Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2011
Blizzard Warning 6, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this blizzard warning at Feb 19, 2011, 2:48 PM CST for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 20, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 28 hr. 38 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
- Feb 19, 2011, 2:48 PM CST (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2011, 3:36 AM CST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
All 28 counties
Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 S Pierre, SD | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 7 Wnw Gann Valley, SD | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 13 Nw Presho, SD | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 20, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.7 | 6 Sse Kennebec, SD | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 20, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Sse Presho, SD | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 20, 7:53 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Watertown, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | 1 W Hayti, SD | STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 20, 8:45 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Pierre, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY AND GETTING WORSE |
| Feb 20, 8:50 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Murdo, SD | 100 YARD VISIBILITY AT BEST |
| Feb 20, 9:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Murdo, SD | STILL SNOWING AT OBSERVATION TIME. |
| Feb 20, 9:15 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Lower Brule, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 9:17 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 10 E Hayes, SD | LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 9:30 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Onida, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 9:32 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Mobridge, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 9:37 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 16 N Highmore, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 10:08 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 1 W Tolstoy, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 10:10 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Timber Lake, SD | LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 10:15 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Mcintosh, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY, WORSE AT TIMES |
| Feb 20, 10:20 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Mound City, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 10:22 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Mina, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY ON HIGHWAY 12 |
| Feb 20, 10:28 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Long Lake, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 10:35 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 6 E Hayes, SD | 14 INCHES OF SNOW, 200 FT VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 10:35 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Faulkton, SD | 100 YD VISIBILITY IN TOWN |
| Feb 20, 10:45 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Aberdeen, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 10:57 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Miller, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 11:03 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Castlewood, SD | 1/8 MILE VISIBILITY, 3-4 INCHES OF SNOW, 1-2 FT DRIFTS |
| Feb 20, 11:13 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Gann Valley, SD | 200 YD VISIBILITY |
| Feb 20, 11:20 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Redfield, SD | LESS THAN 1/4 MILE IN TOWN, WORSE IN THE COUNTRY |
| Feb 20, 12:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Britton, SD | VISIBILITY 10 YD |
| Feb 20, 3:15 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 4 S Garden City, SD | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/10 MILE...7.0 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR...STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 20, 3:15 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Webster, SD | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE |
| Feb 20, 3:20 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Clear Lake, SD | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE |
| Feb 20, 3:55 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Milbank, SD | VISIBILITY LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 1/4 MILE. |
| Feb 20, 4:15 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Ortonville, MN | VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AND SNOW IS PICKING UP QUITE A BIT. |
| Feb 20, 4:40 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Castlewood, SD | ESTIMATED 6-7 IN. SNOW...2-4 FT DRIFTS...VISIBILITY 1/2 TO 1 MILE. |
| Feb 20, 5:20 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Browns Valley, MN | VISIBILITY LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 1/4 MILE |
| Feb 20, 5:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 2 N Summit, SD | VSBY 1/4MI OR LESS. I-29 CLOSED. |
| Feb 20, 5:50 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Pierre, SD |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 34 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 544 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 784 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
367 WWUS43 KABR 192048 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 248 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM FOR SUNDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE CLASH BETWEEN ARCTIC AIR TO THE NORTH AND MILD...MOIST AIR TO THE SOUTH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL. AS THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES ON SUNDAY...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL TAPER OFF BY MONDAY MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-200600- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0001.110220T0600Z-110221T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0006.110220T0600Z-110221T0600Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO... PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 248 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 /148 PM MST SAT FEB 19 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND PROGRESS EAST SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL TAPER OFF BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND CONTINUING EAST INTO MINNESOTA WHERE AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE CLOSER TO A FOOT. LOWER END AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA/SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LINE. * WINDS: WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH PEAK INTENSITY SUNDAY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-200600- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0001.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0006.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 248 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING AND PERSIST INTO MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND CONTINUING EAST INTO MINNESOTA WHERE AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE CLOSER TO A FOOT. LOWER END AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA/SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LINE. * WINDS: WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH PEAK INTENSITY SUNDAY AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ TMT
7 follow-up statements
778 WWUS43 KABR 200549 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1149 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM FOR SUNDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE CLASH BETWEEN ARCTIC AIR TO THE NORTH AND MILD...MOIST AIR TO THE SOUTH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL. AS THE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES THIS MORNING...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL TAPER OFF MONDAY MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-201800- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0006.110220T0600Z-110221T0600Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO... PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1149 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 /1049 PM MST SAT FEB 19 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...AND TAPER OFF BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND CONTINUING EAST INTO MINNESOTA WHERE AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE CLOSER TO A FOOT. LOWER END AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA/SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LINE. * WINDS: WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH PEAK INTENSITY TODAY...AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-201800- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0006.110220T1200Z-110221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 1149 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...AND TAPER OFF BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND CONTINUING EAST INTO MINNESOTA WHERE AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE CLOSER TO A FOOT. LOWER END AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA/SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LINE. * WINDS: WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH PEAK INTENSITY TODAY...AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CONNELLY
568 WWUS43 KABR 201737 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1137 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM FOR SUNDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE CLASH BETWEEN ARCTIC AIR TO THE NORTH AND MILD...MOIST AIR TO THE SOUTH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL OCCUR...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL TAPER OFF MONDAY MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. SOME AREAS MAY SEE IN EXCESS OF A FOOT OF SNOW WITH THIS STORM. SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-210600- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110221T0600Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO... PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1137 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 /1037 AM MST SUN FEB 20 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TAPERING OFF BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-210600- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 1137 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 13 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ PARKIN
970 WWUS43 KABR 202131 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 331 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES... .THE STORM SYSTEM THAT HAS BROUGHT HEAVY TO THE REGION TODAY WILL SLOWLY TRACK TO THE EAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...THEN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL AID IN THE OCCURRENCE OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-210600- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110221T0600Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO... PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 331 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 /231 PM MST SUN FEB 20 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...TAPERING OFF BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-210945- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 331 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... TAPERING OFF MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ PARKIN
621 WWUS43 KABR 210217 AAA WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 817 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES... .THE STORM SYSTEM THAT HAS BROUGHT HEAVY TO THE REGION TODAY WILL SLOWLY TRACK TO THE EAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...THEN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL AID IN THE OCCURRENCE OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-210600- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110221T0600Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO... PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 817 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 /717 PM MST SUN FEB 20 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...TAPERING OFF BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES. * WNORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-211200- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 817 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... TAPERING OFF MONDAY MORNING. * 8 TO 16 INCHES WITH HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
775 WWUS43 KABR 210221 AAB WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 821 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES... .THE STORM SYSTEM THAT HAS BROUGHT HEAVY TO THE REGION TODAY WILL SLOWLY TRACK TO THE EAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...THEN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL AID IN THE OCCURRENCE OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-210600- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110221T0600Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO... PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 821 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 /721 PM MST SUN FEB 20 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...TAPERING OFF BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-211200- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 821 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... TAPERING OFF MONDAY MORNING. * 8 TO 16 INCHES WITH HIGHEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
548 WWUS43 KABR 210535 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1135 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...SNOW AND WIND GRADUALLY IMPROVING WEST...WILL CONTINUE EAST... .THE STORM SYSTEM THAT HAS BROUGHT HEAVY TO THE REGION TODAY WILL SLOWLY TRACK TO THE EAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...BUT WE ARE SEEING CONDITIONS RAPIDLY IMPROVE IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE LIGHT SNOW AND A STIFF NORTH BREEZE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-210645- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110221T0600Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO... PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1135 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 /1035 PM MST SUN FEB 20 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW IS OCCURRING OR EXPECTED FOR THE MORNING HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-211200- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 1135 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH ARE RAPIDLY DIMINISHING...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ CONNELLY
045 WWUS43 KABR 210936 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 336 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...LIGHT SNOW WITH SPOTTY BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING... MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-211045- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN... BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 336 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. WHILE CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ CONNELLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 3:29 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2011Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2011Every blizzard warning in 2011
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.