Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Apr 3, 2009, 10:40 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 4, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr. 44 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
- Apr 3, 2009, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2009, 3:57 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 32 counties
Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Jackson County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:00 PM CDT | SNOW 0.3 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Apr 4, 1:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1.2 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Apr 4, 1:40 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | 1 Sw Chamberlain, SD | GREAT BIG WET FLAKES OF SNOW COMING DOWN |
| Apr 4, 1:49 PM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | 1 W Kimball, SD | |
| Apr 4, 1:49 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 1 W Kimball, SD | SNOW STILL COMING DOWN PRETTY GOOD. STATE TROOPERS COMING IN TO THE TRUCK STOP SAID THAT THE SNOW AND WIND WERE CREATING WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ON I-90. |
| Apr 4, 1:53 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Wnw Gregory, SD | |
| Apr 4, 1:53 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Wnw Gregory, SD | THE WIND IS REALY PICKING THIS SNOW UP. VISIBILITY OUTSIDE OF TOWN IS A QUARTER MILE AT BEST, MOSTLY LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE, BUT NOT SO BAD IN TOWN. |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 0.5 | Fairfax, SD | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Parkston, SD | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Wagner, SD | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1.4 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 5 Ne Salem, SD | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1.7 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Alexandria, SD | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Armour, SD | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Luverne, MN | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Chamberlain, SD | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Stickney, SD | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 5 N Dallas, SD | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Burke, SD | |
| Apr 4, 4:30 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | White Lake, SD | |
| Apr 4, 6:49 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Apr 4, 8:00 PM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | Sioux Falls, SD | SNOWFALL AT THE SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT |
| Apr 4, 8:00 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Sioux Falls, SD | SNOWFALL AT THE SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT |
| Apr 4, 8:10 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | 1 N Tea, SD | |
| Apr 4, 8:10 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Wall Lake, SD | |
| Apr 4, 8:25 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 5 Ne Salem, SD | VISIBILITY 1/4 OF A MILE. LOTS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Apr 4, 8:42 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Platte, SD | |
| Apr 4, 8:42 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Chamberlain, SD | |
| Apr 4, 8:45 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Tyndall, SD | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITES AT TIMES AND VERY SLIPPERY ROADS. |
| Apr 4, 8:45 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Parkston, SD | REDUCED VISIBILITES. |
| Apr 4, 8:49 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Lake Andes, SD | VISIBILITY LESS THAN A 1/4 OF A MILE. |
| Apr 4, 8:52 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Parker, SD | ZERO VISIBILITES, HAZARDOUS ROADS. |
| Apr 4, 8:52 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Armour, SD | VISIBILITY 1/4 OF MILE DUE TO BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW. |
| Apr 4, 8:59 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 11 | White Lake, SD | |
| Apr 4, 9:00 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Yankton, SD | HEAVY SNOW, REDUCED VISIBILITES. |
| Apr 4, 9:10 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Jackson, MN | |
| Apr 4, 9:10 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Luverne, MN | MODERATE SNOW AND SLIPPERY ROADS. |
| Apr 4, 9:10 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | 6 S Hartford, SD | |
| Apr 4, 9:10 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Menno, SD | |
| Apr 4, 9:15 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Worthington, MN | |
| Apr 4, 9:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Rock Rapids, IA | |
| Apr 4, 9:30 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Canton, SD | |
| Apr 4, 11:48 PM CDT | SNOW 9.8 | Mitchell, SD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 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 031540 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1040 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 .ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES LATE TONIGHT...AND THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW WILL TAKE A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK THAN THE LAST STORM SYSTEM. THEREFORE HEAVIER SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 14 SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH. INITIALLY...LIGHT RAIN...OR LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. BUT THEN AS THE LOW TRACKS FURTHER EAST THROUGH KANSAS AND EVENTUALLY INTO SOUTHERN IOWA... PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ON SATURDAY...AND WILL EITHER BEGIN AS SNOW OR CHANGE TO SNOW BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...IT WILL BECOME QUITE WINDY LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. SDZ050-057-058-063-064-032345- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090404T2100Z-090405T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T1200Z-090405T1200Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1040 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TOWARD DAWN ON SATURDAY MORNING...AND WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH BY EVENING. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA 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. && $$ SDZ065-068-069-032345- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090405T0000Z-090405T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T1200Z-090405T1200Z/ HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 1040 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 9 TO 15 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE WEST OF YANKTON AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ070-032345- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090405T0000Z-090405T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VERMILLION 1040 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD SATURDAY MORNING...CHANGING COMPLETELY TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 10 TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ071-032345- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090405T0300Z-090405T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1040 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND MIX WITH SNOW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ALL SNOW BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 9 TO 14 INCHES LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ080-081-097-SDZ038-052>056-032345- /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...PIPESTONE...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU 1040 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN...MIXING WITH SNOW...WITH MOVE INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SATURDAY MORNING AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND ON SUNDAY MORNING IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH DURING THE DAY AND WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ IAZ001-012-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ059>062-066-067-032345- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 1040 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD SATURDAY MORNING... CHANGING COMPLETELY TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-032345- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090405T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 1040 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD SATURDAY...CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE IN EXCESS ONE FOOT. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$ SCHUMACHER
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFSD 031643 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1143 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 .ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES LATE TONIGHT...AND THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW WILL TAKE A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK THAN THE LAST STORM SYSTEM. THEREFORE HEAVIER SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 14 SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH. INITIALLY...LIGHT RAIN...OR LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. BUT THEN AS THE LOW TRACKS FURTHER EAST THROUGH KANSAS AND EVENTUALLY INTO SOUTHERN IOWA... PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ON SATURDAY...AND WILL EITHER BEGIN AS SNOW OR CHANGE TO SNOW BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...IT WILL BECOME QUITE WINDY LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. SDZ069-040045- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YANKTON 1143 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 9 TO 15 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE WEST OF YANKTON AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ SDZ050-057-058-063>065-068-040045- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T1200Z-090405T1200Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 1143 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 9 TO 15 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE WEST OF YANKTON AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-040045- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1143 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND MIX WITH SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE ALL SNOW BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 9 TO 14 INCHES LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR NORTH AND WEST OF SIOUX CITY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ001-012-MNZ080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038-052>056-059>062-066- 067-040045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 1143 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN...MIXING WITH SNOW...WITH MOVE INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SATURDAY MORNING AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND ON SUNDAY MORNING IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH DURING THE DAY AND WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-040045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090405T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 1143 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD SATURDAY...CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. A FEW LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE IN EXCESS ONE FOOT. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ SCHUMACHER
000 WWUS43 KFSD 032105 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 405 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM LIKELY OVER SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA... .LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SPREAD INTO NEBRASKA ON SATURDAY...THEN DEEPEN AND BECOME VERY STRONG OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW A BAND OF RAIN AND SNOW TO DEVELOP FROM NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT...THEN TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 12 TO 15 INCHES...APPEARS THAT IT WILL SET UP FROM AROUND GREGORY TO PARKER AND CANTON TO AROUND JACKSON MINNESOTA. HOWEVER...6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS LINE AS WELL. ON TOP OF THE HEAVY SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. IAZ001-012-MNZ089-090-098-040515- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.A.0003.090405T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE 405 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME ALL SNOW BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL ACROSS AREAS FROM AROUND JACKSON AND WORTHINGTON IN MINNESOTA...TO AROUND ROCK RAPIDS AND SPIRIT LAKE IN IOWA. IN THIS BAND...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. OUTSIDE OF THIS BAND...ESPECIALLY WITHIN ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OR SOUTH OF IT...6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ON TOP OF THIS HEAVY SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS WINTER STORM SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-040515- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090405T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.A.0003.090405T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 405 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME ALL SNOW BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL ACROSS AREAS FROM AROUND JACKSON AND WORTHINGTON IN MINNESOTA...TO AROUND ROCK RAPIDS AND SPIRIT LAKE IN IOWA. IN THIS BAND...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. OUTSIDE OF THIS BAND...ESPECIALLY WITHIN ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OR SOUTH OF IT...6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. ON TOP OF THIS HEAVY SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS WINTER STORM SHOULD OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ SDZ052-053-059>062-066-067-040515- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0006.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ JERAULD-SANBORN-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 405 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE TO 6 TO 10 INCHES. ON TOP OF THIS HEAVY SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS WINTER STORM SHOULD OCCUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ050-057-058-063>065-068-040515- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T1200Z-090405T1200Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 405 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 9 TO 15 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE WEST OF YANKTON AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN BY MID MORNING...WITH THE WINDS INCREASING BY NOON...BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ069>071-040515- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 405 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 9 TO 15 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE EAST OF YANKTON AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ080-081-097-SDZ038-054>056-040515- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...PIPESTONE...HURON...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU 405 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RAIN...MIXING WITH SNOW...WITH MOVE INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SATURDAY MORNING AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND ON SUNDAY MORNING IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH DURING THE DAY AND WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 040245 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 945 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM LIKELY OVER SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA... NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA... .LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SPREAD INTO NEBRASKA ON SATURDAY...THEN DEEPEN AND BECOME VERY STRONG OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW A BAND OF RAIN AND SNOW TO DEVELOP FROM NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT...THEN TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 12 TO 15 INCHES... APPEARS THAT IT WILL SET UP FROM AROUND GREGORY TO PARKER AND CANTON TO AROUND JACKSON MINNESOTA AND SPIRIT LAKE IOWA. HOWEVER...6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE A LITTLE TO THE NORTH AND ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE AS WELL. ON TOP OF THE HEAVY SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. IAZ001>003-012>014-021-022-032-MNZ089-090-098-041045- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0003.090405T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2300Z-090406T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE 945 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND WHEN COMBINED WITH A NORTHEAST WIND THAT WILL GUST TO 40 MPH AT TIMES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM SHOULD PASS BETWEEN ABOUT 900 PM CDT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 900 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING. A BAND OF 12 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FROM SIOUX CENTER TO SANBORN TO SPIRIT LAKE. 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. && $$ SDZ050-057-058-063>065-068-041045- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T1200Z-090405T1200Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 945 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 9 TO 15 INCHES EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY BEGIN BY MID MORNING...WITH THE WINDS INCREASING BY NOON...BRINGING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ069>071-041045- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 945 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY THE MIDDLE OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 9 TO 15 INCHES EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ SDZ052-053-059>062-066-067-041045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ JERAULD-SANBORN-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 945 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW... ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY NIGHT...WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE TO 6 TO 10 INCHES. ON TOP OF THIS HEAVY SNOW...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS WINTER STORM SHOULD OCCUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038-054-055-041045- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.090404T2100Z-090405T1200Z/ BEADLE-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...HOWARD...MADISON 945 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SATURDAY MORNING...BECOMING ALL SNOW BY ABOUT NOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES ON SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ MNZ080-081-097-SDZ056-041045- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0004.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 945 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BAND OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH SHOULD QUICKLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS MOST LIKELY FROM ABOUT 600 PM CDT SATURDAY THROUGH 300 AM CDT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM INTERSTATE 90 SOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 040952 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 452 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT EARLY SPRING BLIZZARD WILL AFFECT FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL PRESS EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY INTO SUNDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD FROM NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM LATER THIS MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA COLLAPSING SOUTH AND EAST INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG A LINE FROM GREGORY... TO WAGNER...TO BERESFORD TO SPENCER IOWA...WITH THE GREATEST BACK THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE WILL TAPER OFF TO AROUND 6 INCHES FROM SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE...AND GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ON TOP OF THE HEAVY SNOW...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SDZ061-062-066-067-041800- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0006.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 452 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MIXED WITH SNOW DURING THE MORNING. THE RAIN WILL FULLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF LATER SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE TO 6 TO 11 INCHES... WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS WINTER STORM SHOULD OCCUR ON SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ SDZ059-060-041800- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0006.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T1800Z-090405T1200Z/ DAVISON-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 452 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MIXED WITH AND CHANGING TO SNOW LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ON TOP OF THE SNOWFALL...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND PERIODS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF LATER SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY FROM TO 6 TO 9 INCHES. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS WINTER STORM SHOULD OCCUR ON LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ052-053-041800- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0006.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.090404T1800Z-090405T1200Z/ JERAULD-SANBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET 452 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...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 FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN AND SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY MORNING EXPECTED FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE 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. && $$ SDZ050-057-058-063>065-068-041800- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T1800Z-090405T1200Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 452 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TAPERING OFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED FROM 7 TO 13 INCHES...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS TOWARD THE NEBRASKA BORDER. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014- SDZ071-041800- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2300Z-090405T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 452 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. AN AREA OF RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD THIS MORNING...BECOMING MIXED WITH SNOW TOWARD THE IOWA GREAT LAKES AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON... WITH A CHANGE TO SNOW DEVELOPING GRADUALLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA IN THE AFTERNOON. THE CHANGE TO SNOW SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL EARLY EVENING FOR AREAS NEAR IDA GROVE AND STORM LAKE. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH A NORTHEAST WIND THAT WILL GUST TO 40 MPH AT TIMES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM SHOULD PASS BETWEEN ABOUT 900 PM CDT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 900 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING. BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...A BAND OF 9 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FROM SIOUX CENTER TO SANBORN TO SPENCER. AMOUNTS SOUTH OF THIS BAND WILL DROP OFF TO AROUND 6 INCHES FROM SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE. 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. && $$ SDZ069-070-041800- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YANKTON...VERMILLION 452 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SNOW MIDDAY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 9 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ039-041800- /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.090404T1800Z-090405T1200Z/ KINGSBURY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON 452 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. AREAS OF SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY MIDDAY. SNOW WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS MOST LIKELY FROM ABOUT 400 PM CDT THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-SDZ040-041800- /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...BROOKINGS 452 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. AREAS OF SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY MIDDAY. SNOW WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS MOST LIKELY FROM ABOUT 500 PM CDT THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ038-054-041800- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.090404T1800Z-090405T1200Z/ BEADLE-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...HOWARD 452 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY MIDDAY...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. SNOW WILL BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS MOST LIKELY FROM ABOUT 200 PM CDT THROUGH 10 PM CDT. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ SDZ055-041800- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MADISON 452 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY MIDDAY...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. SNOW WILL BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ080-081-097-SDZ056-041800- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 452 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND BRIEFLY HEAVY LATE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. 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 041456 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 956 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT EARLY SPRING BLIZZARD WILL AFFECT FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL PRESS EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY INTO SUNDAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD FROM NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA LATE THIS MORNING...WITH A TRANSITION TO SNOW EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM EARLY AFTERNOON IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA COLLAPSING SOUTH AND EAST INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. A BAND OF VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG A LINE FROM GREGORY... TO WAGNER...TO BERESFORD TO SPENCER IOWA... WITH THE GREATEST BACK THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE WILL TAPER OFF TO AROUND 6 INCHES FROM SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE...AND GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ON TOP OF THE HEAVY SNOW...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SDZ050-057>060-063>065-068-042300- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T1800Z-090405T1200Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 956 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING AND QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TAPERING OFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SUNDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED FROM 7 TO 13 INCHES...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS TOWARD THE NEBRASKA BORDER. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. 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>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014- SDZ071-042300- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2300Z-090405T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 956 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. AN AREA OF RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD THIS MORNING...BECOMING MIXED WITH SNOW TOWARD THE IOWA GREAT LAKES AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON... WITH A CHANGE TO SNOW DEVELOPING GRADUALLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA IN THE AFTERNOON. THE CHANGE TO SNOW SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL EARLY EVENING FOR AREAS NEAR IDA GROVE AND STORM LAKE. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH A NORTHEAST WIND THAT WILL GUST TO 40 MPH AT TIMES...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. THE MOST DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE STORM SHOULD PASS BETWEEN ABOUT 900 PM CDT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 900 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING. BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...A BAND OF 9 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FROM SIOUX CENTER TO SANBORN TO SPENCER. AMOUNTS SOUTH OF THIS BAND WILL DROP OFF TO AROUND 6 INCHES FROM SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE. 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. && $$ SDZ061-062-066-067-069-070-042300- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... YANKTON...VERMILLION 956 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING...MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SNOW MIDDAY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 9 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST TO NORTH AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH LATER SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ038-039-052>054-042300- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.090404T1800Z-090405T1200Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD 956 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. AREAS OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY MIDDAY...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. SNOW WILL BECOME BRIEFLY HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS MOST LIKELY FROM ABOUT 200 PM CDT THROUGH 10 PM CDT. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-055-056-042300- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.090404T2100Z-090405T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 956 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND BRIEFLY HEAVY LATE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH... WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 042142 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 442 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT EARLY SPRING BLIZZARD WILL AFFECT FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ALONG A LINE FROM GREGORY...TO WAGNER...TO BERESFORD...TO SPENCER IOWA...WHERE UPWARDS OF 1 FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE WILL TAPER OFF TO AROUND 6 INCHES FROM SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE...AND GENERALLY 3 TO 6 INCHES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014- SDZ071-050545- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.090404T2300Z-090405T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 442 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO THE CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING...BUT NOT BEFORE PRODUCING 7 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW. 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. && $$ SDZ050-057>060-063>065-068-050545- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 442 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING...THEN TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS TOWARD THE NEBRASKA BORDER. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ061-062-066-067-069-070-050545- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... YANKTON...VERMILLION 442 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 8 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ SDZ038-039-052>054-050545- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD 442 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT NOT BEFORE PRODUCING THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-055-056-050545- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 442 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...BUT NOT BEFORE PRODUCING THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW. 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. && $$ 97
000 WWUS43 KFSD 050316 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1016 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT EARLY SPRING BLIZZARD WILL AFFECT FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SDZ038-052-050430- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA 1016 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OF THIS EVENING...ENDING AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014- SDZ071-051130- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1016 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO THE CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA THIS LATE EVENING...PRODUCING RAPIDLY DETERIORATION WEATHER CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING...BUT NOT BEFORE PRODUCING 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW. 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. && $$ SDZ050-057>060-063>065-068-051130- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 1016 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW IS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH SNOW IS DIMINISHING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW...CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ061-062-066-067-069-070-051130- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... YANKTON...VERMILLION 1016 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT...TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY AT TIMES OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ SDZ039-053-054-051130- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD 1016 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT...WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-055-056-051130- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 1016 PM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BUT WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...BUT NOT BEFORE PRODUCING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. 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 050857 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 357 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 .SNOWFALL ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA AND NEIGHBORING AREAS WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS INTENSE LOW PRESSURE ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN IOWA PULLS SLOWLY TO THE EAST. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...BUT WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...WITH VISIBILITIES GENERALLY REDUCED TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. IAZ001>003-012-MNZ089-090-SDZ067-070-071-051500- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-090405T1500Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-NOBLES-JACKSON-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 357 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD 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 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY...BUT CONTINUE AN OVERALL TREND IN DECREASING INTENSITY. ANY PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED MAINLY THROUGH 6 AM...WHICH COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WHICH WILL BRING STORM TOTALS TO 4 TO 8 INCHES. 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. && $$ IAZ013-014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-051700- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-090405T1700Z/ OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON- DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER... LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE... HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 357 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... ...BLIZZARD 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 NOON CDT TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING...AND WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. OVERALL...THE INTENSITY OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF DURING THE MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF A STORM LAKE TO SALIX LINE. 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. && $$ SDZ050-057>060-063>065-068-051000- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 357 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. HOWEVER... BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ MNZ098-SDZ061-062-066-069-051000- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...YANKTON 357 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. HOWEVER... BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ040-055-056-051000- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS... MADISON...FLANDREAU 357 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AREAS OF LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. $$ SDZ039-053-054-051000- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD 357 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AREAS OF LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. $$ MNZ081-051500- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-090405T1500Z/ COTTONWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE 357 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CHAPMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 4:05 PM CDT | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:05 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Jerauld, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha and 2 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2009Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 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.