Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Dec 10, 2010, 12:28 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 11, 2010, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 28 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2010, 12:28 PM CST (18:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2010, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2010, 3:31 AM CST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 38 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, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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 11, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Se Yankton, SD | |
| Dec 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.4 | Sioux City, IA | PRECIPITATION STARTED AS RAIN 2-3AM |
| Dec 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.4 | Huron, SD | |
| Dec 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Marion, SD | |
| Dec 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Lakefield, MN | |
| Dec 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Orange City, IA | |
| Dec 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Sioux Falls, SD | SINCE MIDNIGHT |
| Dec 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.4 | Carthage, SD | |
| Dec 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 Nne Worthington, MN | |
| Dec 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Marshall, MN | |
| Dec 11, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Ne Sibley, IA | |
| Dec 11, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 11, 9:50 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Orange City, IA | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITIES. |
| Dec 11, 9:50 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Orange City, IA | WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 1/4 MILE. NEW SNOWFALL 4 INCHES. |
| Dec 11, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Sioux City, IA | SINCE MIDNIGHT |
| Dec 11, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.1 | Huron, SD | SINCE MIDNIGHT |
| Dec 11, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Dec 11, 12:54 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Orange City, IA | |
| Dec 11, 1:00 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Sioux Falls, SD | SINCE MIDNIGHT |
| Dec 11, 1:28 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Alexandria, SD | |
| Dec 11, 1:32 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Salem, SD | |
| Dec 11, 1:45 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Woonsocket, SD | |
| Dec 11, 2:29 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | De Smet, SD | |
| Dec 11, 2:31 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Howard, SD | |
| Dec 11, 2:34 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Madison, SD | |
| Dec 11, 2:38 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Brookings, SD | |
| Dec 11, 2:55 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Menno, SD | |
| Dec 11, 3:24 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Parker, SD | |
| Dec 11, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Sioux Center, IA | |
| Dec 11, 4:25 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Spirit Lake, IA | |
| Dec 11, 4:28 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 3 Se Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 11, 4:50 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Flandreau, SD | |
| Dec 11, 5:15 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Cherokee, IA | |
| Dec 11, 5:20 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Yankton, SD | |
| Dec 11, 5:22 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Canton, SD | |
| Dec 11, 5:24 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Ivanhoe, MN | |
| Dec 11, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Spirit Lake, IA | |
| Dec 11, 5:40 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Orange City, IA | |
| Dec 11, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Cottonwood, MN | |
| Dec 11, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 7 Ssw Hendricks, SD | |
| Dec 11, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 7 | 2 W Rock Rapids, IA | |
| Dec 11, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 4 N Currie, MN | |
| Dec 11, 5:50 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Sioux City, IA | |
| Dec 11, 5:53 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 1 Wnw Pipestone, MN | |
| Dec 11, 5:54 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Vermillion, SD | ESTIMATED 5 TO 6 INCHES. |
| Dec 11, 5:58 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Martinsburg, NE | |
| Dec 11, 5:58 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 1 Ssw Luverne, MN | |
| Dec 11, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Huron, SD | |
| Dec 11, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 7.6 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 11, 7:55 PM CST | SNOW 10 | 4 W Worthington, MN | |
| Dec 11, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Lakefield, MN | |
| Dec 11, 8:22 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Alcester, SD | |
| Dec 11, 8:28 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Rock Rapids, IA | |
| Dec 11, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 4.4 | Sioux City, IA | |
| Dec 11, 8:33 PM CST | SNOW 9 | 6 Sse Ocheyedan, IA | |
| Dec 11, 8:40 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Jeffers, MN | |
| Dec 11, 8:47 PM CST | SNOW 7 | Primghar, IA | |
| Dec 11, 8:53 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Spencer, IA | |
| Dec 11, 8:57 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Le Mars, IA | |
| Dec 11, 8:59 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Washta, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
266 WWUS43 KFSD 101828 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1228 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BORDER THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THEN SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA TOWARD DAWN ON SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL AGAIN BE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...BUT AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. AS THE LOW SHIFTS EAST...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP DRAGGING MUCH COLDER AIR SOUTH AND CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHWEST IOWA. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND ARCTIC AIR WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO MUCH OF SATURDAY. MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-110230- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.101211T0600Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.ZR.Y.0002.101210T2200Z-101211T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 1228 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 4 INCHES AROUND LUVERNE TO 8 INCHES AROUND MARSHALL AND WINDOM. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. 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. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ040-056-110230- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0600Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 1228 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL NORTH AND EAST OF BROOKINGS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ001-110230- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0600Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0900Z-101212T0300Z/ LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD 1228 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. RAIN MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER 3 AM CST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING BY LATE AFTERNOON. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE AROUND 3 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH TOWARD DAWN ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-022-110230- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.101211T0900Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0900Z-101212T0300Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...STORM LAKE 1228 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. RAIN MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER 3 AM CST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING BY LATE AFTERNOON. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AROUND SPENCER AND SPIRIT LAKE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH TOWARD DAWN ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ098-110230- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.101211T0600Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LUVERNE 1228 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL NORTH AND EAST OF LUVERNE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. 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. && $$ IAZ021-110230- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0002.101211T0900Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0900Z-101212T0300Z/ CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CHEROKEE 1228 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. RAIN MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER 3 AM CST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING BY LATE AFTERNOON. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH TOWARD DAWN ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ038-053-110230- /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0600Z-101212T0000Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET 1228 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY. THE WINDS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY. 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. && $$ IAZ012-020-031-032-NEZ014-SDZ071-110230- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0900Z-101212T0300Z/ SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1228 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...BUT ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER 3 AM CST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY DAWN ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NEZ013-SDZ070-110230- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0600Z-101212T0000Z/ DIXON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...VERMILLION 1228 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...BUT ANY RAIN SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL LATE SATURDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF A HALF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. 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. && $$ SDZ039-054-055-061-062-066-067-110230- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0600Z-101212T0000Z/ KINGSBURY-MINER-LAKE-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... HOWARD...MADISON...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 1228 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER 1100 PM CST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING. AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP. THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN TH VICINITY OF INTERSTATE 29. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF A HALF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SCHUMACHER
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058 WWUS43 KFSD 102313 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 513 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BORDER THIS EVENING...AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEN SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA TOWARD DAWN ON SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL AGAIN BE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...BUT AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. AS THE LOW SHIFTS EAST...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP DRAGGING MUCH COLDER AIR SOUTH AND CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHWEST IOWA. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND ARCTIC AIR WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO MUCH OF SATURDAY. SDZ040-056-110715- /O.EXA.KFSD.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-101211T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 513 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 4 INCHES AROUND LUVERNE TO 8 INCHES AROUND MARSHALL AND WINDOM. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. 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. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-110715- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-101211T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 513 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 4 INCHES AROUND LUVERNE TO 8 INCHES AROUND MARSHALL AND WINDOM. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. 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. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ001>003-013-014-022-110715- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0900Z-101212T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...STORM LAKE 513 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING. RAIN MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER 3 AM CST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING BY LATE AFTERNOON. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AROUND SPENCER AND SPIRIT LAKE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH TOWARD DAWN ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ098-110715- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LUVERNE 513 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL NORTH AND EAST OF LUVERNE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ039-110715- /O.EXA.KFSD.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-101211T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0600Z-101212T0000Z/ KINGSBURY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON 513 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL TOTALS LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 4 INCHES AROUND LUVERNE TO 8 INCHES AROUND MARSHALL AND WINDOM. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. 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. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ012-020-021-031-032-NEZ014-SDZ071-110715- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0900Z-101212T0300Z/ SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS... CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 513 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...BUT ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER 3 AM CST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY DAWN ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NEZ013-SDZ038-053>055-061-062-066-067-070-110715- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0600Z-101212T0000Z/ DIXON-BEADLE-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...HURON... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... VERMILLION 513 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT ANY PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER 1100 PM CST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING. AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP. THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN TH VICINITY OF INTERSTATE 29. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF A HALF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. 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. && $$
992 WWUS43 KFSD 110446 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1046 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BORDER THIS EVENING...AND MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA TOWARD DAWN ON SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL AGAIN BE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WITH DECREASING AMOUNTS BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST...BUT AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL JAMES RIVER VALLEY IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. AS THE LOW SHIFTS EAST...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP DRAGGING MUCH COLDER AIR SOUTH AND CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... AND NORTHWEST IOWA. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS AND ARCTIC AIR WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO MUCH OF SATURDAY. SDZ039-111300- /O.CAN.KFSD.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-101211T0600Z/ /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0600Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ KINGSBURY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON 1046 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SATURDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 INCHES TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-SDZ040-056-111300- /O.CAN.KFSD.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-101211T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS- MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS... FLANDREAU 1046 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SATURDAY... ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 5 INCHES AROUND BROOKINGS AND JACKSON TO 8 INCHES AROUND MARSHALL AND WINDOM. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. 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. && $$ NEZ013-SDZ066-067-070-111300- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0600Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0900Z-101212T0300Z/ DIXON-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION 1046 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES FROM VERY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 INCHES IN THE NORTH TO 3 INCHES IN THE SOUTH IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF A HALF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ038-053>055-061-062-111300- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0600Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS 1046 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN THE VICINITY OF INTERSTATE 29. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF A HALF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. 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. && $$ IAZ012-020-021-031-032-NEZ014-SDZ071-111300- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.101211T0900Z-101212T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0900Z-101212T0300Z/ SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS... CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1046 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER 3 AM CST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY DAWN ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ065-069-111300- /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0900Z-101212T0300Z/ HUTCHINSON-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... YANKTON 1046 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...ANY RAIN EARLY MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER 3 AM CST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING BY LATE AFTERNOON. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH TOWARD DAWN ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. 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. && $$ SDZ059-060-111300- /O.EXA.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ DAVISON-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 1046 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES BY LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ001>003-013-014-022-111300- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0900Z-101212T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...STORM LAKE 1046 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...ANY RAIN MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER 3 AM CST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING BY LATE AFTERNOON. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH TOWARD DAWN ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ098-111300- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.101211T0600Z-101212T0300Z/ ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LUVERNE 1046 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL NORTH AND EAST OF LUVERNE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-068-111300- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.101211T0600Z-101211T2100Z/ 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 1046 PM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...ANY RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A HALF A MILE LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. 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. && $$
241 WWUS43 KFSD 111008 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 408 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IOWA TODAY CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY...SOMETIMES HEAVY AT TIMES WITH OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ALONG HIGHWAY 60 WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH 10 INCHES. AS THE INTENSE STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS EAST...VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP DRAGGING MUCH COLDER AIR SOUTH AND CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND ARCITC AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TODAY...AND 20 TO 40 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ065>067-069>071- 111815- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN- 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...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 408 AM CST SAT DEC 11 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...SNOW WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS NEAR HIGHWAY 60 IN NORTHWEST IOWA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT...CREATING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-053>056-059>062- 111815- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0300Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS 408 AM CST SAT DEC 11 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...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP CREATING BLIZZARDS CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES ALONG THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...TO SEVEN TO TEN INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 60 ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. AS THE ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE REGION...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-068-111815- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-101211T2100Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON... TABOR 408 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OUT-LYING AREAS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A HALF A MILE LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. AS THE ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE REGION...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BT
271 WWUS43 KFSD 111630 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1030 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN IOWA TO FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCOMPANYING THIS LOW WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE SLOWLY FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON...BUT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...EVEN AS THE FALLING SNOW DECREASES. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WHERE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH 10 INCHES IN PLACES. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND ARCTIC AIR WILL ALSO LOWER WIND CHILLS...WHICH WILL LIKELY DROP TO 20 TO 40 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-053>056-059>062- 120030- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0300Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS 1030 AM CST SAT DEC 11 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...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE SLOWLY FROM THE WEST FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE BLIZZARDS CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...EVEN AS THE FALLING SNOW DECREASES. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES ALONG THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...TO SEVEN TO TEN INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 60 ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE REGION...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. 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>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ065>067-069>071- 120030- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN- 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...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1030 AM CST SAT DEC 11 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...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DECREASE SLOWLY FROM THE WEST FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE BLIZZARDS CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...EVEN AS THE FALLING SNOW DECREASES. PART OF NORTHWEST IOWA FROM STORM LAKE TO IDEA GROVE...WHERE NOT MUCH SNOW HAD FALLEN SO FAR...WILL SEE A RAPID INCREASE IN SNOW AND DECREASE IN VISIBILITIES BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM TWO TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE NORTHERN BORDER OF IOWA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN FREQUENT VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE REGION...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. 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. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-068-112100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-101211T2100Z/ 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 1030 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL DECREASE FROM THE WEST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LOCALLY A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WILL CONTINUE INTO MID AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO POUR INTO THE REGION...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. 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. && $$ WILLIAMS
750 WWUS43 KFSD 112112 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 312 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. AS THE LOW MOVES EAST...SNOW ACCOMPANYING THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN THIS AREA FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER EVEN AS THE SNOW DECREASES...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE CERTAINLY A THREAT INTO THIS EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. AS THE BLOWING SNOW ABATES LATE THIS EVENING...VERY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES WILL THEN TAKEOVER AS THE PRIMARY WEATHER CONCERN. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL LIKELY DROP TO 20 TO 40 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-068-120515- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-101211T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101211T2112Z-101212T1500Z/ 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 312 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR INTO THE EVENING HOURS. BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW IS OVER AND WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 BELOW TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE FROM 25 TO 40 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...TO 5 TO 15 MPH BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ IAZ002-003-014-120515- /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.W.0002.101212T0300Z-101213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0300Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SPENCER 312 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THEN RAPIDLY END LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... THEN WILL SLOWLY DECREASE. VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO THROUGH MID EVENING THEN SHOULD SLOWLY IMPROVE AS THE SNOW ENDS AND WINDS SLOWLY DECREASE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ072-080-081-089-090-120515- /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.W.0002.101212T0300Z-101213T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0300Z/ LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 312 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN RAPIDLY END THROUGH THE MID AND LATE EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 8 TO 11 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL THEREFORE OCCUR INTO THIS EVENING...THEN SHOULD SLOWLY IMPROVE OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 30 BELOW TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ071-097-098-SDZ038>040-053>056-059>062-120515- /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T0300Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0300Z/ LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER- LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS 312 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM AROUND 3 INCHES NEAR HURON...TO 7 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE I 29 CORRIDOR AND INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THEN WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO MID EVENING...THEN SHOULD IMPROVE AS THE SNOW ENDS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ IAZ001-012-013-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ065>067-069>071- 120515- /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T0300Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0300Z/ LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- DIXON-DAKOTA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 312 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN WILL DIMINISH AND RAPIDLY END LATE THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL AVERAGE 5 TO 9 INCHES... WITH SOME LOCAL HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN PARTS OF THE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 30 TO 45 MPH INTO THIS EVENING...THEN WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. THEREFORE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO MID EVENING...THEN SHOULD IMPROVE AS THE SNOW ENDS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$
262 WWUS43 KFSD 112359 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 559 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. AS THE LOW MOVES EAST...SNOW ACCOMPANYING THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING. HOWEVER EVEN AS THE SNOW DECREASES... STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT IN THESE AREAS WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL SEE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT. AS THE BLOWING SNOW ABATES FROM WEST TO EAST... OUR ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL LIKELY DROP TO 20 TO 40 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SDZ038>040-053>055-059>061-065-120800- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101211T2359Z-101212T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 559 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WATCH FOR LOCAL VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ IAZ002-003-014-120800- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WC.W.0002.101212T1000Z-101213T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SPENCER 559 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THEN RAPIDLY END LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN WILL SLOWLY DECREASE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN RURAL AREAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ072-080-081-089-090-120800- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WC.W.0002.101212T1000Z-101213T0600Z/ LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 559 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 8 TO 11 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN RURAL AREAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 30 BELOW TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ SDZ056-062-120800- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T0600Z-101212T1800Z/ MOODY-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS 559 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THEN WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN RURAL AREAS TO ABOUT MIDNIGHT...THEN WILL IMPROVE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ SDZ066-067-069-070-120800- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T0600Z-101212T1800Z/ TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION 559 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 30 TO 45 MPH INTO THIS EVENING...THEN WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS WILL PERSIST UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN WILL IMPROVE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ IAZ001-012-013-020-021-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ071-120800- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T1000Z-101212T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 559 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN WILL DIMINISH AND RAPIDLY END LATE THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL AVERAGE 5 TO 9 INCHES... WITH SOME LOCAL HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN PARTS OF THE BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 30 TO 45 MPH INTO THIS EVENING...THEN WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. EXPECT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ MNZ071-097-098-120800- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T1000Z-101212T1800Z/ LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 559 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THEN WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ IAZ022-032-120800- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T1000Z-101212T1800Z/ BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK 559 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN WILL DIMINISH AND RAPIDLY END LATE THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL AVERAGE 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 30 TO 45 MPH INTO THIS EVENING...THEN WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-068-120800- /O.EXT.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ 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 559 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WATCH FOR LOCAL VISIBILITIES TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$
420 WWUS43 KFSD 120354 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 954 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THIS AREA. HOWEVER THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. VISIBILITIES THEN IMPROVE AS YOU HEAD WESTWARD FROM THOSE AREAS DUE TO LESS SNOW AND GRADUALLY LIGHTER WINDS. AS THE BLOWING SNOW ABATES...OUR ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL LIKELY DROP TO 20 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IAZ002-003-014-121200- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0002.101212T1000Z-101213T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SPENCER 954 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN RURAL AREAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ072-080-081-089-090-121200- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0002.101212T1000Z-101213T0600Z/ LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 954 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN RURAL AREAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 30 BELOW TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ SDZ056-062-121200- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T0600Z-101212T1800Z/ MOODY-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS 954 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN RURAL AREAS TO ABOUT MIDNIGHT...THEN WILL IMPROVE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && $$ SDZ066-067-069-070-121200- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T0600Z-101212T1800Z/ TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION 954 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS WILL PERSIST UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN WILL IMPROVE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && $$ IAZ001-012-013-020-021-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ071-121200- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T1000Z-101212T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 954 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && $$ MNZ071-097-098-121200- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T1000Z-101212T1800Z/ LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 954 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && $$ IAZ022-032-121200- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T1000Z-101212T1800Z/ BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK 954 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && $$ SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>061-063>065-068-121200- /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- BON HOMME- 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...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 954 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && $$
543 WWUS43 KFSD 120615 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1215 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THIS AREA. HOWEVER THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. VISIBILITIES THEN IMPROVE AS YOU HEAD WESTWARD FROM THOSE AREAS DUE TO LESS SNOW AND GRADUALLY LIGHTER WINDS. AS THE BLOWING SNOW ABATES...OUR ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL LIKELY DROP TO 20 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SDZ056-062-066-067-069-070-121415- /O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION 1215 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN RURAL AREAS TO ABOUT MIDNIGHT... THEN WILL IMPROVE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ IAZ002-003-014-121415- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0002.101212T1000Z-101213T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SPENCER 1215 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN RURAL AREAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MNZ072-080-081-089-090-121415- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0002.101212T1000Z-101213T0600Z/ LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 1215 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN RURAL AREAS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 30 BELOW TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ001-012-013-020-021-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ071-121415- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T1000Z-101212T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1215 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && $$ MNZ071-097-098-121415- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T1000Z-101212T1800Z/ LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 1215 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && $$ IAZ022-032-121415- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T1000Z-101212T1800Z/ BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK 1215 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE IMPROVING LATE TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. 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. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && $$ SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>061-063>065-068-121415- /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 1215 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && $$
544 WWUS43 KFSD 120931 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 331 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 .FRIGID CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS COLD HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES SOUTH BEHIND THE EXITING WINTER STORM. WHILE WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN YESTERDAY...NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH...CREATING WIDESPREAD WIND CHILL READINGS COLDER THAN 20 BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY AROUND SUNSET WHICH WILL TAKE AN EDGE OFF OF THE COLD. IAZ002-003-014-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-121745- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0002.101212T1000Z-101213T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SPENCER...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 331 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ001-012-013-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ071- 121745- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T1000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.101212T1000Z-101212T1800Z/ LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 331 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT WINDS WILL DIMINISH ENOUGH TO TAKE A BIT OF THE EDGE OFF THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && $$ SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>061-063>065-068-121745- /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- BON HOMME- 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...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 331 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 25 BELOW TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AS THE AIR TEMPERATURE GETS VERY COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. && $$ SDZ056-062-066-067-069-070-121745- /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION 331 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$
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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 10, 10:30 AM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 10:30 AM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1030 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2010
.DISCUSSION...
NO BIG CHANGES TO THE FORECAST TODAY ALTHOUGH SEEING SOME DENSE FOG
ACROSS SW MN AS WARM LOW LEVEL AIR RIDES OVER THE TOP OF SNOW PACK.
CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE ON SRN EDGES OF SNOW PACK BUT ANY HOLD IN
PLACE TOWARD MML. NOT EXPECTING MUCH OF A RISE IN TEMPERATURES NEAR
MML TODAY WITH SFC FRONT ANCHORED NEAR HIGHWAY 14. EXPECTING SOME
PRECIPITATION TO BREAK OUT BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BE IN
THE FORM OF RAIN ACROSS NW IA...BUT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS A
VERY GOOD POSSIBILITY OVER MUCH OF SW MN.
OVERALL...STORM SYSTEM STILL LOOKS ON TRACK. GFS AND NAM HAVE SOME
TIMING DIFFERENCE...WITH THE GFS FASTER. MAIN CONCERN IS STILL FOR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AS 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS DEVELOP ON THE BACKSIDE OF
THE LOW. EVEN THROUGH SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE MINIMAL ACROSS FAR
ERN SD...COMBINATION OF WIND AND FALLING SNOW MAY CREATE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NEARLY A SURE BET INTO SW MN AND
PORTIONS OF NW IA...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS WHERE SNOW IS ALREADY ON
THE GROUND. NEW HEADLINES OUT LATE THIS MORNING TO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.
&&
.AVIATION...
IRF FOG AND CIGS INTO SW MN TODAY WITH DENCE FOG. SFL LOW TO MOVE
OVER THE MO VALLEY AND INTO NW IA TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH A BRIEF PREIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE IN SW MN THIS EVENING.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
WITH ACTIVE WEATHER...WL HAVE TO MAKE THIS DISCUSSION A BIT BRIEFER
THAN NORMAL. WV LOOP THIS MORNING SHOWING THE CULPRIT FOR UPCOMING
DEGRADATION TO WEATHER...STRONG WAVE PUNCHING INTO PAC NW...130 KT
JET ON SLE RAOB...AND IMPRESSIVE UPR FRONT IN AREA. SECONDARY WAVE
IN WKR NRN STREAM TRACKING ALG THRU MID/SRN CANADIAN PROVINCES.
THESE TWO WAVES WL BECOME EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE FORECAST IN THE
SHORT TERM. EVNG SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING WEALTH OF -10 TO -30F AIR ACRS
NRN CANADA BEHIND NRN WAVE...SO THE INJURY AFTER THE INSULT OF THE
SHORT TERM WINTER STORM...WL BE THE BITTERLY COLD AIR FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. THESE ARE THE PRIMARY CHALLENGES THIS
MORNING.
FRIDAY PERIOD IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LARGELY QUIET...AS STRONG JET
RUNS OVER ROCKIES AND AIMS INTO THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS. FALLING
PRESSURES THRU WRN PLAINS LKLY TO SEE DEVELOPMENT OF SFC WAVE ACRS
SRN SD THRU THE DAY...PUSHING INTO THE SCNTRL LATE DAY. COMPLEX
LOW LVL SETUP WITH ONE ARCTIC BNDRY OOZING SWRD THIS MORNING WITH
LOW CLOUDS BKX TO MWM AND SINKING SWRD...THEN LOOK FOR SECONDARY
AREA OF LOW LVL FRONTOGENESIS TO FOCUS NEAR THE MO RVR AND MERGE
INTO THE NRN AREA...PULLING ALL TOGETHER FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE I90
AREA. TMPS A HUGE CHALLENGE...BUT GIVEN LACK OF SNOWCOVER TO S...
AND DESPITE CLDS...EXPECT ANOTHER FAIRLY MILD DAY SHORT OF SHALLOW
MIXING POTENTIAL BY 3-5F AS WINDS NR/N OF BNDRY PICK UP ELY
COMPONENT IN RESPONSE TO FALLING PRESSURES. WITHIN BROAD WAA
ZONE...ELEVATED SHRA DEVELOPMENT IN INCREASING SYNPOTIC LIFT PER DIV
Q EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE AFTN...AND SHUD BE ABLE TO BREACH THE
LOWER DRY LAYER IN A FEW SPOTS BY LATER AFTN...MAINLY FM NERN
NEBRASKA AND FAR SERN SD INTO NW IA. TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE WARM
ENOUGH FOR JUST LIQUID PRECIP THRU THE AFTN/EVNG IN SERN CWA.
HOWEVER...AS AREA WORKS TO THE NE...WL RUN INTO ADVANCING LO LVL
COLD PUSH...AND WL SET UP A NARROW ZONE FOR SOME FZRA/IP. NOT
LOOKING FOR A GREAT DEAL OF ICING TO OCCUR...BUT WINDOW FOR A FEW
HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH ALG THE I90 CORRIDOR AND JUST NORTH...GRADUALLY
TRANSITIONING SWRD WITH THE ADVANCING LOW LVL COLD OOZE. HOWEVER...
EXPECT IN THE POST MIDNIGHT HOURS THAT...BODILY DYNAMIC COOLING AS
MID LVL WAVE BEGINS TO TRANSITION FROM SHEAR TO CURVATURE ACRS AREA
WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION PCPN OVER TO SNOW. COULD SET UP A LITTLE
SLOWING/PIVOT POINT IN DEVELOPING PCPN BAND ACRS SW MN...AND THIS
AREA LOOKS MOST LKLY TO GET MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.
WIND WL HELP TO KEEP RATIOS A BIT LOWER THAN WOULD OTHERWISE EXPECT
GIVEN COOLING TMPS...AND ALSO NOTE A LESS THAN OPTIMAL LIFT/THERMAL
PROFILE OVERLAY WITHIN SNOW BAND TO KEEP FROM GOING ULTRA EFFICIENT.
WORKED IN A STARTING 12-14 TO 1 RATIO TOWARD 18 TO 1 BY SATURDAY
FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THIS ENDED UP WITH A GENERAL 2 TO 6
INCH AREA FROM HURON TO VERMILLION TO STORM LAKE AND NORTHEAST...
WITH A CHC FOR 6+ IN SW MN ARND WINDOM/TRACY. COUPLE THIS WITH THE
EXPECTED WINDS...WITH GEOSTROPHIC GRADIENT OF 50-60 KTS JUST OFF
SFC...THIS WL YIELD A DISTINCT THREAT FOR BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. WORST CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY
AFTN DURING SNOWFALL AND STRONGEST GRADIENT OVERLAP.
GIVEN THE GREAT UNCERTAINTY IN SLNS WHICH CONTINUE TO GET FARTHER
APART RATHER THAN CLOSER TOGETHER...WITH GFS CONTINUING TO SPEED
UP...AND EC/NAM REPRESENTING FAIRLY FORMIDIBLE PRECIPITATION
PRODUCERS EVEN BACK INTO ERN SD AREAS LATER TONIGHT/SAT AM... NOT
PREPARED YET TO GO WITH A WARNING. AFTER CONFERENCE CALL WITH ERN
BORDERING OFFICES...FELT BLIZZARD POTENTIAL WOULD BEST BE SERVED BY
GOING TO A BLIZZARD WATCH AT THIS TIME. ADDED IN A BUFFERING WINTER
WX ADVY TO W FOR LESSER SNOW/BLOWING SNOW...GENERALLY AREAS WWRD TO
JUST E OF JAMES VLY.
WIND CHILLS WL ALSO BE AN ISSUE AFTER SNOW/BLOWING SNOW THREAT
DIMINISHES...AND ANTICIPATE HEADLINES FOR THIS AT A LATER TIME GIVEN
THE ABUNDANT -20 TO -30 READINGS ANTICIPATED.
CHANGES BEYOND FAIRLY MINIMAL...BUT DID BUMP UP A COUPLE SNOW
CHANCES IN MONDAY/TUE TIMEFRAME WITH WANDERING LOWER TO MID LVL
BAROCLINICITY...ALLOWING FOR BRIEF WINDOWS FOR SOME CROSS FRONTAL
FLOW TO DEVELOP. FOR MOMENT...ONLY LOWER CHC POPS UNTIL WAVE TIMING
CAN BE RESOLVED. DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO MOVE FAR TO THE EAST AS
STRONG COLD AND DRY AIRMASS WL BE HARD TO DISPLACE AT LOW LVLS. /CHAPMAN
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY FOR IAZ001-012.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR
IAZ020-031-032.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR
IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022.
MN...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR
MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098.
NE...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR
NEZ013-014.
SD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY FOR SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-066-067.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR
SDZ070-071.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 5:50 AM CST, 6 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 0550 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-111200- 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- 0550 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER... A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING WINTER STORM WILL TAKE SHAPE TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. SNOWFALL WILL START TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ALONG THE HIGHWAY 14 CORRIDOR...AS ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF RAINFALL DEVELOPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA AND SPREADS NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. AS THIS AREA OF RAIN BUILDS NORTHWARD...IT WILL ENCOUNTER INCREASINGLY COLD LOW LEVEL AIR WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR A CORRIDOR OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90..WHERE SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE AREA OF SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND BUILD SOUTHEAST...WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION TO THE SOUTHEAST TRANSITIONING QUICKLY OVER TO SNOW. BY LATE NIGHT...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...AND SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND FAR NORTHERN IOWA. BY DAYBREAK...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM AN INCH OR LESS NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER...TO 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ON SATURDAY...WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND INTO MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA...WHERE BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES WILL BE WORST AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW...WITH SNOW EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE FOUND OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...TO AROUND AN INCH ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO SLIDE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY AND INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...WIND CHILLS WILL REACH A HAZARDOUS 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. .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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 4:27 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Beadle, Brookings, Clay, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln and 7 more | 18 hr |
| Dec 10, 12:28 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury, Moody | 10 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:59 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:27 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 8 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.