Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, 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

000 
WWUS43 KFSD 221613
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1013 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...HOLIDAY TRAVEL TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SIGNIFICANT WINTER
STORM BEGINNING WEDNESDAY...

.A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM IS
EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON
WEDNESDAY...AND INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTH INTO IOWA ON
FRIDAY. THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOWFALL WILL START ON WEDNESDAY...
BUILDING NORTHWARD OUT OF NEBRASKA AND IOWA AND BECOMING
WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHTTIME HOURS. WARMER
TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL CREATE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND
EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE
GREATEST THREAT FOR PERSISTENT SNOWFALL APPEARS TO HAVE SHIFTED
MORE TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE EARLY PARTS OF THE STORM...
FAVORING HEAVIER SNOWFALL THROUGH EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA STRENGTHENS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT... NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE...WITH WIDESPREAD
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WITH GUSTY
WINDS LIKELY TO REACH 25 TO 35 MPH LATER THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY...AREAS OF BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS APPEAR
PROBABLE.

HEAVY SNOW IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM...
WITH SOME AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 15 INCHES ESPECIALLY THROUGH
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM A QUARTER TO A
THIRD OF AN INCH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FOR AREAS ROUGHLY
SOUTHEAST OF A SIOUX CITY TO SPENCER LINE.

LEADING INTO THE SYSTEM TODAY AND TONIGHT...AREAS OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE.

SDZ050-057>070-230015-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/
GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...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
1013 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. 
  THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD FOR SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN 
  TOWARD THE IOWA BORDER LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY. SNOW 
  WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE 
  ANTICIPATED WITH THIS STORM...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY 
  ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE
  EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...INCREASING GRADUALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
  THURSDAY...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT
  AND FRIDAY. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY
  REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

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>040-052>056-230015-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU
1013 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE SNOW COULD TAPER OFF BRIEFLY FROM 
  TIME TO TIME...SNOW WILL GENERALLY PERSIST INTO FRIDAY...HEAVY 
  AT TIMES. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
  WITH THE STORM SYSTEM FROM LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE
  EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...GRADUALLY INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
  THURSDAY...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT
  AND FRIDAY. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY
  REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ071-230015-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0007.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1013 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. 
  THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO OR BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET OR FREEZING 
  RAIN LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW SHOULD BECOME 
  WIDESPREAD AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY 
  TOWARD THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH A 
  QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA 
  SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SPENCER TO SIOUX CITY WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
  WEDNESDAY...INCREASING GRADUALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
  WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND
  FRIDAY. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL MAY REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-230015-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0007.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE
1013 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE SNOW MAY TAPER OFF FOR A TIME ON 
  THURSDAY...SNOW SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD AGAIN LATER THURSDAY 
  INTO FRIDAY. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM SYSTEM FROM LATER WEDNESDAY INTO 
  FRIDAY MORNING. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE 
  EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...INCREASING GRADUALLY TO 15 TO 30 MPH 
  THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE NORTHERLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND 
  FRIDAY AS SUSTAINED WINDS REACH 25 TO 35 MPH. THE WIND 
  COMBINED WITH THE SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT 
  TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$
WILLIAMS

000 
WWUS43 KFSD 222027
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
227 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...HOLIDAY TRAVEL TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SIGNIFICANT WINTER
STORM BEGINNING WEDNESDAY...

.A ONCE IN A QUARTER CENTURY STORM WILL MOVE ONTO THE PLAINS
WEDNESDAY AND WRAP UP AND INTENSIFY INTO THURSDAY. A LARGE AREA OF
MAINLY SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE TRI STATE
AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. BY THURSDAY
MORNING THE WIND WILL BECOME MORE NORTHERLY AND INCREASE WITH
GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH LIKELY. WITH A WIDESPREAD 10 TO 20 INCHES OF
SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL OCCUR ON THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY.

PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A ELK POINT TO SPENCER
IOWA LINE...WILL SEE FREEZING RAIN DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME...THEN
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE
WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME WHICH WILL CREATE VERY SLICK
CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL THEN BECOME HEAVY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT WITH AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE ICE.

THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SYSTEM AND ANY TRAVEL FROM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WILL BE TREACHEROUS.

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ071-230430-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0007.091223T1800Z-091226T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091223T2100Z-091226T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
227 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY.
  THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO OR BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN
  LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SOUTH OF AN ELK POINT TO
  JACKSON MINNESOTA LINE. SNOW SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD AGAIN
  THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE
  POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY TOWARD
  THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY REACH A QUARTER
  TO A THIRD OF AN INCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA SOUTHEAST OF A
  LINE FROM ELK POINT TO JACKSON MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH THURSDAY.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
  WEDNESDAY...INCREASING GRADUALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
  WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND
  FRIDAY. THE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL MAY REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

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.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE
ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-230430-
/O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0007.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE
227 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE SNOW MAY TAPER OFF FOR A TIME ON 
  THURSDAY...SNOW SHOULD BECOME WIDESPREAD AGAIN LATER THURSDAY 
  INTO FRIDAY. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE
  POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM SYSTEM FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
  FRIDAY MORNING.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE
  EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...INCREASING GRADUALLY TO 15 TO 30 MPH
  THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE NORTHERLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND
  FRIDAY AS SUSTAINED WINDS REACH 25 TO 35 MPH. THE WIND COMBINED
  WITH THE SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

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>070-230430-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091223T2100Z-091226T0000Z/
GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...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
227 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE AREA BY LATE WEDNESDAY
  MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE
  COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD FOR SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN TOWARD THE
  IOWA BORDER LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME
  WIDESPREAD AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE 
  ANTICIPATED WITH THIS STORM...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY 
  ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE 
  EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...INCREASING GRADUALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND 
  THURSDAY...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH THURSDAY 
  NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL 
  LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 

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>040-052>056-230430-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU
227 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE SNOW COULD TAPER OFF BRIEFLY FROM 
  TIME TO TIME...SNOW WILL GENERALLY PERSIST INTO FRIDAY...HEAVY 
  AT TIMES. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE 
  EXPECTED WITH THE STORM SYSTEM FROM LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH 
  FRIDAY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE 
  EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...GRADUALLY INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND 
  THURSDAY...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH THURSDAY 
  NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL 
  LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

000 
WWUS43 KFSD 230237
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
837 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...HOLIDAY TRAVEL TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SIGNIFICANT WINTER
STORM BEGINNING WEDNESDAY...

.A ONCE IN A QUARTER CENTURY STORM WILL MOVE ONTO THE PLAINS
WEDNESDAY AND WRAP UP AND INTENSIFY INTO THURSDAY. A LARGE AREA
OF MAINLY SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE TRI
STATE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. BY
THURSDAY MORNING THE WIND WILL BECOME MORE NORTHERLY AND INCREASE
WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH LIKELY. WITH A WIDESPREAD 10 TO
20 INCHES OF SNOW...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL OCCUR
ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...MAINLY SOUTH OF A ELK POINT TO SPENCER
IOWA LINE...WILL SEE FREEZING RAIN DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME...
THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH OF
ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME WHICH WILL CREATE VERY
SLICK CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL THEN BECOME HEAVY ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WITH AROUND A FOOT OF SNOW POSSIBLE ON TOP OF
THE ICE.

THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SYSTEM AND ANY TRAVEL FROM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WILL BE TREACHEROUS.

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ050-057>071-231045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091223T2100Z-091226T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...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
837 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE AREA BY LATE 
  WEDNESDAY MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY BY LATE WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD FOR SLEET OR FREEZING 
  RAIN TOWARD THE IOWA BORDER LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY. 
  SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY 
  FRIDAY. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE 
  ANTICIPATED WITH THIS STORM...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY 
  ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE 
  EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...INCREASING GRADUALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND 
  THURSDAY...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH THURSDAY 
  NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL 
  LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-052>056-231045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU
837 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO
6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE SNOW COULD TAPER OFF BRIEFLY FROM 
  TIME TO TIME...SNOW WILL GENERALLY PERSIST INTO FRIDAY...HEAVY 
  AT TIMES. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES ARE 
  EXPECTED WITH THE STORM SYSTEM FROM LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH 
  FRIDAY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH CAN BE 
  EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...GRADUALLY INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND 
  THURSDAY...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE NORTH THURSDAY 
  NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL 
  LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

BT

000 
WWUS43 KFSD 231048
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
448 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...HOLIDAY TRAVEL TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SIGNIFICANT WINTER
STORM BEGINNING WEDNESDAY...

.THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SYSTEM AND ANY TRAVEL FROM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE TREACHEROUS. THIS IS A PROLONGED
WINTER WEATHER EVENT...WITH THE STORM EJECTING FROM THE ROCKIES IN
TWO OR THREE SYSTEMS. THEREFORE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE MAJOR LATE THIS WEEK. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES AND
LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IN THIS AREA. 

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-052>056-231900-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0025.091223T1048Z-091223T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU
448 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING MIST AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW
IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE A PROBLEM ON UNTREATED
  ROAD SURFACES THROUGH MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL THEN
  SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THIS AREA LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WHILE
  SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM TIME TO TIME...SNOW WILL GENERALLY
  PERSIST INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...MODERATE AND HEAVY AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
  NIGHT...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 13 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
  SOME 20 INCH AMOUNTS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN SOUTHWEST
  MINNESOTA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE EXTREMELY MINIMAL.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST
  ON THURSDAY...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 20 TO 35 MPH WINDS
  WILL BE COMMON ON THURSDAY...INCREASING ON FRIDAY TO 25 TO 40
  MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES
  RIVER VALLEY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE WIND COMBINED
  WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO
  AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ050-057>071-231900-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0025.091223T1048Z-091223T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091223T2100Z-091226T1200Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...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
448 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING MIST AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING
IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE A PROBLEM ON UNTREATED
  ROAD SURFACES THROUGH MIDDAY. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH INTO
  THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT IS
  WRAPPING INTO THIS SYSTEM...THAT THE STORM LAKE IOWA HAS A
  THREAT OF SEEING A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND
  THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM TIME TO TIME...
  THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...MODERATE TO HEAVY
  AT TIMES. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
  SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME AMOUNTS
  NEAR 20 INCHES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ALONG I 90 IN
  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE EXTREMELY
  MINIMAL.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST
  ON THURSDAY...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 20 TO 35 MPH WINDS
  WILL BE COMMON ON THURSDAY...INCREASING ON FRIDAY TO 25 TO 40
  MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES
  RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE
  WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
  TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

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 231512
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
912 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SIGNIFICANT WINTER
STORM...

.THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SYSTEM AND ANY TRAVEL FROM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE TREACHEROUS. THIS IS A PROLONGED
WINTER WEATHER EVENT...WITH THE STORM EJECTING FROM THE ROCKIES
IN TWO OR THREE SYSTEMS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
MAJOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. DEVELOPING STRONG
WINDS THURSDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY WILL HELP MAKE TRAVEL
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU CAN AVOID IT.

ALSO...ICY CONDITIONS FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SIMPLY THE COLD
MOIST AIR WILL CAUSE EXTRA HAZARDS TODAY FOR THOSE TRYING TO GET
TRAVEL COMPLETED BEFORE THE WINTER STORM ARRIVES. THOSE IN URBAN
AREAS OR ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS WHERE ROADS HAVE BEEN TREATED SHOULD BE
AWARE THAT THEY WILL RUN INTO VERY ICY CONDITIONS. PEOPLE ON FOOT
SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY RISK A DANGEROUS FALL IF THEY STEP
UNKNOWINGLY ONTO AN ICY DRIVEWAY OR SIDEWALK.

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ050-057>071-232315-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-091223T2100Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091223T2100Z-091226T1200Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...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
912 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...ICY CONDITIONS FROM LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND MOISTURE
  FREEZING ON SURFACES WILL BE A PROBLEM ON UNTREATED SURFACES
  UNTIL THE SNOW BEGINS. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH INTO THE
  AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT IS
  WRAPPING INTO THIS SYSTEM...THAT THE STORM LAKE IOWA HAS A
  THREAT OF SEEING A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND
  THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM TIME TO TIME...
  THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...MODERATE TO HEAVY
  AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... 
  SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME AMOUNTS 
  NEAR 20 INCHES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ALONG I 90 IN 
  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE EXTREMELY 
  MINIMAL. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND 
  NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 20 TO 35 
  MPH WINDS WILL BE COMMON ON THURSDAY...INCREASING ON FRIDAY TO 
  25 TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF 
  THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH 
  DAKOTA. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-052>056-232315-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-091224T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU
912 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...ICY CONDITIONS FROM LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND MOISTURE
  FREEZING ON SURFACES WILL BE A PROBLEM ON UNTREATED SURFACES
  UNTIL THE SNOW BEGINS. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THIS
  AREA LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WHILE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM
  TIME TO TIME...SNOW WILL GENERALLY PERSIST INTO FRIDAY
  NIGHT...MODERATE AND HEAVY AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... 
  SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 13 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH SOME 20 
  INCH AMOUNTS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. 
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE EXTREMELY MINIMAL. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND 
  NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 20 TO 35 
  MPH WINDS WILL BE COMMON ON THURSDAY...INCREASING ON FRIDAY TO 
  25 TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF 
  THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE WIND 
  COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 
  NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 

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

000 
WWUS43 KFSD 232102
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
302 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SIGNIFICANT WINTER
STORM...

.THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SYSTEM AND ANY TRAVEL FROM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY DURING
THE PERIOD FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A
PROLONGED WINTER WEATHER EVENT...WITH THE STORM EJECTING FROM THE
ROCKIES IN TWO OR THREE SYSTEMS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE MAJOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
DEVELOPING STRONG WINDS THURSDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY WILL HELP
MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU CAN AVOID
IT.

ALSO...ICY CONDITIONS FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SIMPLY THE COLD
MOIST AIR WILL CAUSE EXTRA HAZARDS TODAY FOR THOSE TRYING TO GET
TRAVEL COMPLETED BEFORE THE WINTER STORM ARRIVES. THOSE IN URBAN
AREAS OR ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS WHERE ROADS HAVE BEEN TREATED SHOULD
BE AWARE THAT THEY WILL RUN INTO VERY ICY CONDITIONS. PEOPLE ON
FOOT SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY RISK A DANGEROUS FALL IF THEY STEP
UNKNOWINGLY ONTO AN ICY DRIVEWAY OR SIDEWALK.

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ050-057>071-240515-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-091223T2100Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...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
302 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...ICY CONDITIONS FROM LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND MOISTURE
  FREEZING ON SURFACES WILL BE A PROBLEM ON UNTREATED SURFACES
  UNTIL THE SNOW BEGINS. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH INTO THE AREA
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT IS
  WRAPPING INTO THIS SYSTEM...THAT THE STORM LAKE IOWA HAS A
  THREAT OF SEEING A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND
  THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM TIME TO TIME...
  THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...MODERATE TO HEAVY
  AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
  SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME AMOUNTS
  NEAR 20 INCHES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ALONG I 90 IN
  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE MINIMAL.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND 
  NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 20 TO 35 
  MPH WINDS WILL BE COMMON ON THURSDAY...INCREASING ON FRIDAY TO 
  25 TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF 
  THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH 
  DAKOTA. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-052>056-240515-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.091224T0000Z-091226T1200Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-091224T0000Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU
302 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...ICY CONDITIONS FROM LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND 
  MOISTURE FREEZING ON SURFACES WILL BE A PROBLEM ON UNTREATED 
  SURFACES UNTIL THE SNOW BEGINS. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD NORTH 
  ACROSS THIS AREA LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WHILE SNOW WILL 
  DIMINISH FROM TIME TO TIME...SNOW WILL GENERALLY PERSIST INTO 
  FRIDAY NIGHT...MODERATE AND HEAVY AT TIMES. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... 
  SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 13 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH SOME 20 
  INCH AMOUNTS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. 
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE EXTREMELY MINIMAL. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND 
  NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 20 TO 35 
  MPH WINDS WILL BE COMMON ON THURSDAY...INCREASING ON FRIDAY TO 
  25 TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF 
  THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE WIND 
  COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 
  NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 

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 240358
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
958 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY SIGNIFICANT WINTER
STORM...

.THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SYSTEM AND ANY TRAVEL FROM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY DURING
THE PERIOD FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A
PROLONGED WINTER WEATHER EVENT...WITH THE STORM EJECTING FROM THE
ROCKIES IN TWO OR THREE SYSTEMS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE MAJOR TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
DEVELOPING STRONG WINDS THURSDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY WILL HELP
MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. DO NOT TRAVEL IF YOU CAN AVOID
IT.

ALSO...A LAYER OF ICE EXISTS UNDER THE FRESH BED OF SNOW. THIS
WILL CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED
SURFACES. 

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ050-057>071-241200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...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
958 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THE
  DAY TIME HOURS ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT IS
  WRAPPING INTO THIS SYSTEM...THAT THE STORM LAKE IOWA HAS A
  THREAT OF SEEING A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET LATE TONIGHT AND
  THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM TIME TO TIME...
  THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...MODERATE TO HEAVY
  AT TIMES....ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... 
  SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOME AMOUNTS 
  NEAR 20 INCHES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ALONG I 90 IN 
  SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE MINIMAL. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND 
  NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 20 TO 35 
  MPH WINDS WILL BE COMMON ON THURSDAY...INCREASING ON FRIDAY TO 
  25 TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF 
  THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH 
  DAKOTA. THE WIND COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-052>056-241200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU
958 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND.
  WHILE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM TIME TO TIME...SNOW WILL GENERALLY
  PERSIST INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...MODERATE AND HEAVY AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... 
  SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 13 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH SOME 20 
  INCH AMOUNTS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. 
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE EXTREMELY MINIMAL. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND 
  NORTHWEST ON THURSDAY...LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 20 TO 35 
  MPH WINDS WILL BE COMMON ON THURSDAY...INCREASING ON FRIDAY TO 
  25 TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF 
  THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE WIND 
  COMBINED WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 
  NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

BT

000 
WWUS43 KFSD 241000
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...CHRISTMAS TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY A SIGNIFICANT
WINTER STORM...

.THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SYSTEM AND ANY TRAVEL FROM TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE TREACHEROUS...IF NOT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN
MANY AREAS. THIS IS A PROLONGED WINTER WEATHER EVENT. AFTER A
RELATIVE LULL TODAY...THE STORM WILL REALLY BEGIN TO ORGANIZE
TONIGHT...WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTHWARD UP THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE LOW WILL THEN MEANDER AROUND IOWA FRIDAY
AND FRIDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MOVING SLIGHTLY EASTWARD ON SATURDAY.
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE TODAY...TOPPING
OUT ON CHRISTMAS DAY AVERAGING 25 TO 40 MPH. WIDESPREAD SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THEN A FOOT WILL OCCUR BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. COUPLED WITH THE WIND...5 TO 10 FOOT DRIFTS ARE NOT OUT
OF THE QUESTION IN RURAL AREAS.

ALSO...A LAYER OF ICE EXISTS UNDER THE FRESH BED OF SNOW. THIS
WILL CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED
SURFACES.

STAY ALERT FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS WHICH MAY HAVE TO BE UPGRADED
FURTHER TO INCLUDE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ050-057>071-241800-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...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
400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...A RELATIVE QUIET TIME WILL BE IN STORE TODAY...WITH
  PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW GIVING MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THERE
  WILL EVEN BE A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET
  POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE
  29. BUT AS THE BULK OF THE STORM ORGANIZES...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND
  BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
  SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
  COMMON BY SATURDAY. 5 TO 10 FOOT DRIFTS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY
  INCREASE TODAY...TOPPING OUT ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT
  AT 25 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES OF ZERO AT TIMES
  IN RURAL AREAS 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.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-052>056-241800-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU
400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...A RELATIVE QUIET TIME WILL BE IN STORE TODAY...WITH
  PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW GIVING MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THERE MAY
  EVEN BE SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING...GENERALLY
  ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. BUT AS THE BULK OF THE STORM
  ORGANIZES...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN
  TONIGHT...LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY
  AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 19 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
  COMMON BY SATURDAY. 5 TO 10 FOOT DRIFTS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL
  AREAS.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY
  INCREASE TODAY...TOPPING OUT ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT
  AT 25 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES OF ZERO AT TIMES
  IN RURAL AREAS 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.

&&

$$

 MJF

000 
WWUS43 KFSD 241631
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1031 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...CHRISTMAS TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY A SIGNIFICANT
WINTER STORM...

.THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND ANY TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY
AREAS. THIS IS A PROLONGED WINTER WEATHER EVENT. AFTER A RELATIVE
LULL TODAY...THE STORM WILL REORGANIZE TONIGHT...WITH LOW PRESSURE
TRACKING NORTHWARD UP THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. WIDESPREAD SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THEN A FOOT WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF THE AREA
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE INTO
PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. IN ADDITION...
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FALLING
SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES.


IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ050-057>071-250045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...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
1031 AM 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...A RELATIVE QUIET PERIOD OF WEATHER TODAY...WITH PERIODS
  OF LIGHT SNOW PRODUCING MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. AS THIS STORM
  SYSTEM REORGANIZES...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
  BEGIN TONIGHT...LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL BE
  HEAVY AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW WILL 
  BE COMMON BY SATURDAY. 5 TO 10 FOOT DRIFTS ARE POSSIBLE IN 
  RURAL AREAS. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY
  INCREASE TONIGHT...TOPPING OUT ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT
  AT 25 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO AT
  TIMES IN RURAL AREAS 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.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-052>056-250045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU
1031 AM 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...A RELATIVE QUIET PERIOD OF WEATHER TODAY...WITH PERIODS
  OF LIGHT SNOW GIVING MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. AS THIS STORM
  SYSTEM REORGANIZES...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN
  TONIGHT...LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY
  AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 19 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
  COMMON BY SATURDAY. 5 TO 10 FOOT DRIFTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
  RURAL AREAS.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY
  INCREASE TONIGHT...TOPPING OUT ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT
  AT 25 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO AT
  TIMES IN RURAL AREAS 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.

&&

$$
97

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

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

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1017 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009

.DISCUSSION...
ONE MORE QUICK UPDATE TONIGHT TO ISSUE A SMALL DENSE FOG ADVISORY
FOR BRULE...DOUGLAS...CHARLES MIX...GREGORY AND JERAULD COUNTIES
THROUGH 15Z TUESDAY MORNING. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF HEADLINE WILL
NEED TO BE EXPANDED IN TIME AND POTENTIALLY IN AREAL COVERAGE.
11U-3.9 SATELLITE IMAGERY MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE
WHERE THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE DENSE FOG EXISTS WITH STRATUS OVER THE
TOP...BUT CALLS ACROSS THE AREA INDICATE WIDESPREAD HALF MILE OR
LESS VISIBILITIES ACROSS THESE COUNTIES. /BT

&&
.AVIATION...
LOW END MVFR OR HIGH END IFR CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE
NIGHT...AS A BAND OF SNOW SLOWLY LIFTS EASTWARD. THE VISIBILITY WILL
FALL TO ABOUT A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW...BUT
MUCH OF THAT SHOULD BE DONE BY ABOUT 2 AM CDT OR SO. AFTER
THIS...AREAS OF FOG AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE
INTO TUESDAY WITH A FAIRLY SOLID IFR DECK EXPECTED.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
S/W DROPPING SEWD THRU NW SD ATTM AND WL CONT TO TRACK ESEWD
OVERNIGHT ACRS THE CWA. SNOW IS ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG A MID LEVEL
FNT FM HON-BKX AND IT APPEARS THIS FNT WL SET UP FM HON TO SPW THRU
THE EVE AND GRADUALLY SHIFT EWD OVERNIGHT. SO WL KEEP HEAVIEST SNOW
OF 2-3 INCHES ALONG THAT AXIS WITH UP TO 4 INCHES IN A FEW OCATIONS
OF SW MN. LOCATIONS FM MH-FSD-SLB WL BE A LTL MORE TRICKY AS
SECONDARY AREA OF PRECIP NOW DEVELOP S OF MID LEVEL FNT AND CUD
PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS EVE. OTHER CONCERN IS FURTHER S ALONG MO
RVR THIS EVE NEAR SFC FNT AND WARMER AIR ALOFT. FORCING IS MUCH
WEAKER AND MAY ONLY GET SOME PATCHY ZR- INTO THE EVE
HOURS...FOLLOWED BY PATCHY ZL- AFTER 06Z AFTER S/W PASSES BY BUT
LEAVE WARMER MOIST AIR ABOVE THE LOW LEVEL INVERSION.

100 PERCENT CHANCE FOR A WHITE CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR. MAJOR WINTER
STORM IS STILL ON TRACK TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
PLAINS THE LAST HALF OF THE WEEK. MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDING SLIGHTLY
SLOWER AND FARTHER WEST WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS PLACES THE ONSET OF
SNOW SOMETIME WED MORNING TO WED EVENING ACROSS THE CWA. ONCE THE
SNOW SETS IN...SHOULD BE NEARLY CONTINUOUS SNOW INTO THE AFTERNOON
ON FRI...ALTHOUGH THERE COULD BE A BRIEF BREAK OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
WED NIGHT. BEFORE THE SNOW STARTS FALLING...MAY BE DEALING WITH
AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE/MIST TUE AND TUE NIGHT. LOW LEVELS REMAIN
SATURATED UNDER A STRONG LOW LEVEL INVERSION WITH DRY MID LEVELS AND
WEAK WARM AIR ADVECTION ALOFT...GENERALLY A GOOD SET UP FOR LIGHT
FREEZING DRIZZLE/MIST AND FOG.

THE FIRST ISENTROPIC BAND OF SNOW SHOULD PUSH ACROSS THE CWA
WED...PRODUCING A BAND OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. WINDS SHOULD NOT BE
MUCH OF A PROBLEM AT THIS TIME...BUT STILL SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW LIKELY WITH 15 TO 25 MPH NE WINDS. AT THIS TIME THE SURFACE LOW
WILL JUST BE STARTING TO WRAP UP OVER TX. THE LOW THEN WILL BEGIN TO
LIFT NNE INTO MO BY THU. STRONG THETAE ADVECTION WILL DEVELOP N OF
THE LOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND NRN PLAINS. THIS WILL PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD...NEARLY CONTINUOUS SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. WHEN ALL IS
SAID AND DONE...LOOKING AT 10 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW FOR SE SD AND SW
MN...WITH 15 TO 20 POSSIBLE INTO NW IA. AS ALWAYS...ANY VARIATION IN
THE ACTUAL TRACK OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE CHANGES IN TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION...BUT SAFE TO SAY SOME PLACE WILL SEE EXTREME AMOUNTS
OF SNOW FROM THIS STROM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS WILL
STEADILY INCREASE THU INTO FRI MORNING. STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT
DEVELOPS WITH THIS LOW...WHICH COULD PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS BY
FRI... ESPECIALLY ONCE AS COLD AIR ADVECTION KICKS IN AND WINDS
SWITCH TO THE NW. STRONG WINDS MAY CONTINUE INTO SAT BEFORE DROPPING
OFF. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT ACROSS THE AREA...
ESPECIALLY THURSDAY INTO CHRISTMAS DAY.

&&

AVIATION...
IFR CIGS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THRU 18Z TUES. SNOW WL ALSO
SPREAD EWD MAINLY ALONG AND N OF I90 DURING THE NIGHT WITH VSBYS
OCNLY BLO 1SM. CUD SEE PATCHY ZL- S OF I90 TONIGHT SPREADING N
TUESDAY MORNING.

&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032.

MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR MNZ089-090-098.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR MNZ071-072-080-081-097.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY FOR MNZ080-081-
     089-090-097-098.

NE...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR NEZ013-014.

SD...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR SDZ050-057>071.

     DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY FOR
SDZ050-052-057-058-     063-064.

     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
     AFTERNOON FOR SDZ038>040-052>056.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CST TUESDAY FOR SDZ056-062.

 &&

97

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
0632 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-221200-
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-
0632 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINTER WEATHER...
A BAND OF SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH DAKOTA...TO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA...AND FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. GENERALLY 1
TO 3 INCHES SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...BUT LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 4
INCHES IS POSSIBLE ON A LINE FROM NEAR BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA TO
JACKSON MINNESOTA...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR THE BUFFALO RIDGE.
ALSO PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE
ALONG THE MISSOURI VALLEY TO SOUTHERN PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA
FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

WIND AND FOG...
WIDESPREAD FOG...DENSE IN PLACES WITH VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW A
QUARTER MILE...WILL GRADUALLY LIFT BY LATE MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE AREA TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHT...AS MILD AIR ALOFT OVERRUNS COLD MOIST AIR
NEAR THE SURFACE. THEN SNOW SHOULD SPREAD NORTH OVER THE AREA
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AS A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS IN
THE PLAINS.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO AFFECT A
GOOD PART OF THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME
THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW IS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
BROOKINGS TO SPRINGFIELD SOUTH DAKOTA...BUT THIS COULD SHIFT
NORTHWEST WITH LATER FORECASTS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY
SNOW...STRONG WINDS LOOK TO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MAKING TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. THE PRECISE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM
IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT...BUT THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD
STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS MAJOR WINTER
STORM.

.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.

RSR