Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 5, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this blizzard warning at Dec 31, 2010, 3:06 AM CST for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 hr. 40 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2010, 3:06 AM CST (09:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
All 28 counties
Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Pierre, SD | |
| Dec 31, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Westport, SD | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Turton, SD | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Blunt, SD | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Roy Lake State Park, SD | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Selby, SD | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 1 W Watertown, SD | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Roscoe, SD | |
| Dec 31, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.4 | 3 W Sisseton, SD | |
| Dec 31, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Clear Lake, SD | |
| Dec 31, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 8 Ne Columbia, SD | |
| Dec 31, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Browns Valley, MN | |
| Dec 31, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Murdo, SD | |
| Dec 31, 12:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Pierre, SD | 1/4 MILE OR LESS VISIBILITY |
| Dec 31, 1:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Faulkton, SD | LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY. |
| Dec 31, 1:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Onida, SD | 1/8 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 31, 1:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Ortonville, MN | LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY. |
| Dec 31, 2:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Aberdeen, SD | 1/4 MILE OR LESS VISIBILITY |
| Dec 31, 2:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Mobridge, SD | 1/4 MILE OR LESS VISIBILITY |
| Dec 31, 2:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Watertown, SD | 1/4 MILE OR LESS VISIBILITY |
| Dec 31, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 9 Nw South Shore, SD | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY |
| Dec 31, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Eureka, SD | 1/8 MILE VISIBILITY, HEAVY SNOW. |
| Dec 31, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Gettysburg, SD | LESS THAN 1/8 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 31, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Mclaughlin, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 31, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Mound City, SD | LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 31, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Murdo, SD | NEAR 0 VISIBILITY, WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH. |
| Dec 31, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Timber Lake, SD | LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 31, 2:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Wilmot, SD | 1/8 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 31, 6:13 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Bowdle, SD | 24 HOUR TOTAL. STILL SNOWING AND BLOWING. |
| Dec 31, 10:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13.9 | Sisseton, SD | TWO DAY TOTAL. |
| Jan 1, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Watertown, SD | TWO DAY TOTAL. |
| Jan 1, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.8 | Aberdeen, SD | TWO DAY TOTAL. |
| Jan 1, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Pierre, SD | TWO DAY TOTAL. |
| Jan 1, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.1 | Wheaton, MN | TWO DAY TOTAL. |
| Jan 1, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 6 E Hayes, SD | TWO DAY TOTAL. |
| Jan 1, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14.3 | 3 W Sisseton, SD | TWO DAY TOTAL. |
| Jan 1, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14.3 | Roscoe, SD | TWO DAY TOTAL. |
| Jan 1, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Browns Valley, MN | TWO DAY TOTAL |
| Jan 1, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.7 | Clear Lake, SD | TWO DAY TOTAL. |
| Jan 1, 9:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | Murdo, SD | TWO DAY TOTAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
974 WWUS43 KABR 310906 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 306 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM ACROSS THE REGION... .A SECOND STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 45 MPH BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONG WINDS...IN COMBINATION WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SDZ021-311715- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101231T0900Z/ /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0005.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-101231T1500Z/ GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MILBANK 306 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * EARLY THIS MORNING...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THESE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN THROUGH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * BY LATE AFTERNOON...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA...AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-311715- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-101231T0900Z/ /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0005.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-101231T1500Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON 306 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * EARLY THIS MORNING...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THESE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN THROUGH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * BY LATE AFTERNOON...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA...AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ033>037-045-048-051-311715- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110101T1500Z/ /O.CAN.KABR.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-101231T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0005.101231T0906Z-110101T1800Z/ STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 306 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /206 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...AND WILL PERSIST THOUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH...AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-311715- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0008.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0005.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-101231T1500Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON 306 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /206 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING. * EARLY THIS MORNING...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THESE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN THROUGH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * BY AFTERNOON...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA...AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ006-011-018>020-022-023-311715- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0005.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-101231T1500Z/ BROWN-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK... WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 306 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * EARLY THIS MORNING...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THESE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN THROUGH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * BY LATE MORNING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA...AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
4 follow-up statements
768 WWUS43 KABR 311047 AAA WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 447 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM ACROSS THE REGION... .A SECOND STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AND PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 45 MPH BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONG WINDS...IN COMBINATION WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SDZ003>006-009>011-015>023-312000- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0005.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-101231T1500Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER- FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... ABERDEEN...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE... GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK... CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 447 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /347 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING. * EARLY THIS MORNING...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THESE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN THROUGH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * BY AFTERNOON...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA...AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-312000- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0005.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-101231T1500Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON 447 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * EARLY THIS MORNING...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THESE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN THROUGH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * BY LATE AFTERNOON...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA...AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ033>037-045-048-051-312000- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 447 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /347 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...AND WILL PERSIST THOUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH...AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
194 WWUS43 KABR 311509 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 909 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SET TO HIT TODAY... .A SECOND MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY...PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45MPH. THE STRONG WINDS...IN COMBINATION WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 14 INCHES. SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING...WITH WINDS FALLING OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-312315- /O.EXP.KABR.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-101231T1500Z/ /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 909 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /809 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA TODAY...AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 TO 14 INCHES BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ033>037-045-048-051-312315- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 909 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /809 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...AND WILL PERSIST THOUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH...AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CONNELLY
020 WWUS43 KABR 311543 AAA WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 943 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SET TO HIT TODAY... .A SECOND MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY... PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45MPH. THE STRONG WINDS...IN COMBINATION WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO TODAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM BOTH STORMS WORKING IN CONCERT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 14 INCHES...WITH DRIFTS IN EXCESS OF 3 FEET. SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING...WITH WINDS FALLING OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SDZ033>037-045-048-051-010345- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 943 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /843 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...AND WILL PERSIST THOUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE THIS MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM BOTH STORMS WORKING IN CONCERT IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION DROPPING OFF SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH...AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-010345- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 943 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /843 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA TODAY... AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM BOTH STORMS WORKING IN CONCERT IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION DROPPING OFF SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CONNELLY
404 WWUS43 KABR 312130 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 330 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES... .THE SECOND MAJOR WINTER STORM TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...AND STRONG NORTH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45MPH. THE STRONG WINDS...IN COMBINATION WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL...WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM BOTH STORMS WORKING IN CONCERT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 14 INCHES...WITH DRIFTS IN EXCESS OF 3 FEET. SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY MORNING...WITH WINDS FALLING OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SDZ033>037-045-048-051-010930- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE... HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 330 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /230 PM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THOUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM BOTH STORMS WORKING IN CONCERT IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION DROPPING OFF SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH...AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE 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 TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-010930- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110101T1800Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 330 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /230 PM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR TWO AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM BOTH STORMS WORKING IN CONCERT IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION DROPPING OFF SATURDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH...AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CONNELLY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 30, 10:18 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 10:18 PM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1018 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010
.UPDATE...
IMPROVING VISIBILITY/WEATHER CONDITIONS NOTED ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF THE CWA THIS EVENING AS THIS FIRST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
IS LIFTING NEWD THROUGH MINNESOTA. LIGHT SNOW IS HOLDING ON ACROSS
THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CWA...WHERE THE STRONGEST
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE CONTINUING. HERE...WIDESPREAD
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS
INTO LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE ANY IMPROVEMENT CAN BE EXPECTED. BUT
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING. WIND
SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO MORE LIKE 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED AND SNOW
HAS TAPERED OFF TO FLURRIES IF IT HAS NOT COMPLETELY
ENDED...RESULTING IN A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT OF VISIBILITY TO WHERE
WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT/BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING.
HOWEVER...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REMAINS A PROBLEM...AND WILL
OCCASIONALLY...BRIEFLY...KNOCK VISBIES BACK DOWN TO AROUND 1/2
MILE OR LESS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALL IN
ALL THOUGH...WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT/BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER
OCCURRING IN THE CWA...AND HEADLINES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED
ACCORDINGLY. SEE THE LATEST WSWABR FOR DETAILS. WIND CHILL VALUES
HAVE ALSO DIPPED DOWN TO GENERALLY 25 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO...SO
THE WINT WX ADVISORY THAT HAS REPLACED THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS FOR
THE COMBINATION OF BLOWING SNOW AND BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HEADLINE FOR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA STILL LOOKS ON TRACK AS THE NEXT BATCH OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE SEEN ALREADY WORKING NORTHWARD
THROUGH NEBRASKA.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT
TWO STORM SYSTEMS AND THEIR IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE
FORECAST CHALLENGE.
FOR TNT THE STORM CURRENTLY CREATING HAVOC ACROSS THE REGION WILL
MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...WITH A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY LATE
TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THEN GIVEN
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF NEAR ZERO VSBY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.
THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WILL BE FROM THE JAMES VALLEY EAST WHERE 18 HOUR TOTALS
OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. OUT WEST LESS ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED BUT WINDS REMAIN 25 OT 40 MPH. THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
PROMOTE VERY LOW VSBYS WELL INTO THE EVENING.
THEN ATTENTION TURNS TOWARD THE NEXT SYSTEM. THAT VORT IS ROUNDING
THE UPPER TROF IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA AS I TYPE. MODELS ARE IN
GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT STRONG UVM OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL
SPREAD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TOWARD MORNING AND THROUGH THE DAY
ON FRIDAY...LASTING WELL INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. PWATS WILL BE LOWER
THAN TODAY...BUT WITH THE ENHANCED LIFT AND HIGH SNOW TO WATER
RATIOS...EXPECT A FAIR AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL. SOMEWHERE IN THE 6 TO 10
INCH RANGE LOOKS LIKELY AS THE COMMA CLOUD ROTATES THROUGH THE
REGION. THE SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ON FRIDAY
BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.
UNFORTUNATELY WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG IN TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT...BUT MAY NOT BE AS STRONG AS TODAY GIVEN LESS PRESSURE
RISE AND NOT AS STRONG OF LL CAA. NONETHELESS...BLOWING/DRIFTING
SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A PROBLEM FOR FRIDAY...AND LATER SHIFTS
MIGHT PONDER AN UPGRADE FROM WINTER STORM WARNING.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD AS WILL WIND CHILLS. BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE WIND CHILL
ISSUE IS COVERED FOR THE TIME BEING BY THE BLIZZARD AND WINTER
STORM WARNINGS ALREADY IN AFFECT...OR GOING INTO AFFECT ON FRIDAY.
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
EXTENDED PATTERN WILL BE DOMINATED BY EASTERN CANADA UPPER LOW
SITTING AND SPINNING...WITH NORTHWEST FLOW SHORTWAVES PIVOTING
AROUND THIS FEATURE. THESE SYSTEMS SHOULD TRACK MAINLY NORTH AND
EAST OF THE CWA...TOO FAR AWAY TO BE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT. NOT MUCH
OF CHANGES IN H85 FLOW EITHER WITH 0C LINE STRADDLING THE STATE.
WITH NORTHWEST/WESTERLY FLOW IN THE LOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES
SHOULD REMAIN AROUND NORMAL WITH DECENT MIXING AS WE TRANSITION
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN MODIFIED PACIFIC AND ARCTIC AIRMASSES.
&&
.AVIATION...
00Z TAFS FOR THE KABR...KATY...KPIR AND KMBG TERMINALS
FIRST SYSTEM IS LIFTING INTO MN AND ALL FOUR TERMINALS ARE BEING
MAINLY EFFECTED BY LIGHT SNOW/FLURRIES AND BLOWING SNOW TO
PRODUCE IFR VISBIES MAINLY BETWEEN 1/2SM AND 2SM...AND GENERALLY
VFR/MVFR CIGS.
LOOK FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO RETURN TO ALL FOUR TERMINALS ON
FRIDAY...FIRST AT KPIR BY OR SHORTLY AFTER 12Z...AND THEN AT THE
OTHER THREE TERMINALS BY 18Z ON FRIDAY.
THESE NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS WILL PERSIST
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE REDUCTION
TO VISIBILITY ONCE THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS ON FRIDAY.
&&
.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ FRIDAY FOR
BROWN-CAMPBELL-CLARK-CODINGTON-CORSON-DAY-DEUEL-DEWEY-
EDMUNDS-FAULK-HAMLIN-MCPHERSON-POTTER-SPINK-WALWORTH.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ FRIDAY TO NOON CST
/11 AM MST/ SATURDAY FOR BROWN-CAMPBELL-CLARK-CODINGTON-
CORSON-DAY-DEUEL-DEWEY-EDMUNDS-FAULK-GRANT-HAMLIN-MARSHALL-
MCPHERSON-POTTER-ROBERTS-SPINK-WALWORTH.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR GRANT-
MARSHALL-ROBERTS.
BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR GRANT-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ FRIDAY FOR
BUFFALO-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN-STANLEY-SULLY.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST
/8 AM MST/ SATURDAY FOR BUFFALO-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-
LYMAN-STANLEY-SULLY.
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY FOR
BIG STONE-TRAVERSE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR BIG
STONE-TRAVERSE.
BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY FOR BIG STONE-TRAVERSE.
&&
UPDATE...DORN
SHORT TERM...TDK
LONG TERM...CONNELLY
AVIATION...DORN
WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEENHazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 10:26 AM CST, 16 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1026 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-311630- CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- 1026 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 /926 AM MST THU DEC 30 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A MUCH STRONGER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER REPORTS OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED. SDZ033>037-045-048-051-311630- STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- 1026 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 /926 AM MST THU DEC 30 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS...WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A MUCH STRONGER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER REPORTS OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED. MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-311630- TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- 1026 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW...ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ALSO POSSIBLE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A MUCH STRONGER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM WHICH MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH A REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER REPORTS OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED. CONNELLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 9:58 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2010Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Every blizzard warning in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.