Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2011
Blizzard Warning 7, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this blizzard warning at Mar 11, 2011, 5:24 PM CST for 18 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 13 hr. 18 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
- Mar 11, 2011, 5:24 PM CST (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Walworth County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 5:42 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Mobridge, SD | 58 MPH WIND GUST |
| Mar 11, 5:45 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Hecla, SD | ZERO VISIBILITY |
| Mar 11, 5:52 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Castlewood, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Mar 11, 6:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 1 W Tolstoy, SD | ZERO VISIBILITY FOR AN HOUR OR TWO |
| Mar 11, 6:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Roscoe, SD | VISIBILITY ONE BLOCK IN TOWN...WORSE OUT OF TOWN |
| Mar 11, 6:04 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 6 N Groton, SD | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS |
| Mar 11, 6:05 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Summit, SD | ZERO VISIBILITY, SEMIS FLIPPED OVER |
| Mar 11, 6:15 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Warner, SD | SEMI TIPPED OVER |
| Mar 11, 7:02 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Webster, SD | WHITEOUT CONDITIONS |
| Mar 11, 7:08 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Watertown, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Mar 11, 7:29 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Castlewood, SD | 50 FT OR LESS VIS THROUGHOUT HAMLIN COUNTY |
| Mar 11, 8:02 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Sisseton, SD | ZERO VISIBILITY, LOTS OF ACCIDENTS REPORTED ON 1-29 |
| Mar 11, 8:12 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Britton, SD | ZERO VISIBILITY AND NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS |
| Mar 11, 8:12 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Clear Lake, SD | ZERO VISIBILITY |
| Mar 11, 8:16 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Clark, SD | ZERO VISIBILITY, NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS |
| Mar 11, 8:32 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 5 N Herreid, SD | ZERO VIS |
| Mar 11, 8:45 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Faulkton, SD | 300 YD VISIBILITY |
| Mar 11, 9:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Long Lake, SD | LESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 1632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
016 WWUS43 KABR 112324 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 524 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL SLIDE INTO MINNESOTA TONIGHT...WITH STRONG WINDS AND WRAPAROUND PRECIPITATION BEHIND IT...SOME OF THAT PRECIPITATION WILL SLIDE ACROSS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. MNZ039-046-SDZ003-120030- /O.CAN.KABR.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110312T0900Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN 524 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 /424 PM MST FRI MAR 11 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA...BUT GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL ALLOW FOR SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ SDZ004>011-016-017-120900- /O.UPG.KABR.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110312T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0007.110311T2324Z-110312T0900Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY- POTTER-FAULK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON... SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON 524 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. * WINDS FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL SUPPORT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS TEMPERATURES COOL OFF THIS EVENING. WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ018>023-036-037-120900- /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0007.110311T2324Z-110312T0900Z/ SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HYDE-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...HIGHMORE...MILLER 524 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. * WINDS FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL SUPPORT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS TEMPERATURES COOL OFF THIS EVENING. WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY THIS EVENING. 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
4 follow-up statements
689 WWUS43 KABR 120134 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 734 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL SLIDE INTO MINNESOTA TONIGHT...WITH STRONG WINDS AND WRAPAROUND PRECIPITATION BEHIND IT...SOME OF THAT PRECIPITATION WILL SLIDE ACROSS FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. SDZ004>011-016>023-036-037-120900- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110312T0900Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY- POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HYDE-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON... SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE...HIGHMORE...MILLER 734 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. * WINDS FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL SUPPORT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS TEMPERATURES COOL OFF THIS EVENING. WHICH WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ MNZ039-046-120900- /O.NEW.KABR.WW.Y.0013.110312T0134Z-110312T0900Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE 734 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY. * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. * WINDS FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND FALLING SNOW SHOULD SUPPORT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS TEMPERATURES COOL OFF THIS EVENING. WHICH COULD SUPPORT AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ PARKIN
717 WWUS43 KABR 120541 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1141 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL SLIDE INTO MINNESOTA TONIGHT...WITH STRONG WINDS BEHIND IT. BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL BE THE RESULT. SDZ036-037-120645- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110312T0900Z/ HYDE-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HIGHMORE...MILLER 1141 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH. BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL NO LONGER BE AN ISSUE TONIGHT. $$ MNZ039-046-121200- /O.UPG.KABR.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110312T0900Z/ /O.EXB.KABR.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE 1141 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OVERNIGHT. * WINDS FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. * STRONG WINDS WILL SUPPORT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && 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. && $$ SDZ007-008-011-019>023-121200- /O.EXT.KABR.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK... WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 1141 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OVERNIGHT. * WINDS FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. * STRONG WINDS WILL SUPPORT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT...ALONG WITH AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ004>006-009-010-016>018-120900- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110312T0900Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...REDFIELD 1141 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SATURDAY. * BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. * WINDS FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 30 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. * STRONG WINDS WILL SUPPORT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT...ALONG WITH AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY. 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. && $$ PARKIN
401 WWUS43 KABR 120857 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 257 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING... .WINDS ARE SLOWLY DECREASING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...BUT REMAIN VERY STRONG ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SDZ004>006-009-010-016>018-121000- /O.EXP.KABR.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110312T0900Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...REDFIELD 257 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-121200- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 257 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * STRONG WINDS WILL SUPPORT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR POOR VISIBILITY. 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. && $$ TMT
393 WWUS43 KABR 121151 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 551 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING EXPIRING... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. BLOWING SNOW IS STILL LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA...BUT WIDESPREAD VERY LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-121300- /O.EXP.KABR.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110312T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 551 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ TMT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 3:54 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Edmunds, Faulk and 5 more | 2 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.