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Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Jan 25, 2010, 9:43 AM CST for 11 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2010, 9:43 AM CST (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2010, 3:59 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 235 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
455 WWUS43 KFSD 251543 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 943 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 .AN INTENSE WIND GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND HIGH PRESSURE IN THE LEE OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL PRODUCE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ACROSS THE REGION. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WITH SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS WHERE PERIODS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED. AS AREAS OF SNOWFALL WRAP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...BLOWING SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW TO RESULT IN MORE WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO NEW SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE WEST. IAZ002-013-021-022-032-MNZ071-252345- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100125T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.100125T1543Z-100126T0300Z/ OSCEOLA-OBRIEN-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE 943 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. AS THE STRONGEST WIND AND LIGHT SNOW GRADUALLY TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING...THE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ IAZ003-014-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-252345- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.100125T1543Z-100126T0300Z/ DICKINSON-CLAY-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SPENCER...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 943 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. AS THE STRONGEST WIND AND LIGHT SNOW GRADUALLY TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING...THE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071- 252345- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-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... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...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 943 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF...AND WILL BECOME REFOCUSED TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ CHAPMAN
6 follow-up statements
384 WWUS43 KFSD 251819 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1219 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 .AN INTENSE WIND GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND HIGH PRESSURE IN THE LEE OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL PRODUCE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ACROSS THE REGION. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WITH SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS WHERE PERIODS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ARE EXPECTED. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. AS AREAS OF SNOWFALL WRAP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING...BLOWING SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW TO RESULT IN WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN MAINLY RURAL LOCATIONS THROUGH SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO NEW SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE WEST. IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ097-098-260230- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 1219 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CORRESPOND WITH THE LOWEST VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...AND AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. 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-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-260230- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN- LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 1219 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. AS THE STRONGEST WIND AND LIGHT SNOW GRADUALLY TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING...THE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-260000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN- MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1219 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF...AND WILL BECOME REFOCUSED TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CHAPMAN
549 WWUS43 KFSD 252121 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 321 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE WORST AND MOST PERSISTENT CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO NORTHWEST IOWA INTO EARLY EVENING...WHERE BLOWING SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW TO CREATE WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TO THE WEST THROUGH SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... BANDS OF SNOWFALL THROUGH EARLY EVENING ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...BUT MUCH LESS WIDESPREAD AND PERSISTENT...AND FOCUSED MAINLY THROUGH MORE OPEN RURAL AREAS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT... LESS THAN A HALF INCH. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-260300- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ 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 321 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS INTO EARLY EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. AS THE STRONGEST WIND AND LIGHT SNOW GRADUALLY TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING...THE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A HALF INCH OR LESS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-053>056-059>062-065>067-069>071-260300- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 321 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF...AND WILL BECOME REFOCUSED BETWEEN THE JAMES VALLEY AND THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY MID EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-068-260000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON... TABOR 321 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. PATCHES OF LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BRIEFLY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$
292 WWUS43 KFSD 252358 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 558 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE WORST AND MOST PERSISTENT CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO NORTHWEST IOWA INTO EARLY EVENING...WHERE BLOWING SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW TO CREATE WIDESPREAD WHITEOUT OR NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. TO THE WEST THROUGH SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... BANDS OF SNOWFALL THROUGH EARLY EVENING ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...BUT MUCH LESS WIDESPREAD AND PERSISTENT...AND FOCUSED MAINLY THROUGH MORE OPEN RURAL AREAS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...LESS THAN A HALF INCH. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-260300- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ 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 558 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT IN OPEN AREAS INTO THE EVENING... ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF FALLING SNOW. AS THE STRONGEST WIND AND LIGHT SNOW GRADUALLY TAPERS OFF LATE THIS EVENING...THE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A HALF INCH OR LESS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-068-260300- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON... TABOR 558 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BRIEFLY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-053>056-059>062-065>067-069>071-260300- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 558 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
477 WWUS43 KFSD 260259 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 859 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND OVERNIGHT IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THE WORST AND MOST PERSISTENT CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT...ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 59 WHERE BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...LESS THAN A HALF INCH. IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-097-098-260600- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 859 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-068-260400- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T0300Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON... TABOR 859 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT. $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-260900- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T0900Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LYON- MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 859 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT...SLOWLY DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A HALF INCH OR LESS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-053>056-059>062-065>067-069>071-260600- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 859 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ RSR
060 WWUS43 KFSD 260534 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1134 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW THE REST OF THE NIGHT IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND OVERNIGHT IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THE WORST AND MOST PERSISTENT CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT...ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 59 WHERE BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. SDZ038-053-059-060-065-260645- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T0600Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-DAVISON-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 1134 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THE REST OF THE NIGHT ALLOWING VISIBILITIES TO IMPROVE. $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-261200- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T1200Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LYON- MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 1134 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT IN OPEN AREAS TONIGHT...SLOWLY DECREASING TOWARDS MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056- 061-062-066-067-069>071-261200- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T1200Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA- KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER- YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...DE SMET... ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1134 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THE REST OF THE NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MORNING AS WINDS DECREASE. 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. && $$
401 WWUS43 KFSD 260959 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 359 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES CONTINUES TO SHIFT EASTWARD THIS MORNING...ALLOWING LIGHT SNOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO DECREASE. VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED TO GREATER THAN THREE MILES IN MOST AREAS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-261100- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100126T1200Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LYON- MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 359 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. LIGHT SNOW IS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA...AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AS WINDS DECREASE THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED TO GREATER THAN THREE MILES IN MOST AREAS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. IN OPEN AREAS...VISIBILITIES MAY STILL DROP TO ONE TO TWO MILES THROUGH SUNRISE. $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056- 061-062-066-067-069>071-261100- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100126T1200Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA- KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER- YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...DE SMET... ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 359 AM CST TUE JAN 26 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AS WINDS DECREASE THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED TO GREATER THAN THREE MILES IN MOST AREAS...ALTHOUGH SOME OPEN AREAS MAY SEE VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE TO TWO MILES THROUGH SUNRISE. $$ LAFLIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 6:23 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 34 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.