Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Mar 30, 2009, 4:08 AM CDT for 19 counties in South Dakota; Lincoln County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 30, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr. 57 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 30, 2009, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Lincoln County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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 31, 1:25 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Chamberlain, SD | SNOW IS WET AND VERY HEAVY TO SHOVEL. |
| Mar 31, 5:30 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Arlington, SD | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITY. VERY STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW. ARLINGTON SCHOOLS CLOSED. |
| Mar 31, 5:40 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Mitchell, SD | SNOWING HARD. VISIBILITY DOWN TO 500 FEET OR LESS. STRONG NORTH WINDS. |
| Mar 31, 6:00 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Huron, SD | RAGING BLIZZARD WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. 2.7 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE MIDNIGHT AND 4.5 INCH STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Mar 31, 7:50 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Lake Andes, SD | AROUND 2 INCHES SNOWFALL WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS |
| Mar 31, 7:50 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | Chamberlain, SD | 8 TO 10 INCHES SNOWFALL WITH NEAR 4 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Mar 31, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | Wessington Springs, SD | 8 TO 10 INCHES |
| Mar 31, 8:35 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | Gregory, SD | |
| Mar 31, 8:40 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Mar 31, 8:44 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 7 Nnw Niobrara, SD | |
| Mar 31, 8:48 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | Tyndall, SD | |
| Mar 31, 8:52 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | Nw Tabor, SD | |
| Mar 31, 8:55 AM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | Springfield, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Ivanhoe, MN | |
| Mar 31, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 10.4 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:05 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | 3 E Ethan, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:05 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Huron, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:08 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | 5 S Carpenter, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:14 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | 11 S Huron, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:17 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | Menno, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:20 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Parkston, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:22 AM CDT | SNOW 7.5 | 1 S Letcher, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:32 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Alexandria, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:37 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Corsica, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:37 AM CDT | SNOW 10 | Corsica, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:45 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | De Smet, SD | 2 TO 3 INCHES |
| Mar 31, 9:54 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | 2 Se Canistota, SD | |
| Mar 31, 9:54 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | 9 S Fedora, SD | |
| Mar 31, 10:02 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | 1 W Nunda, SD | |
| Mar 31, 10:04 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 4 Nw Bruce, SD | |
| Mar 31, 10:04 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | 7 Wsw Sinai, SD | |
| Mar 31, 2:10 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 12.5 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Mar 31, 4:00 PM CDT | SNOW 7.7 | Huron, SD | DRIFTS WELL OVER A FOOT |
| Mar 31, 4:00 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | Huron, SD | DRIFTS WELL OVER A FOOT |
| Mar 31, 4:00 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Gregory, SD | |
| Mar 31, 4:25 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Parkston, SD | |
| Mar 31, 4:28 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 3 E Ethan, SD | |
| Mar 31, 4:30 PM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | Platte, SD | |
| Mar 31, 4:30 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Alexandria, SD | 8 TO 10 INCHES. |
| Mar 31, 4:33 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 16.5 | 1 N Corsica, SD | |
| Mar 31, 4:35 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Wessington Springs, SD | |
| Mar 31, 4:38 PM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Lake Andes, SD | 3 TO 4 INCHES. |
| Mar 31, 4:40 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Forestburg, SD | |
| Mar 31, 4:43 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Woonsocket, SD | |
| Mar 31, 4:45 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 8 Ssw Chamberlain, SD | |
| Mar 31, 4:46 PM CDT | SNOW 4.4 | De Smet, SD | |
| Mar 31, 4:50 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | 9 S Fedora, SD | 7 TO 8 INCHES. |
| Mar 31, 4:55 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | 2 S Winfred, SD | |
| Mar 31, 5:00 PM CDT | SNOW 0 | Yankton, SD | TRACE OF SNOWFALL. |
| Mar 31, 5:20 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | 1 Nw Salem, SD | |
| Mar 31, 5:28 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Flandreau, SD | |
| Mar 31, 5:28 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Tyndall, SD | |
| Mar 31, 5:30 PM CDT | SNOW 0 | Montrose, SD | A TRACE OF SNOW FELL THIS AFTERNOON, BUT 0.27 INCH OF RAIN WAS MEASURED OVERNIGHT AND INTO THIS MORNING. |
| Mar 31, 5:36 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | White Lake, SD | |
| Mar 31, 5:59 PM CDT | SNOW 6 | Pickstown, SD | |
| Mar 31, 6:15 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Lake Benton, MN | |
| Mar 31, 6:15 PM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Ivanhoe, MN |
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 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1364 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KFSD 300908 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 408 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...HEAVY AND WIND DRIVEN SNOWFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO PART OF THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. LIGHT RAIN...WITH SOME SNOW WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER...WILL DEVELOP TODAY WITH PRECIPITATION BECOMING WIDESPREAD AND ALL SNOW FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY...THEN DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT. AS LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFIES AND MOVES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY LATE TUESDAY...STRONG WINDS WILL BECOME EVEN STRONGER AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING IN PART OF THE AREA. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO MITCHELL TO PICKSTOWN SOUTH DAKOTA WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL DECREASE SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA...WITH AN INCH OR LESS FROM JACKSON MINNESOTA INTO MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA. SDZ038-050-052-053-057-058-063-301715- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0004.090330T1800Z-090401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY 408 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING TODAY WILL BECOME A STEADY MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW THIS EVENING WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A FOOT ARE EXPECTED WITH UP TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME PLACES. 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ071-SDZ040-054-055-059-060-064-065-301715- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0004.090331T0300Z-090401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.090331T0600Z-090401T0000Z/ LINCOLN-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-DAVISON-HANSON-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP 408 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING TODAY WILL BECOME A STEADY MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES TO AROUND A FOOT ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ039-301715- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0004.090331T0300Z-090401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ KINGSBURY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON 408 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING TODAY WILL BECOME A STEADY MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW BY THE END OF THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW THIS EVENING WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A FOOT ARE EXPECTED WITH UP TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME PLACES. 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ001>003-012-013-020-MNZ081-089-090-301015- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.A.0003.090331T0600Z-090401T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES- JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... LE MARS...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 408 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. DEVELOPING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY BY TUESDAY...BUT HEAVY SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED. $$ SDZ056-061-068-069-301715- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0003.090331T0600Z-090401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.090331T0600Z-090401T0000Z/ MOODY-MCCOOK-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 408 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS 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. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING TODAY WILL BECOME A STEADY MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW BY LATE EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW BY TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES TO AROUND A FOOT 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ072-080-097-098-SDZ062-066-067-070-071-301715- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0003.090331T0600Z-090401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.090331T0900Z-090401T0000Z/ LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 408 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING TODAY WILL BECOME A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NEZ013-301715- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.090331T0900Z-090401T0000Z/ DIXON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN 408 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING TODAY WILL BECOME A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ WILLIAMS
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFSD 301539 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1039 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...HEAVY AND WIND DRIVEN SNOWFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO PART OF THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP NEAR AND WEST OF THE JAMES VALLEY IN THE AFTERNOON... SPREADING EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 DURING THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM YANKTON TO SIOUX FALLS TO MARSHALL...DECREASING TUESDAY NIGHT. AS LOW PRESSURE INTENSIFIES AND MOVES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY LATE TUESDAY...STRONG WINDS WILL BECOME EVEN STRONGER AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPING IN PART OF THE AREA. A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO MITCHELL TO PICKSTOWN SOUTH DAKOTA WITH TRAVEL BECOMING DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL DECREASE SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA...WITH AN INCH OR LESS FROM JACKSON MINNESOTA INTO MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA. SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-302345- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.090331T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 1039 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME A STEADY MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW THIS EVENING WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A FOOT ARE EXPECTED WITH UP TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SOME PLACES. 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ071-SDZ040-054>056-059>061-064-065-068-069-302345- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.090331T0600Z-090401T0000Z/ LINCOLN-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 1039 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME A STEADY MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW BY LATE EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH SNOW BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW BY TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES TO AROUND A FOOT 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ072-080-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ062-066-067-070-071-302345- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.090331T0900Z-090401T0000Z/ LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1039 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING BY EVENING WILL BECOME A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING THE NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO THE WEST AND NORTH IN THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ RSR
000 WWUS43 KFSD 302119 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 419 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...HEAVY AND WIND DRIVEN SNOWFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING...TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY. RAIN...OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...WITH THE SNOW LINE THEN PROGRESSING EASTWARD TOWARD THE I 29 CORRIDOR LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE TRACK OF THE LOW...AREAS ALONG I 90 IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL LIKELY SEE MINIMAL SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM. BUT GOING WESTWARD...THE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL GREATLY INCREASE IN A SHARP LINE. TEN INCHES PLUS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN AREAS FROM EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...DECREASING TO 3 TO 7 INCHES THROUGH MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY PROGRESS AT 25 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO LINCOLN COUNTY MINNESOTA LINE. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE SIOUX FALLS CITY ITSELF WILL ESCAPE THE HEAVY SNOW WHICH SHOULD JUST BE OFF TO THE NORTH AND WEST. THE ONLY WILD CARD IS...IF THE SNOW WOULD HAPPEN TO GO CONVECTIVE MEANING THUNDERSNOW EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNTS FOR SIOUX FALLS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-310530- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.090331T0300Z-090401T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 419 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING. THE RAINFALL WILL THEN CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 14 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ071-SDZ040-054>056-059>061-064-065-068-069-310530- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.090331T0800Z-090401T0000Z/ LINCOLN-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 419 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGEOVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW BY TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES AROUND THE YANKTON AREA...TO AROUND 10 INCHES IN MITCHELL AND NEAR 8 INCHES AROUND BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ072-080-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ062-066-067-070-071-310530- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.090331T1100Z-090401T0000Z/ LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 419 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGEOVER TO SNOW VERY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO THE WEST AND NORTH IN THE AREA. 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. && $$ MJF
000 WWUS43 KFSD 310230 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 930 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...HEAVY AND WIND DRIVEN SNOWFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO EVOLVE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL DRIFT FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING...TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY. RAIN ACROSS THE AREA WAS ALREADY CHANGING TO SNOW MID EVENING FROM HURON TO KIMBALL TO BURKE...AND THIS TRANSITION ZONE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT GRADUALLY EASTWARD OVERNIGHT AS PRECIPITATION BECOMES WIDESPREAD...STEADY AND HEAVIER OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE SNOW LINE SHOULD PROGRESSING EASTWARD TOWARD THE I 29 CORRIDOR AND EASTWARD TOWARD MARSHALL BY LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE TRACK OF THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...AREAS ALONG I 90 IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL LIKELY SEE MINIMAL SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM. BUT GOING WESTWARD...THE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL GREATLY INCREASE IN A SHARP LINE. TEN INCHES PLUS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN AREAS FROM EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...DECREASING TO 3 TO 7 INCHES THROUGH MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST AS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY PROGRESS AT 25 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO LINCOLN COUNTY MINNESOTA LINE. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE SIOUX FALLS CITY ITSELF WILL ESCAPE THE HEAVY SNOW WHICH SHOULD BE JUST OFF TO THE NORTH AND WEST. THE ONLY WILD CARD IS...IF THE SNOW WOULD HAPPEN TO GO CONVECTIVE MEANING THUNDERSNOW EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNTS FOR SIOUX FALLS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-311030- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.090331T0300Z-090401T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 930 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. WHILE SNOWFALL HAS COMMENCED ALREADY IN AREAS FROM HURON TO KIMBALL TO BURKE...AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN TO THE EAST WILL START TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING. AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND PERSISTENT AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO 14 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ071-SDZ040-054>056-059>061-064-065-068-069-311030- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.090331T0800Z-090401T0000Z/ LINCOLN-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 930 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SOME THUNDERSNOW TO DEVELOP...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN BRIEF EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OVER 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES BETWEEN 2 AM AND 7 AM. EAST WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW BY TUESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES AROUND THE YANKTON AREA...TO AROUND 10 INCHES NEAR MITCHELL AND BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA. 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ072-080-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ062-066-067-070-071-311030- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.090331T1100Z-090401T0000Z/ LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 930 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW VERY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. EAST WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH BY DAYBREAK...THEN GRADUALLY TURN TO NORTH AND NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO THE WEST AND NORTH IN THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CHAPMAN
000 WWUS43 KFSD 310930 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 430 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY WITH BLIZZARD IN PART OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO FAR NORTHWEST IOWA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO MINNESOTA TODAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FROM HURON TO CHAMBERLAIN WHERE THE GREATEST TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL INCREASE ELSEWHERE OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS MORNING OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE AS WELL AS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE AREAS WILL SEE LESSER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAN FURTHER WEST. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. MNZ071-SDZ040-056-311730- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0005.090331T1100Z-090401T0000Z/ LINCOLN-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 430 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES TODAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WHILE THE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE AS STRONG AS IN THE BLIZZARD AREA FURTHER WEST...THEY WILL STILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...IN ADDITION TO THE LOW VISIBILITIES CAUSED BY THE INTENSITY OF THE FALLING SNOW. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW FURTHER LOWERING VISIBILITIES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ080-098-311030- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.090331T1100Z-090401T0000Z/ MURRAY-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...LUVERNE 430 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS MORNING BUT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO BE IN THE ONE TO TWO INCH RANGE. A FEW AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW COULD DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY AS WINDS INCREASE. $$ SDZ054-055-059>061-064-065-068-069-311730- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ MINER-LAKE-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD...MADISON...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 430 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WAS INCREASING OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOST OF TODAY. INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO AS HIGH AS 40 MPH LATER TODAY WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY WIDELY FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES NEAR YANKTON TO 8 TO 10 INCHES NEAR MITCHELL...BUT THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WIDESPREAD. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE LATE TODAY AND DECREASE MORE RAPIDLY 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-311730- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 430 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE MOST OF TODAY...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A FOOT. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING FREQUENTLY TO OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE LATE TODAY...THEN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DECREASE MORE RAPIDLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ072-097-NEZ013-SDZ062-066-067-070-071-311730- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.090331T1600Z-090401T0000Z/ LYON-PIPESTONE-DIXON-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 430 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS MORNING. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH. WHILE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO BE 2 OR 3 INCHES...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SNOW FOR THE STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING SNOW. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY 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. && $$ WILLIAMS
000 WWUS43 KFSD 311504 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1004 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO MINNESOTA TODAY...WITH WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING FROM HURON TO CHAMBERLAIN WHERE THE GREATEST TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL INCREASE ELSEWHERE OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...BUT AMOUNTS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY TOWARDS AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS MORNING OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE AS WELL AS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE AREAS WILL SEE LESSER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAN FURTHER WEST. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. MNZ071-SDZ040-056-312315- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.090331T1504Z-090401T0000Z/ LINCOLN-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 1004 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PATCHY DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING WITH SNOW REDEVELOPING BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH THE VISIBILITY AT TIMES REDUCED TO AROUND A HALF MILE TO A MILE. 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. && $$ SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-312315- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 1004 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A FOOT. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FREQUENTLY GUST OVER 40 MPH AND CAUSE THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE LATE TODAY...THEN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DECREASE MORE RAPIDLY 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ054-055-059>061-064-065-068-069-312315- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ MINER-LAKE-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD...MADISON...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 1004 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOST OF TODAY. INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY WIDELY FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES NEAR YANKTON TO AROUND A FOOT NEAR MITCHELL...BUT THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WIDESPREAD. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE LATE TODAY AND DECREASE MORE RAPIDLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ072-097-NEZ013-SDZ062-066-067-070-071-312315- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.090331T1600Z-090401T0000Z/ LYON-PIPESTONE-DIXON-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1004 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 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 TO SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH. WHILE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO BE 2 OR 3 INCHES...THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SNOW FOR THE STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN BLOWING SNOW. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY 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. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 312109 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 409 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD DULUTH MINNESOTA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE WINDING DOWN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THEREFORE THE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE EARLY THIS EVENING. SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-010000- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 409 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN RURAL AREAS. HOWEVER OVERALL...THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN WINDS TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE EVENING WILL LIKELY STAY LESS THAN 1 OR 2 INCHES. BUT AFTER 7 PM...THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ054-055-059>061-064-065-068-069-010000- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ MINER-LAKE-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD...MADISON...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 409 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS STAYING LESS THAN 1 OR 2 INCHES. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WITH WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER THE WORST OF THE STORM IS ENDING...WITH IMPROVING VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-097-NEZ013-SDZ040-056-062-066-067-070-071-010000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-DIXON-BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 409 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINTRY WEATHER WILL BE FOUND OVER THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES... POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET OR EVEN DRIZZLE AT TIMES. IN THE MEANTIME THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THERE WILL BE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MJF
000 WWUS43 KFSD 312359 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 659 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL TRACK SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD DULUTH MINNESOTA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE WINDING DOWN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS IN MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... BUT A SMALL INCREASE IN SNOW RATES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE BUFFALO RIDGE AREA OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-010100- /O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 659 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. FALLING SNOW WAS TAPERING OFF ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WERE ALSO STARTING TO DROP OFF TO MORE OF A 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE. THEREFORE...THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...SOME POCKETS OF FALLING SNOW ALONG WITH THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BRIEF LOCALIZED VISIBILITY REDUCTION IN OPEN AREAS TO AROUND A QUARTER TO HALF MILE THROUGH 10 PM. $$ SDZ054-055-059>061-064-065-068-069-010100- /O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ MINER-LAKE-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD...MADISON...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 659 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. FALLING SNOW WAS TAPERING OFF ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WERE ALSO STARTING TO DROP OFF TO MORE OF A 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE. THEREFORE...THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...SOME POCKETS OF FALLING SNOW ALONG WITH THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BRIEF LOCALIZED VISIBILITY REDUCTION IN OPEN AREAS TO AROUND A QUARTER TO HALF MILE THROUGH 10 PM. $$ NEZ013-SDZ062-066-067-070-071-010100- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090401T0000Z/ DIXON-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 659 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL HAS TAPERED OFF...AND ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH EARLY THIS EVENING... AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WILL NOT OCCUR. $$ MNZ071-072-097-SDZ040-056-010500- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-090401T0500Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 659 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG THE BUFFALO RIDGE. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...THERE WILL BE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. SNOW SHOULD START TO TAPER OFF TOWARD MIDNIGHT IN MOST LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CHAPMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 4:08 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody, Turner and 1 more | 41 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:16 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner, Union | 8 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.