Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Mar 9, 2009, 4:05 PM CDT for 8 counties in South Dakota; 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 10, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for . No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2009, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2009, 3:40 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 527 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 092105 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 405 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 .LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZING IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL PUSH OUT INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT...AND CURVE TOWARD THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. LEADING INTO THE EVENT TONIGHT...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP...MAINLY AS TEMPERATURES FALL BEHIND A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA OVERNIGHT. TO THE WEST...COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FORCE FREEZING DRIZZLE TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW FROM THE JAMES VALLEY WEST. THE APPROACHING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...PACKING A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF SNOW...WIND...AND COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME QUICKLY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS...STARTING WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 AND BUILDING NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL LIFT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH AREAS OF SNOWFALL MAINLY RETREATING INTO AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM HURON TO PIPESTONE TO JACKSON MINNESOTA BY EVENING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA. BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 14...NEAR 3 INCHES ALONG INTERSTATE 90...AND LESS THAN AN INCH FROM NEAR SIOUX CITY EASTWARD. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON...BECOMING A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP BRIEFLY TO AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE BLOWING SNOW...BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST AS WINDS INCREASE...AND WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY DROP TO 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT. MNZ071-072-SDZ040-100515- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.090310T1700Z-090311T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...BROOKINGS 405 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AFTER A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY...BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY MID TO LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL DIP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038-039-052>055-100515- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.090310T1200Z-090311T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON 405 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AFTER AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...WHICH WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT...MORE STEADY AND HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL DIP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ080-081-097-SDZ056-100515- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.090310T1700Z-090311T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 405 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AFTER A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY...BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY MID TO LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL DIP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ050-057>060-063>065-068-069-100515- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 405 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY...WHEN A PERIOD OF SNOWFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL VARY FROM AN INCH TO TWO NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER...TO 3 TO 4 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIVING WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-100515- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 405 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...AREAS OF DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY DAYBREAK. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ON TUESDAY WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BREAK OUT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY...TAPERING OFF BY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL VARY FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN ADDITION... NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...CREATING BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS...DROPPING TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ IAZ020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-100515- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0000Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-CLAY- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 405 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES COOL TONIGHT...AREAS OF DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...MORE SIGNIFICANT ICING UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH...IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW ON TUESDAY...STARTING BY MID MORNING AROUND SIOUX CITY AND BY MIDDAY EASTWARD TOWARD STORM LAKE. SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY HEAVY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL ALSO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO LESS THAN 2 INCHES. AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH...SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CHAPMAN
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFSD 092346 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 646 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 .LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZING IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL PUSH OUT INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT...AND CURVE TOWARD THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. LEADING INTO THE EVENT TONIGHT...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP...MAINLY AS TEMPERATURES FALL BEHIND A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA OVERNIGHT. TO THE WEST...COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FORCE FREEZING DRIZZLE TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW FROM THE JAMES VALLEY WEST. THE APPROACHING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...PACKING A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF SNOW...WIND...AND COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME QUICKLY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS...STARTING WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 AND BUILDING NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL LIFT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH AREAS OF SNOWFALL MAINLY RETREATING INTO AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM HURON TO PIPESTONE TO JACKSON MINNESOTA BY EVENING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA. BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 14...NEAR 3 INCHES ALONG INTERSTATE 90...AND LESS THAN AN INCH FROM NEAR SIOUX CITY EASTWARD. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON...BECOMING A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP BRIEFLY TO AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE BLOWING SNOW...BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST AS WINDS INCREASE...AND WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY DROP TO 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT. MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-056-100800- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.090309T2346Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 646 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. AFTER A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY...BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY MID TO LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL DIP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ039-054-055-100800- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.090309T2346Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ KINGSBURY-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... HOWARD...MADISON 646 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE BECOMING MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY. AFTER FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...WHICH WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT... MORE STEADY AND HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL DIP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038-052-053-100800- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET 646 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY. AFTER AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...WHICH WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT...MORE STEADY AND HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL DIP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ060-065-068-069-100800- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.090309T2346Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0000Z/ HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 646 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER... MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY... WHEN A PERIOD OF SNOWFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL VARY FROM AN INCH TO TWO NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER...TO 3 TO 4 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIVING WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ001-012-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-100800- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.090309T2346Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ LYON-SIOUX-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 646 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FOG EARLY... WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY AGAIN ON TUESDAY WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BREAK OUT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY...TAPERING OFF BY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL VARY FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN ADDITION... NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...CREATING BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS... DROPPING TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ IAZ020-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-100800- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.090309T2346Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0000Z/ PLYMOUTH-DIXON-DAKOTA-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 646 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES COOL TONIGHT...AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FOG EARLY... WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...MORE SIGNIFICANT ICING UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH...IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW ON TUESDAY...STARTING BY MID MORNING AROUND SIOUX CITY AND BY MIDDAY EASTWARD TOWARD STORM LAKE. SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY HEAVY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL ALSO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO LESS THAN 2 INCHES. AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH...SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ050-057>059-063-064-100800- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 646 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY...WHEN A PERIOD OF SNOWFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL VARY FROM AN INCH TO TWO NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER...TO 3 TO 4 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIVING WIND CHILLS WELL 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-100800- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER 646 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY DAYBREAK. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ON TUESDAY WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BREAK OUT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY...TAPERING OFF BY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL VARY FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN ADDITION... NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...CREATING BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS...DROPPING TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ021-022-031-032-100800- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 646 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES COOL TONIGHT...AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...MORE SIGNIFICANT ICING UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH...IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW ON TUESDAY...STARTING BY MID MORNING AROUND SIOUX CITY AND BY MIDDAY EASTWARD TOWARD STORM LAKE. SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY HEAVY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL ALSO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO LESS THAN 2 INCHES. AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH...SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RSR
000 WWUS43 KFSD 100407 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1107 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 .LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZING IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL PUSH OUT INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT...AND CURVE TOWARD THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. LEADING INTO THE EVENT TONIGHT...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP...MAINLY AS TEMPERATURES FALL BEHIND A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA OVERNIGHT. TO THE WEST...COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FORCE FREEZING DRIZZLE TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW FROM THE JAMES VALLEY WEST. THE APPROACHING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...PACKING A DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF SNOW...WIND...AND COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME QUICKLY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS...STARTING WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 AND BUILDING NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL WILL LIFT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH AREAS OF SNOWFALL MAINLY RETREATING INTO AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM HURON TO PIPESTONE TO JACKSON MINNESOTA BY EVENING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE GREATEST NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA. BY MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 14...NEAR 3 INCHES ALONG INTERSTATE 90...AND LESS THAN AN INCH FROM NEAR SIOUX CITY EASTWARD. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON...BECOMING A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY DROP BRIEFLY TO AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE BLOWING SNOW...BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST AS WINDS INCREASE...AND WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY DROP TO 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT. MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-056-101215- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 1107 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY...BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY MID TO LATE MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL DIP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ039-054-055-101215- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ KINGSBURY-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... HOWARD...MADISON 1107 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY. SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL DIP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ060-065-068-069-101215- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0000Z/ HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 1107 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY... WHEN A PERIOD OF SNOWFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL VARY FROM AN INCH TO TWO NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER...TO 3 TO 4 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIVING WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ001-012-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-101215- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ LYON-SIOUX-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 1107 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE SHOULD BECOME FLURRIES. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY AGAIN ON TUESDAY WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BREAK OUT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY...TAPERING OFF BY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL VARY FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN ADDITION... NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...CREATING BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS...DROPPING TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ IAZ020-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-101215- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090310T0900Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0000Z/ PLYMOUTH-DIXON-DAKOTA-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1107 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MIX WITH FLURRIES TONIGHT. HOWEVER... MORE SIGNIFICANT ICING UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH...IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW ON TUESDAY... STARTING BY MID MORNING AROUND SIOUX CITY AND BY MIDDAY EASTWARD TOWARD STORM LAKE. SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY HEAVY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL ALSO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO LESS THAN 2 INCHES. AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH...SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ038-052-053-101215- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET 1107 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY. SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA ON TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL DIP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ050-057>059-063-064-101215- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1107 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY...WHEN A PERIOD OF SNOWFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL VARY FROM AN INCH TO TWO NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER...TO 3 TO 4 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIVING WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-101215- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER 1107 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM CDT TUESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY DAYBREAK. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY ON TUESDAY WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO BREAK OUT AND BECOME WIDESPREAD TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY...TAPERING OFF BY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING WILL VARY FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. IN ADDITION... NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH... CREATING BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS...DROPPING TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ IAZ021-022-031-032-101215- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 1107 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES COOL TONIGHT...AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...MORE SIGNIFICANT ICING UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH...IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW ON TUESDAY... STARTING BY MID MORNING AROUND SIOUX CITY AND BY MIDDAY EASTWARD TOWARD STORM LAKE. SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY HEAVY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL ALSO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIMIT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO LESS THAN 2 INCHES. AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH...SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ RSR
000 WWUS43 KFSD 100840 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 340 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 .LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL LIFT ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA INTO WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY...PRODUCING A BROAD AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW... ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES. ONGOING SNOW OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL LIFTING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 DURING THE AFTERNOON. MID LEVEL MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE WAVE APPEARS TO BE MORE LIMITED THAN EARLIER EXPECTED...WHICH WILL REDUCE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA. BY LATE THIS EVENING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 14...AROUND 1 INCH THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED FROM THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY INTO MOST OF NORTHWEST IOWA. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON... CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IN THE AREAS RECEIVING THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO BY THIS EVENING. SDZ038-039-052>055-101645- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON 340 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOWFALL WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS BY TUESDAY EVENING WILL DIP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-056-101645- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0003.090310T1200Z-090311T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.090310T1500Z-090311T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 340 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING...BECOMING WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TOWARD MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NEAR AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A QUARTER TO HALF MILE AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS BY THIS EVENING WILL DIP TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-057>060-063>065-068>071- 100945- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0000Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES... MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 340 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE STILL EXPECTED TODAY. HOWEVER...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND AN INCH OR LESS...WITH HEAVIER SNOWFALL REMAINING NORTH OF THE AREA. EVEN WITH THE LIGHTER SNOWFALL...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-100945- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.090310T1200Z-090311T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 340 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE STILL EXPECTED TODAY. HOWEVER...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND AN INCH OR LESS...WITH HEAVIER SNOWFALL REMAINING NORTH OF THE AREA. EVEN WITH THE LIGHTER SNOWFALL...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. $$ JH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 9, 3:10 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:10 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 310 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2009 .DISCUSSION... CONTINUING TO SEE STRATUS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND EXPECT THESE CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. A COLD FRONT PRESENTLY LOCATED THROUGH THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA WILL CONTINUE TO SAG SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST...USHERING COLDER AIR IN BEHIND IT. MAIN ISSUE TONIGHT WILL BE THE PRESENCE OF DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH WEAK LIFT AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE BELOW 800 MB. VERY DRY AIR ABOVE THIS LEVEL...SO NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION UNTIL AFTER 09Z TONIGHT. COULD SQUEEZE OUT SOME FLURRIES OVER OUR NORTHWESTERN AREAS AS WE GO THROUGH THE NIGHT HOWEVER...IN SPITE OF THE DRY MID LEVEL AIR...WITH A SHALLOW LAYER OF TEMPERATURES AROUND -13 TO -14 C BETWEEN 875 AND 925 MB. IT WILL BE WARM ENOUGH IN OUR SOUTHEAST EARLY IN THE NIGHT THAT ANYTHING THAT FALLS SHOULD BE IN THE LIQUID FORM BEFORE COLDER AIR DRAINS INTO THE AREA. WILL BE FAIRLY BREEZY THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH THE CWA BEING IN A SQUEEZE PLAY BETWEEN STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FAR NORTHERN PLAINS. /JM QUITE AN INTERESTING FCST FOR TUES AS UPPER TROF LIFTS NEWD ACRS CWA. BEST FOCUS FOR LIFT WL BE FM MID MORN ON AND WOULD EXPECT A BAND OF FAIRLY MODERATE PRECIP TO DEVELOP ALONG MID LEVEL FNT ACRS SW CWA AND THEN SPREAD NEWD DURING THE MORN. BULK OF PRECIP WL BE SNOW...BUT FAR SERN CWA MAY ACTUALLY START OUT AS ZR- BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW. NEXT QUESTION IS WHERE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURS. FEEL THE BAND OF PRECIP WL LIFT INTO NRN CWA...N OF I90 AND THEN REMAIN ACRS ECNTRL SD INTO PORTIONS OF SW MN AS TROWAL TYPE SNOW DEVELOPS. GFS 300K PRES INDICATES THE HEAVIEST OF THIS WUD SET UP JUST N OF CWA...BUT STILL FAR ENUF S THAT AREAS FM HON-BKX-MML CUD SEE 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW. FURTHER S...SNOW SHUD END IN THE AFTN AS FNTL BAND LIFTS TO THE N. THEN AS S/W LIFTS NEWD...STG CAA WL OCCUR AND WILL CREATE GUSTY NW WNDS WHICH WL SPREAD FM W TO E ACRS CWA ALONG WITH FALLING TEMPS. WL LIKELY SEE WDSPRD BLOWING SNOW ESPEC N OF I90...BUT WNDS MAY NOT BE STG ENUF FOR BLIZZARD CONDS...ESPEC SINCE STRONGEST WNDS WL LIKELY OCCUR TUES NITE WHEN SNOW BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. SO FOR THIS REASON WL CHANGE WINTER STORM WATCH AND BLIZZARD WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING TUES INTO TUES NIGHT...WITH WINTER WX ADVYS ELSEWHERE ACRS THE CWA. LIKELY WL NEED SOME SORT WND CHILL ADVYS LATER TUES NITE AS SNOW ENDS...BUT WL LET LATER SHIFTS ADJUST THAT AFTER SNOW ENDS. EXPECT HIGH TEMPS ON TUES TO OCCUR AROUND 12Z AND THEN SLOWLY FALL FM W TO E WITH STG CAA. CAA AND STRONG WNDS WL CONT TUES NITE INTO WED MORN AND SHUD SEE SUB ZERO TEMPS WED MORN...ESPEC OVR AREAS WITH DEEPEST SNOW COVER. THIS ALONG WITH THE WNDS WL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WND CHILLS. WITH 1040 HIGH SETTING IN OVR CNTRL SD ON WED...HIGH TEMPS WL STRUGGLE TO CLIMB OUT OF SINGLE DIGITS OVR NERN CWA WITH TEENS ESLEWHERE. THIS IS A GOOD 20 TO 30 DEG BLO NORM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WED NITE WL BE COLD BUT SOME WAA CLOUDS WL SPREAD FM SW TO NE ACRS CWA LATER WED NITE...SO LOW TEMPS MAY BOTTOM OUT AROUND 06Z BEFORE STARTING TO CLIMB. SE LOW LEVELR INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. SDZ001>005-009-010-012>017-092100- NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS BUFFALO N/A 6 -1 73 N14 30.08F WCI -11 FAITH N/A 6 0 76 N24 30.14F WCI -16 MOBRIDGE CLOUDY 9 2 73 N20 30.15F WCI -10 SDZ012>016-024>037-041>051-057-063-072>074-092100- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS RAPID CITY LGT SNOW 10 5 80 N23 30.08F WCI -10 SPEARFISH LGT SNOW 7 1 78 N8 30.07F WCI -6 CUSTER LGT SNOW 16 12 84 S3 29.84F VSB 1 PHILIP CLOUDY 12 5 73 N22 30.13F WCI -7 PINE RIDGE LGT SNOW 13 6 74 N15 30.03F WCI -3 PIERRE LGT SNOW 12 8 84 N22G32 30.13S FOG WCI -7 WINNER LGT SNOW 15 11 83 N21G31 30.06F FOG WCI -2 SDZ004>011-016>023-039-040-092100- NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS ABERDEEN FLURRIES 14 9 80 N21G33 30.12F WCI -4 WATERTOWN CLOUDY 21 20 96 N17 29.99F FOG WCI 7 BROOKINGS CLOUDY 32 28 86 NE3 29.96F SISSETON N/A 18 15 88 N26 30.07S WCI -1 SDZ017-020-022-023-036>040-048>070-092100- SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS SIOUX FALLS DRIZZLE 34 31 88 E7 29.93F FOG WCI 28 YANKTON CLOUDY 34 32 93 CALM 29.95S MITCHELL FRZ RAIN 23 19 85 N24G32 30.01S FOG WCI 7 HURON FRZ RAIN 19 17 92 N20G25 30.05S FOG WCI 3 CHAMBERLAIN N/A 17 13 84 N20 30.05F WCI 1 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN REMARKS TC - TEMPERATURE IN CELSIUS WCI - WIND CHILL INDEX HX - HEAT INDEX VSB - VISIBILITY
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 5:46 AM CDT, 10 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 0446 AM CST MON MAR 09 2009 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-101200- AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA- CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE- DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN- LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN- SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON- 0446 AM CST MON MAR 09 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER... CHANCES FOR WINTRY WEATHER WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TONIGHT AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN SOME AREAS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH EVEN LIGHT AMOUNTS MAY MAKE ROAD SURFACES SLICK. INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...HOWEVER THE MAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. FOG... WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS THIS MORNING. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING...WITH VISIBILITIES BEGINNING TO IMPROVE BY 10 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY...WITH VERY STRONG WINDS LIKELY DEVELOPING TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINATION WILL PRODUCE WINTRY WEATHER AND POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE REGION...AND BRING A POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 97
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 3:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Clay, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:45 AM CDT | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Brookings | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:01 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Clay, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha and 3 more | 119 min |
| Mar 9, 4:05 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:46 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Hanson, Hutchinson, Kingsbury and 9 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.