Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Dec 24, 2009, 3:31 PM CST for 24 counties in South Dakota; 4 counties in Iowa; Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 25, 2009, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr. 60 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 24, 2009, 3:31 PM CST (21:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2009, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 30 counties
Lyon County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings 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, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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 25, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Montrose, SD | UP TO MIDNIGHT |
| Dec 25, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Huron, SD | |
| Dec 25, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.3 | Sioux City, IA | |
| Dec 25, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 7.3 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 25, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 Se Yankton, SD | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | White Lake, SD | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Ssw Gayville, SD | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.7 | Carthage, SD | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Hartford, SD | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Brookings, SD | |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Rock Valley, IA | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 5 W Hendricks, SD | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Brookings, SD | |
| Dec 25, 8:50 AM CST | SNOW 3 | De Smet, SD | APPROXIMATE |
| Dec 25, 8:53 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Canton, SD | |
| Dec 25, 8:55 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Flandreau, SD | |
| Dec 25, 8:55 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Parker, SD | |
| Dec 25, 9:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Baltic, SD | DAIRY BARN REPORTED COLLAPSED NEAR BALTIC. SNOWFALL AMOUNT IS UNKNOWN. |
| Dec 25, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Wessington Springs, SD | |
| Dec 25, 9:10 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Wall Lake, SD | |
| Dec 25, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Dec 25, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Menno, SD | OVERNIGHT |
| Dec 25, 9:45 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Lake Andes, SD | APPROXIMATE |
| Dec 25, 1:15 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 4 Sw Baltic, SD | 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN THE PAST 12 HOURS, WHICH MAKES THE STORM TOTAL 8.5 INCHES. THE SNOW DEPTH IS 13 INCHES, WITH DRIFTS UP TO 43 INCHES DEEP. GRAVEL ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED AND IMPASSABLE IN SEVERAL AREAS. |
| Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Winfred, SD | SNOWFALL SINCE THURSDAY EVENING |
| Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Yankton, SD | SNOWFALL SINCE THURSDAY EVENING |
| Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 10.5 | Canton, SD | SNOWFALL SINCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
| Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 12 | De Smet, SD | SNOWFALL SINCE THURSDAY EVENING |
| Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Kimball, SD | SNOWFALL SINCE THURSDAY EVENING |
| Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Mitchell, SD | SNOWFALL SINCE THURSDAY EVENING |
| Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Springfield, SD | SNOWFALL SINCE THURSDAY EVENING |
| Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 13 | Le Mars, IA | SNOWFALL SINCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
| Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 13 | Orange City, IA | SNOWFALL SINCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON |
| Dec 25, 3:55 PM CST | SNOW 14.8 | Sioux Falls, SD | 3 DAY STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 4:28 PM CST | SNOW 12.8 | Huron, SD | 3 DAY STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 4:28 PM CST | SNOW 14.7 | Sioux City, IA | 3 DAY STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 5:15 PM CST | SNOW 16.2 | Mitchell, SD | 3 DAY STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 6:21 PM CST | SNOW 14.8 | Huron, SD | 3 DAY STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM TODAY |
| Dec 25, 6:21 PM CST | SNOW 15.4 | Sioux Falls, SD | 3 DAY STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 6:21 PM CST | SNOW 15.7 | Sioux City, IA | 3 DAY STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM TODAY |
| Dec 25, 9:11 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Menno, SD | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. |
| Dec 25, 9:11 PM CST | SNOW 13 | Le Mars, IA | 3 DAY STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 25, 9:11 PM CST | SNOW 15.7 | Sioux Falls, SD | 9.9 INCHES FOR THE DAY AND A 3 DAY STORM TOTAL OF 15.7 INCHES. |
| Dec 25, 9:42 PM CST | SNOW 17.2 | Sioux City, IA | SNOWFALL FOR THE DAY IS 8.0 INCHES. 3 DAY STORM TOTAL OF 17.2 INCHES. |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 10 | 6 Nne White, SD | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 11.5 | Brookings, SD | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 13.5 | Le Mars, IA | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 14 | Wessington Springs, SD | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 15.7 | Hawarden, IA | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 16.8 | Canton, SD | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 17 | Yankton, SD | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 18 | Akron, IA | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 18.1 | Vermillion, SD | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 18.5 | Rock Valley, IA | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 23.5 | Marion, SD | |
| Dec 26, 8:52 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 6 N Centerville, SD | RELATIVELY NEW HOG BARN COLLAPSED OVERNIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION |
| Dec 26, 8:52 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | Madison, SD | 17.9 INCHES 3 DAY STORM TOTAL |
| Dec 26, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 18.5 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 26, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 18.6 | Huron, SD | |
| Dec 26, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 19.3 | Mitchell, SD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 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 242131 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 331 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...CONDITIONS WORSENING RAPIDLY AGAIN TONIGHT WITH SEVERE CHRISTMAS WINTER STORM... .THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND ANY TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. DO NOT BE LULLED INTO COMPLACENCY BY THE LULL THAT EXISTED FOR MUCH OF TODAY. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTH UP THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL BRING THE MAIN PART OF THE STORM QUICKLY INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASING WINDS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THEN A FOOT ARE STILL EXPECTED EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER...WITH 6 INCHES TO A FOOT ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OVER 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN PARTS O NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FALLING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-250545- /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.091225T0600Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN- MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...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...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 331 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE STEADILY FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING AFTER A RELATIVE QUIET PERIOD OF DAYTIME WEATHER. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LIKELY. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVEN THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM A LITTLE OVER 12 INCHES NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND IN EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...TO AROUND 7 INCHES FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO GREGORY SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH HIGHER DRIFTS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT...REACHING SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH THESE WINDS CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 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 IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-250545- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE 331 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WAS INCREASING AGAIN FROM THE SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A RELATIVE QUIET PERIOD OF WEATHER TO START THE DAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVEN THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE BY LATE FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH HIGHER DRIFTS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ WILLIAMS
11 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFSD 250205 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 805 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...CONDITIONS WORSENING RAPIDLY AGAIN TONIGHT WITH SEVERE CHRISTMAS WINTER STORM... .THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND ANY TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTH UP THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL BRING THE MAIN PART OF THE STORM QUICKLY INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY INCREASING WINDS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THEN A FOOT ARE STILL EXPECTED EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER...WITH 6 INCHES TO A FOOT ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OVER 16 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FALLING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO SIOUX FALLS. NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-251015- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.091225T0600Z-091226T1800Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN- MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...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...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 805 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVEN THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM A LITTLE OVER 12 INCHES NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND IN EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...TO AROUND 7 INCHES FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO GREGORY SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH HIGHER DRIFTS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT...REACHING SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH THESE WINDS CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 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 IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-251015- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE 805 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS A NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGES 20 TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVEN THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE BY LATE FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH HIGHER DRIFTS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 250713 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 113 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...CONDITIONS BAD TONIGHT AND LINGERING THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND ANY TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TRACKING NORTHWARD UP THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...THEN MEANDER AROUND THE HAWKEYE STATE ON CHRISTMAS AND FRIDAY NIGHT...BEFORE NUDGING EASTWARD A BIT ON SATURDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND ALONG THE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY IN NORTHWEST IOWA. WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THEN A FOOT ARE STILL EXPECTED EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER...WITH 6 INCHES TO A FOOT ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OVER 16 INCHES ARE VERY LIKELY IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. HOWEVER AREAS FROM MARSHALL TO STORM LAKE WILL SEE LESS WIND...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING IN THOSE AREAS. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO SIOUX FALLS. IAZ001-012-020-031-251515- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY 113 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AS NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGE 25 TO 45 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY. THE LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVEN THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 17 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH VERY HIGH DRIFTING IN RURAL AREAS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING 25 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY WHERE THE WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. THE WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF WOODBURY...NORTHWARD TO EASTERN LYON COUNTY WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHTER...WHICH SHOULD GIVE A BIT BETTER VISIBILITY. BUT IT WILL BE BAD NEAR THE BIG SIOUX RIVER INCLUDING SIOUX CITY. 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. && $$ NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-251515- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN- MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...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...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 113 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVEN THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT THE WINDS WILL STILL BE STRONG. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM A LITTLE OVER 12 INCHES NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER OF SOUTH DAKOTA...TO AROUND 7 INCHES IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AROUND CHAMBERLAIN AND GREGORY COUNTY. EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WILL LIKELY SEE SNOW AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES. SOME DRIFTS IN RURAL AREAS MAY WELL EXCEED 6 FEET. THIS COULD POSE A PROBLEM FOR LIVESTOCK OWNERS IF SNOW DRIFTS BREACH THE FENCE LINE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH THESE WINDS CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO THROUGH SATURDAY 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- 251515- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN- LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 113 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS A NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGES 20 TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. THE LOW VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVEN THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH HIGHER DRIFTS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. 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...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MJF
000 WWUS43 KFSD 251020 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 420 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...CONDITIONS BAD TODAY AND LINGERING INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND ANY TRAVEL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. LOW PRESSURE WILL MEANDER ACROSS IOWA TODAY AND TONIGHT...BEFORE NUDGING EASTWARD A BIT ON SATURDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND ALONG THE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY IN NORTHWEST IOWA. WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS CREATING LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THEN A FOOT WILL OCCUR IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THIS ENTIRE AREA. HOWEVER AREAS FROM MARSHALL TO STORM LAKE WILL SEE LESS WIND...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...THUS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND NOT A BLIZZARD WARNING IN THOSE AREAS. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO SIOUX FALLS. NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-251830- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN- MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...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...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 420 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO SATURDAY...EVEN THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT THE WINDS WILL STILL BE STRONG. * ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME DRIFTS IN RURAL AREAS MAY WELL EXCEED 6 FEET. THIS COULD POSE A PROBLEM FOR LIVESTOCK OWNERS IF SNOW DRIFTS BREACH THE FENCE LINE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING 25 TO 40 MPH...MODESTLY NOTCHING DOWN ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...CAUSING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-251830- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY 420 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO SATURDAY...EVEN THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT THE WINDS WILL STILL BE STRONG. THE WORST OF THE CONDITIONS WILL BE IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES NEAR THE BIG SIOUX RIVER. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 17 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH VERY HIGH DRIFTING IN RURAL AREAS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING 25 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY WHERE THE WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. THE WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF WOODBURY...NORTHWARD TO EASTERN LYON COUNTY WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHTER...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WHICH SHOULD GIVE A BIT BETTER VISIBILITY IN THOSE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...CAUSING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- 251830- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN- LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 420 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH SLOWLY DIMINISHING SNOWFALL RATES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A PROBLEM...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 13 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH HIGHER DRIFTS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY AVERAGING 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. THE WINDS IN THIS AREA WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WHICH SHOULD IMPROVE THE VISIBILITY CONCERNS...BUT THE AMOUNT OF SNOW WILL STILL PRODUCE DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 251622 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1022 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND ANY TRAVEL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND THROUGH THE MISSOURI VALLEY. WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS CREATING LIFE THREATENING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. 10 TO 20 MPH WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA TODAY...HOWEVER...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL OCCUR FROM THIS STORM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO SIOUX FALLS. IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-260030- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY- BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...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...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1022 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY INTO SATURDAY...EVEN AS SNOWFALL INTENSITY BEGINS TO DECREASE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. SOME DRIFTS IN RURAL AREAS MAY WELL EXCEED 6 FEET. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING 25 TO 40 MPH...DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...CAUSING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- 260030- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN- LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 1022 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH SLOWLY DIMINISHING SNOWFALL RATES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. SOME DRIFTS IN RURAL AREAS MAY WELL EXCEED 6 FEET. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ 97
000 WWUS43 KFSD 252039 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 239 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND ANY TRAVEL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND THROUGH THE MISSOURI VALLEY. WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS CREATING LIFE THREATENING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. WIDESPREAD TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL OCCUR FROM THIS STORM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO SIOUX FALLS. IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-260445- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY- BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...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...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 239 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY... EVEN AS SNOWFALL INTENSITY BEGINS TO DECREASE DURING THE NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH...DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...CAUSING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- 260445- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN- LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 239 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH SLOWLY DIMINISHING SNOWFALL RATES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 252128 CCA WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND ANY TRAVEL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES... WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND THROUGH THE MISSOURI VALLEY. WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS CREATING LIFE THREATENING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. WIDESPREAD TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL OCCUR FROM THIS STORM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM RAPID CITY TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER. IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-260545- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY- BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...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...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY... EVEN AS SNOWFALL INTENSITY BEGINS TO DECREASE DURING THE NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH...DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...CAUSING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- 260545- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN- LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH SLOWLY DIMINISHING SNOWFALL RATES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 260317 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 917 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .WHILE THE WINTER STORM IS BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN...ANY TRAVEL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND THROUGH THE MISSOURI VALLEY. WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS CREATING LIFE THREATENING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. WIDESPREAD TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES HAVE OCCURED WITH THIS STORM...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES MORE EXPECTED. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM WYOMING TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER. IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-261130- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY- BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...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...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 917 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY ON SATURDAY... EVEN AS SNOWFALL INTENSITY BEGINS TO DECREASE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING 25 TO 35 MPH...DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...CAUSING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- 261130- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN- LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 917 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH SLOWLY DIMINISHING SNOWFALL RATES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 260956 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 356 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH MID DAY TODAY... .WHILE THE WINTER STORM IS BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN...ANY TRAVEL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND THROUGH THE MISSOURI VALLEY. WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS CREATING LIFE THREATENING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. WIDESPREAD TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES HAVE OCCUR ED WITH THIS STORM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES EXPECTED. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM WYOMING TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER. IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ056-062-067-070-071-261800- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.091226T0956Z-091227T0000Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 356 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...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 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING 10 TO 20 MPH...DIMINISHING SLOWLY SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- 261800- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.091226T0956Z-091226T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN- LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 356 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>061-063>066-068-069-261800- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.091226T1800Z-091227T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON- 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...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 356 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY... EVEN AS SNOWFALL INTENSITY GRADUALLY DECREASES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...THOUGH THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SOME THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...CAUSING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. 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 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. && $$ BT
454 WWUS43 KFSD 261328 CCA WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 356 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH MID DAY TODAY... .WHILE THE WINTER STORM IS BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN...ANY TRAVEL THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND THROUGH THE MISSOURI VALLEY. WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS CREATING LIFE THREATENING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS. 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. WIDESPREAD TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES EXPECTED. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM WYOMING TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER. IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ056-062-067-070-071-261800- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.091226T0956Z-091227T0000Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 356 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...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 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING 10 TO 20 MPH...DIMINISHING SLOWLY TONIGHT. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- 261800- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.091226T0956Z-091226T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN- LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 356 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY TODAY... ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL F 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SNOWFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>061-063>066-068-069-261800- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.091226T1800Z-091227T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON- 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...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 356 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY TODAY... EVEN AS SNOWFALL INTENSITY GRADUALLY DECREASES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...THOUGH THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SOME THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...CAUSING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS. 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 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. && $$ BT
000 WWUS43 KFSD 261802 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1202 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...SOME HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .WHILE THE WINTER STORM IS SLOWLY WINDING DOWN...ANY TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL RULE IN THIS AREA...WITH WINDS VERY GRADUALLY BECOMING LESS STRONG AS ONE GOES EAST. SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE WINDIEST AREAS THAT VISIBILITIES ARE VERY SLOWLY IMPROVING. HOWEVER...DRIFTING SNOW REMAINS AS BAD AS EVER...WITH ROADS CONTINUING TO DRIFT SHUT. WIDESPREAD TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO EXPECTED. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM WYOMING TO SIOUX FALLS. SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>061-063>066-068-069-270000- /O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON- 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...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 1202 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY IMPROVE...DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...CLOSING SOME ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL SILL LOWER TO A HALF MILE IN SOME OPEN AREAS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AT THE START OF THE AFTERNOON WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY TO 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP MANY ROADS BLOCKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. SOME ROADS MAY BE BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-261915- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 1202 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. * SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. WINDS MAY INCREASE SLIGHTLY WITH SOME DRIFTING OF THE HEAVY SNOW COVER EXPECTED. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND AN INCH OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH...ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN EXPOSED AREAS. $$ MNZ071-072-097-098-270000- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 1202 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH...ENOUGH TO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...LIGHT SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. SOME ROADS MAY BE BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING. && $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ056-062-067-070-071-270000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1202 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...CLOSING SOME ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL LOWER TO A HALF MILE IN SOME OPEN AREAS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BE BLOCKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. SOME ROADS MAY BE BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING. && $$ WILLIAMS
000 WWUS43 KFSD 261818 CCA WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1217 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...SOME HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .WHILE THE WINTER STORM IS SLOWLY WINDING DOWN...ANY TRAVEL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL RULE IN THIS AREA...WITH WINDS VERY GRADUALLY BECOMING LESS STRONG AS ONE GOES EAST. SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE WINDIEST AREAS THAT VISIBILITIES ARE VERY SLOWLY IMPROVING. HOWEVER...DRIFTING SNOW REMAINS AS BAD AS EVER...WITH ROADS CONTINUING TO DRIFT SHUT. WIDESPREAD TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO EXPECTED. INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM WYOMING TO SIOUX FALLS. SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>061-063>066-068-069-270000- /O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON- 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...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 1217 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY IMPROVE...DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...CLOSING SOME ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL SILL LOWER TO A HALF MILE IN SOME OPEN AREAS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AT THE START OF THE AFTERNOON WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY TO 15 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP MANY ROADS BLOCKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. SOME ROADS MAY BE BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-261915- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 1217 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. * SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. WINDS MAY INCREASE SLIGHTLY WITH SOME DRIFTING OF THE HEAVY SNOW COVER EXPECTED. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND AN INCH OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH...ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME DRIFTING SNOW IN EXPOSED AREAS. $$ MNZ071-072-097-098-270000- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 1217 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH...ENOUGH TO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...LIGHT SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCEASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. SOME ROADS MAY BE BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING. && $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ056-062-067-070-071-270000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1217 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...CLOSING SOME ROADS. VISIBILITIES WILL LOWER TO A HALF MILE IN SOME OPEN AREAS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS. DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BE BLOCKED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. SOME ROADS MAY BE BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING. && $$ WILLIAMS
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2009Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2009Blizzard Warnings in Nebraska, 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.