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Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Dec 8, 2009, 1:33 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 25 hr. 59 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
- Dec 8, 2009, 1:33 PM CST (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 23 counties
Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Clay County, SD, Union County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 1:52 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Spencer, IA | 2 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT, 4 INCHES SNOW DEPTH |
| Dec 8, 2:27 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Ida Grove, IA | |
| Dec 8, 2:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Sioux City, IA | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT |
| Dec 8, 2:30 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Storm Lake, IA | SNOW REPORTS RANGE FROM 2 INCHES IN TOWN TO 5 INCHES NEAR TOWN. WIDEPSREAD DRIFTING AND BLOWING IS MAKING SNOW DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE. |
| Dec 8, 2:33 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Primghar, IA | 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Dec 8, 2:36 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Spirit Lake, IA | |
| Dec 8, 2:38 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Rock Rapids, IA | |
| Dec 8, 3:20 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Worthington, MN | |
| Dec 8, 3:20 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Cherokee, IA | |
| Dec 8, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | South Sioux City, NE | |
| Dec 8, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Vermillion, SD | |
| Dec 8, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | North Sioux City, SD | |
| Dec 8, 3:45 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Marshall, MN | |
| Dec 8, 3:45 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Windom, MN | |
| Dec 8, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Jackson, MN | |
| Dec 8, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Sioux City, IA | TOTAL SNOWFALL THRU 4 PM AT SIOUX CITY |
| Dec 8, 4:10 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 N Currie, MN | |
| Dec 8, 4:14 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Nnw Sergeant Bluff, IA | |
| Dec 8, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.7 | Wakefield, NE | |
| Dec 8, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 Sse Cherokee, IA | |
| Dec 8, 7:20 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 4 N Currie, MN | |
| Dec 8, 8:12 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Jackson, MN | VISIBILITY DOWN TO 500 FEET OUTSIDE OF TOWN. |
| Dec 8, 8:17 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Marshall, MN | VISIBILITY AROUND 1/10 MILE OUTSIDE OF TOWN. |
| Dec 8, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Sioux City, IA | VISIBILITY AROUND 1/4 MILE. |
| Dec 8, 8:55 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Windom, MN | |
| Dec 8, 9:35 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 5 W Spirit Lake, IA | |
| Dec 8, 9:45 PM CST | SNOW 6.9 | 1 Nnw Sergeant Bluff, IA | |
| Dec 8, 10:23 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Worthington, MN | VISIBILITES 1000 FT., EAST-WEST ROADS IN BAD SHAPE. 4-5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL UP TO 8 PM. |
| Dec 8, 10:25 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Slayton, MN | NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL UP TO 8 PM. |
| Dec 8, 10:32 PM CST | BLIZZARD 0 | Primghar, IA | CONDITIONS DIMINISHING WITH ROAD CONDITIONS BECOMING POOR. |
| Dec 8, 10:37 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Sibley, IA | QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OTHER TIMES DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 8, 10:41 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Pipestone, MN | VISIBILITES LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. |
| Dec 8, 10:49 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Spencer, IA | LESS THAN 100 FT. VISIBILITY. |
| Dec 9, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Spencer, IA | |
| Dec 9, 5:10 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Worthington, MN | VISIBILITY OF 20 FEET. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. |
| Dec 9, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Marshall, MN | |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | 2 Ne Lakefield, MN | |
| Dec 9, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 1 Sse Cherokee, IA | |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Akron, IA | |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 3 Ne Battle Creek, IA | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Everly, IA | |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Holstein, IA | |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Ocheyedan, IA | |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.3 | 5 Nne Elk Point, SD | |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Cherokee, IA | |
| Dec 9, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 8 Ene Wakefield, NE | |
| Dec 9, 8:33 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Vermillion, SD | SEVERAL REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE SNOWFALL OF 6 1/2 TO 8 INCHES IN AND NEXT TO VERMILLION. |
| Dec 9, 8:36 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 5 Sse Meckling, SD | LOTS OF DRIFTING. |
| Dec 9, 8:52 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Storm Lake, IA | MUCH DRIFTING. VISIBILITY VARIABLE WITH SOME WHITEOUT POCKETS IN OPEN AREAS. |
| Dec 9, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Tracy, MN | |
| Dec 9, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Rock Valley, IA | |
| Dec 9, 9:02 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Windom, MN | WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW CONTINUE. |
| Dec 9, 9:03 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Spirit Lake, IA | NEA BLIZZARD CONDITIONS |
| Dec 9, 9:05 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Le Mars, IA | |
| Dec 9, 9:06 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Windom, MN | DRIFTING AND BLOWING CONTINUE AREAS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW A QUARTER MILE |
| Dec 9, 9:20 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Rock Rapids, IA | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 9, 9:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Sioux Center, IA | STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 9, 10:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.7 | 6 S Sioux City, IA | OBSERVATION FOR SIOUX CITY AIRPORT. |
| Dec 9, 11:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 4 E Sioux Rapids, IA | VISIBILITY WAS NEAR ZERO EARLIER BUT NOW UP TO 1/4 TO 1/2 MILE. |
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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 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 081933 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 133 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN IOWA. GRADUALLY LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FOUND FARTHER TO THE WEST AND NORTH...INTO SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA. OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE. IN ADDITION...ARCTIC AIR WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-NEZ013-014-SDZ070- 071-090345- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.091208T1933Z-091209T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-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...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 133 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE AREAS. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ SDZ050-061-063>065-068-090345- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ GREGORY-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 133 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH AFTER DARK WHICH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ MNZ072-080-081-097-098-SDZ056-062-066-067-069-090345- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER- LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 133 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER DARK...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH... WHICH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS VALUES OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ MNZ071-SDZ038>040-052>055-057>060-090345- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ LINCOLN-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 133 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... GRADUALLY ENDING AROUND MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 29 AND INTERSTATE 90. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER DARK...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WHICH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ SCHUMACHER
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFSD 082123 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 323 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS INTO FAR SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN IOWA. GRADUALLY LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FOUND FARTHER TO THE WEST AND NORTH... INTO SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA. OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE. IN ADDITION...ARCTIC AIR WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-NEZ013-014-SDZ070- 071-090530- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-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...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 323 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE AREAS. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ SDZ050-061-063>065-068-090530- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ GREGORY-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 323 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH AFTER DARK... PRODUCING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ MNZ072-080-081-097-098-SDZ056-062-066-067-069-090530- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER- LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 323 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WHICH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS VALUES OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ MNZ071-SDZ038>040-052>055-057>060-090530- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ LINCOLN-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 323 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 29 AND INTERSTATE 90. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WHICH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ JH
000 WWUS43 KFSD 090320 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 920 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 .A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...AT TIMES PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA. OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE. IN ADDITION...ARCTIC AIR WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. MNZ072-080-081-097-098-091130- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 920 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO POOR VISIBILITIES...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS VALUE OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ MNZ071-091130- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE 920 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO POOR VISIBILITIES...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS VALUE OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-NEZ013-014-SDZ070- 071-091130- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-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...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 920 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO POOR VISIBILITIES...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS VALUE OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ SDZ050-061-063>065-068-091130- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ GREGORY-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 920 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT...ALONG WITH WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ SDZ056-062-066-067-069-091130- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 920 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...BUT WILL TAPER OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL POSSIBLE THE REST OF TONIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES TONIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WIND CHILLS VALUES OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ SDZ038>040-052>055-057>060-091130- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-BRULE- AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY 920 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 29 AND INTERSTATE 90. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. && $$ 97
000 WWUS43 KFSD 091010 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 410 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES TODAY...TAKING WITH IT THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. LEFT BEHIND WILL BE A VERY COLD AIR MASS WITH NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. SDZ056-062-066-067-069-091800- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.091209T1010Z-091209T1800Z/ MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 410 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS MORNING...WILL TAPER OFF TO 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. A COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. BY AFTERNOON THESE WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY...TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS...SOME AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>061-063>065-068-091800- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091209T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.091209T1010Z-091209T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 410 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THIS MORNING...WILL TAPER OFF TO 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. A COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. BY AFTERNOON THESE WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY...TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS...SOME AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-091815- /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.091209T1800Z-091210T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-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...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 410 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH THE VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY EARLY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AS COLD AS 25 BELOW ZERO. THE WIND WILL DECREASE BY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 091642 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1042 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES THIS AFTERNOON...TAKING WITH IT THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. LEFT BEHIND WILL BE A VERY COLD AIR MASS WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH THROUGH SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW TOWARD THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. GRADUALLY DIMINISHING WINDS ALLOW IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITIES TO SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. HOWEVER...MANY WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 THROUGH TONIGHT. IAZ003-014-022-MNZ081-090-100045- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091209T2100Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.091209T1800Z-091210T1800Z/ DICKINSON-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SPENCER...STORM LAKE...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 1042 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING... WITH THE VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON... ALTHOUGH SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AS COLD AS 25 BELOW ZERO. THE WIND WILL DECREASE BY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ONLY ADD TO THE WINTER WEATHER DANGER SHOULD YOU BECOME STRANDED. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ IAZ001-002-012-013-020-021-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098- NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-100045- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.091209T1800Z-091210T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN- MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON... HARTLEY...SANBORN...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE... HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1042 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. BLOWING SNOW...WITH AREAS OF VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH MIDDAY...ALTHOUGH SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AS COLD AS 25 BELOW ZERO. THE WIND WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT BY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ SDZ038>040-050-052>069-091800- /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 1042 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH LATE THIS MORNING... WILL TAPER OFF TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. BY AFTERNOON THESE WIND CHILLS WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY...TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO. IN ADDITION TO THE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS...SOME AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ CHAPMAN
000 WWUS43 KFSD 091803 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1203 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 .LINGERING STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HENDRICKS MINNESOTA...TO SIOUX FALLS...TO VERMILLION. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY AFTERNOON MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR...WHERE PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE WILL CONTINUE. WHEN THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINE WITH THE CHILLY TEMPERATURES...WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. IAZ001-002-012-013-020-021-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098- NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-100215- /O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-091210T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN- MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON... HARTLEY...SANBORN...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE... HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1203 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH SHOULD STILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH SOME SPOTTY AND BRIEF VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...FOR THE MOST PART...VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH CHILLY TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND AS COLD AS 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ SDZ038>040-050-052>069-091915- /O.EXP.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-091209T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 1203 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. WITH A SLOW REDUCTION IN WINDS...AND TEMPERATURES CRAWLING A FEW DEGREES WARMER DURING THE AFTERNOON...WIND CHILLS WILL RELAX TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. $$ IAZ003-014-022-MNZ081-090-100215- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091209T2100Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-091210T1800Z/ DICKINSON-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SPENCER...STORM LAKE...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 1203 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON... WITH THE VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AS COLD AS 25 BELOW ZERO. THE WIND WILL DECREASE BY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ONLY ADD TO THE WINTER WEATHER DANGER SHOULD YOU BECOME STRANDED. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ CHAPMAN
000 WWUS43 KFSD 092115 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 315 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 .GUSTY WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING TONIGHT AS THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM PULLS EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE LINGERING WIND WILL COMBINE WITH NEAR ZERO OR SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. IAZ003-014-022-MNZ081-090-100515- /O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091209T2100Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-091210T1800Z/ DICKINSON-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SPENCER...STORM LAKE...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 315 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING...REDUCING THE THREAT OF BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...EVEN THE LIGHTER WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ SDZ038>040-050-052>069-100515- /O.EXA.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-091210T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 315 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. HOWEVER...EVEN THE LIGHTER WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ IAZ001-002-012-013-020-021-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098- NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-100515- /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-091210T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN- MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON... HARTLEY...SANBORN...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE... HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 315 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. HOWEVER...EVEN THE LIGHTER WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT WILL PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ JH
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2009Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2009Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 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.