE
INCLUDED...AND MAY ALSO NEED ADVISORIES EXTENDING FURTHER EAST TO
COVER THE UNCERTAINTY OVER HOW FAR EAST RAIN/SNOW TRANSITION
PROGRESSES.
GIVEN COMPLEXITY OF THIS SYSTEM...THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE CHANGE TO
TEMPERATURES AND POPS OVER THE PERIOD.
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
STORM SYSTEM WILL BE EXITING THE REGION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PERIOD WITH SOME LEFTOVER LIGHT SNOW. THEN FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY THE MODELS PROPAGATE MORE MID LEVEL ENERGY ACROSS
THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS. THE GFS IS AT ODDS WITH THE ECMWF/GEM
CONCERNING PCPN...WITH THE LATTER MODELS BEING DRY. WILL SIDE WITH
THE MAJORITY AND KEEP THE GRIDS DRY. THE MODELS GEN UP ANOTHER MID
CONUS STORM NEXT WEEKEND. FOR THE TIME BEING THE CONSENSUS IS TO
KEEP THIS STORM SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CWA. HERE IS HOPING. AS FOR
TEMPERATURES...NOT MUCH CHANGE WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE GRIDS.
COLDER THAN NORMAL LOOKS GOOD FOR THE MOST PART AS AREA REMAINS
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE.
&&
.AVIATION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT CIGS TO REMAIN VFR...BUT THEY
MAY BRIEFLY FALL INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY UNDER THE STRONGER STORMS.
VSBYS WILL BE MVFR BETWEEN 3SM AND 5SM WITH THE SHOWERS...AND MAY
FALL INTO THE IFR CATEGORY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. LATER
TONIGHT...CIGS WILL LOWER INTO THE IFR CATEGORY ACROSS THE ENTIRE
CWA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM.
&&
.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CAMPBELL-EDMUNDS-
FAULK-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-MCPHERSON-POTTER-SPINK-SULLY-
WALWORTH.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR
CAMPBELL-CORSON-DEWEY-WALWORTH.
FLOOD WATCH FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
FOR CODINGTON-DAY-DEUEL-GRANT-HAMLIN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BROWN-CLARK-
CODINGTON-DAY-DEUEL-GRANT-HAMLIN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS.
MN...FLOOD WATCH FROM 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING
FOR BIG STONE-TRAVERSE.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BIG STONE-
TRAVERSE.
&&
UPDATE...SCARLETT
SHORT TERM...CONNELLY
LONG TERM...TDK
AVIATION...PARKIN
WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEENHazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 4:54 AM CDT, 9 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 454 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-016>023-033>037-045-048-051-231000- TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY- POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY- SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- 454 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 /354 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 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 A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA AS WELL...WHICH WILL ONLY EXACERBATE FLOOD ISSUES FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A SECOND SWATH OF RAIN AND THUNDER WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY. AS COLD AIR WRAPS AROUND THE SYSTEM...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BLOWING SNOW AS WELL. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE MISSOURI RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...THOUGH SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SDZ003-004-009-015-231000- CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY- 454 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009 /354 AM MDT SUN MAR 22 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE COLD AIR BEGINS TO INFILTRATE THE SYSTEM. AS RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ADDITIONALLY...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AND WET WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...THOUGH SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CONNELLY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 22, 10:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1032 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 AM HAIL 2 SW POLLOCK 45.88N 100.32W
03/22/2009 E0.88 INCH CAMPBELL SD PUBLIC
REPORT FROM WEST POLLOCK RESORT.
&&
JRSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:19 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ABR | Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 3 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:24 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 14 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 22, 9:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Dewey | 32 hr |
| Mar 22, 10:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Walworth | 39 min |
| Mar 22, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Spink | 262 days |
| Mar 22, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Spink | 148 days |
| Mar 22, 10:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth | 48 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Codington | 46 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Codington | 4 days |
| Mar 22, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Codington | 22 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Hamlin | 70 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Roberts | 4 days |
| Mar 22, 2:10 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Campbell, Hughes, Jones, Potter, Stanley, Sully and 1 more | 14 hr |
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Sources
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