Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2012
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this blizzard warning at Feb 27, 2012, 2:19 PM CST for 21 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr. 56 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 27, 2012, 2:19 PM CST (20:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 1:06 PM CST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
All 23 counties
Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk 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), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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 28, 4:04 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Miller, SD | VISIBILITY ESTIMATED AROUND ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE. |
| Feb 28, 4:49 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Sisseton, SD | ROBERTS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW |
| Feb 28, 5:34 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Ortonville, MN | VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER MILE AT ORTONVILLE AWOS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. |
| Feb 28, 5:43 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Miller, SD | .25 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Feb 28, 7:56 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Wheaton, MN | VISIBILITY ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE AT WHEATON AWOS. |
| Feb 28, 8:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 7 N Roy Lake State Park, SD | VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR GREATER ON RAWS. |
| Feb 28, 8:04 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Miller, SD | SNOW CHANGED TO RAIN WITH A SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES. |
| Feb 28, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Aberdeen, SD | STORM TOTAL OF 3.0 AS OF 900 PM |
| Feb 28, 9:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Seneca, SD | VISIBILITY LESS THAN QUARTER MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW ON HIGHWAY 47. |
| Feb 28, 9:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Selby, SD | VISIBILITY 1 4 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW ON US12. |
| Feb 28, 10:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 10 S Bullhead, SD | VISIBILITY 1 4 MILE WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR HIGHER. |
| Feb 28, 10:20 PM CST | SNOW 5.3 | 2 S Claremont, SD | .69 LIQUID EQUIVALENT SINCE 5 PM...STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 28, 11:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 13 N Vivian, SD | FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. I90 CLOSED ACROSS ENTIRE COUNTY. |
| Feb 28, 11:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Sisseton, SD | I29 CLOSED ACROSS ALL OF ROBERTS COUNTY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY AROUND A QUARTER MILE. |
| Feb 28, 11:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Tolstoy, SD | FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. VISIBILITY QUARTER MILE ON US83 NORTHWEST OF GETTYSBURG. |
| Feb 28, 11:19 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Miller, SD | .25 TO .5 MILE VISIBILITY....NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH...BLIZZARD |
| Feb 28, 11:19 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Miller, SD | .25 TO .5 MILE VISIBILITY....NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH...4 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR FROM THIS SYSTEM...STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 28, 11:35 PM CST | BLIZZARD | Pierre, SD | OFFICER REPORTS VISIBILITY IN AND AROUND PIERRE AS ONE-EIGHTH TO ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE...WITH FOUR INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR FROM THIS STORM. STILL SNOWING. KPIR ASOS NOW REPORTING A WIND GUST OF 36 MPH. |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 12 Wnw Eagle Butte, SD | 1 4 VISIBILITY WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR HIGHER. |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Fort Pierre, SD | LESS THAN QUARTER MILE VISIBIITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Mound City, SD | NO TRAVEL RECOMMENDED. VISIBILITY 1 4 MILE OR LESS. |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Murdo, SD | I90 CLOSED FROM MURDO EAST DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Onida, SD | VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE ON US83. |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Pierre, SD | LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS LESS THAN QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Roscoe, SD | VISIBILITY QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW ON US12. |
| Feb 29, 12:19 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Webster, SD | 5 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR FROM THIS STORM. 0.48 INCHES OF WATER EQUIVALENT THROUGH 1215 AM CST. STILL SNOWING. NEARBY MARSHALL COUNTY RAWS REPORTING 35 TO 40 MPH GUSTS FOR THE PAST 4 HOURS. |
| Feb 29, 1:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Webster, SD | POLICE REPORT NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. |
| Feb 29, 1:40 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Sisseton, SD | SNOW HAS SWITCHED OVER TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. |
| Feb 29, 3:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 14 | 16 Nw Gann Valley, SD | NO TRAVEL ADVISED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITY. |
| Feb 29, 3:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 16 Nw Gann Valley, SD | NO TRAVEL ADVISED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND VERY LOW VISIBILITY. |
| Feb 29, 3:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Mellette, SD | SDDOT REPORTS VISIBILITY LESS THAN QUARTER MILE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW ON US281. |
| Feb 29, 4:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Eureka, SD | PUBLIC REPORT OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. |
| Feb 29, 4:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Miller, SD | NO TRAVEL ADVISED DUE TO QUARTER MILE OR LESS VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW ON US14. |
| Feb 29, 4:20 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Highmore, SD | QUARTER MILE OR LESS DUE TO 35 MPH WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW ON US14. |
| Feb 29, 4:35 AM CST | BLIZZARD | 3 E Aberdeen, SD | QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING SNOW. LESS THAN QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY US281 NEAR ABERDEEN. |
| Feb 29, 5:25 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.2 | 1 Se Aberdeen, SD | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 29, 6:45 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Miller, SD | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 13.6 | 11 W Turton, SD | |
| Feb 29, 7:05 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Pierre, SD | |
| Feb 29, 7:05 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Nw Westport, SD | |
| Feb 29, 7:36 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Turton, SD | |
| Feb 29, 7:36 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.7 | Roscoe, SD | |
| Feb 29, 7:36 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Browns Valley, MN | |
| Feb 29, 7:36 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Roy Lake State Park, SD | |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Kennebec, SD | |
| Feb 29, 8:48 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Wheaton, MN | |
| Feb 29, 8:48 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Sisseton, SD | |
| Feb 29, 8:48 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12.2 | 3 W Sisseton, SD | |
| Feb 29, 10:03 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Murdo, SD | |
| Feb 29, 10:03 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.1 | Doland, SD | |
| Feb 29, 10:03 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 1 N Ortonville, MN | |
| Feb 29, 10:09 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Little Eagle, SD | |
| Feb 29, 10:23 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 7 Se Faulkton, SD | |
| Feb 29, 11:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Webster, SD | |
| Feb 29, 11:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 4 Nne Victor, SD | |
| Feb 29, 12:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.7 | 1 Se Aberdeen, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
424 WWUS43 KABR 272019 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 219 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND LIFT INTO THE PLAINS ON TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM PROMISES TO BRING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION...STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>017-033>036-280830- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0001.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0001.120228T2100Z-120301T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY- HUGHES-HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE 219 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 /119 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL IMPROVE BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE MISSOURI VALLEY...TO 8 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE JAMES VALLEY...AND OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR THE SISSETON HILLS REGION. 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. && $$ SDZ018>023-037-045-048-051-280830- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0001.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WS.W.0003.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 219 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY. AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL THEN DEVELOP DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL IMPROVE BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...ICE...AND RAIN...THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS STILL POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ CONNELLY
12 follow-up statements
565 WWUS43 KABR 272233 AAA WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 433 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND LIFT INTO THE PLAINS ON TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM PROMISES TO BRING HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION...STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>017-033>036-281045- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0001.120228T2100Z-120301T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY- HUGHES-HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE 433 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 /333 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL IMPROVE BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE MISSOURI VALLEY...TO 8 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE JAMES VALLEY...AND OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR THE SISSETON HILLS REGION. 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. && $$ SDZ018>023-037-045-048-051-281045- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 433 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY. AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY... PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL THEN DEVELOP DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL IMPROVE BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...ICE...AND RAIN...THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS STILL POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
276 WWUS43 KABR 280332 AAA WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 932 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND LIFT INTO THE PLAINS ON TUESDAY. THIS SYSTEM PROMISES TO BRING FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION...STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>017-033>036-281545- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0001.120228T2100Z-120301T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY- HUGHES-HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE 932 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 /832 PM MST MON FEB 27 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TUESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL IMPROVE BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE MISSOURI VALLEY...TO 8 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS THE JAMES VALLEY...AND OVER A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR THE SISSETON HILLS REGION. 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. && $$ SDZ018>023-037-045-048-051-281545- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 932 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY. AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY... PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL THEN DEVELOP DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL IMPROVE BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. * SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...ICE...AND RAIN...THOUGH WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS STILL POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
279 WWUS43 KABR 281056 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 456 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON THE REGION TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL LIFT ONTO THE PLAINS LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION...STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO THE REGION BY EARLY THIS EVENING...LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>017-033>036-282300- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0001.120228T2100Z-120301T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY- HUGHES-HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE 456 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 /356 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING AS WELL. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS OF TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE IN FULL SWING FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ALONG AND UP TO 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM KENNEBEC SOUTH DAKOTA TO ORTONVILLE MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 1 TO 6 INCHES THROUGHOUT THAT CORRIDOR FROM KENNEBEC TO ORTONVILLE....TO 6 TO 16 INCHES MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION COULD PICK UP ANYWHERE FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. 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>023-037-045-048-051-282300- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 456 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING AS WELL. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS OF TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE IN FULL SWING FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ALONG AND UP TO 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM KENNEBEC SOUTH DAKOTA TO ORTONVILLE MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY. IF AS MUCH ICE ACCUMULATION AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OCCURS WITHIN THE WINTER STORM WARNED AREA AS IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...AND WIND SPEEDS DO COME UP TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...COULD BE DEALING WITH POWER OUTAGE ISSUES ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 1 TO 6 INCHES THROUGHOUT THAT CORRIDOR FROM KENNEBEC TO ORTONVILLE....TO 6 TO 16 INCHES MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION COULD PICK UP ANYWHERE FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ DORN
261 WWUS43 KABR 281725 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1125 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON THE REGION TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS MORNING WILL BE HEADING NORTHEAST ACROSS NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO THE REGION BY EARLY THIS EVENING...LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>017-033>036-290530- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0001.120228T2100Z-120301T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY- HUGHES-HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE 1125 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 /1025 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS OF TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE IN FULL SWING FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ALONG AND UP TO 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM KENNEBEC SOUTH DAKOTA TO ORTONVILLE MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 2 TO 7 INCHES THROUGHOUT THAT CORRIDOR FROM KENNEBEC TO ORTONVILLE....TO 6 TO 14 INCHES MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION COULD PICK UP ANYWHERE FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. 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>023-037-045-048-051-290530- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.120228T1800Z-120301T0000Z/ SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 1125 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS OF TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE IN FULL SWING FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ALONG AND UP TO 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM KENNEBEC SOUTH DAKOTA TO ORTONVILLE MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY. IF AS MUCH ICE ACCUMULATION AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OCCURS WITHIN THE WINTER STORM WARNED AREA AS IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...AND WIND SPEEDS COME UP...COULD BE DEALING WITH POWER OUTAGE ISSUES ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 2 TO 7 INCHES THROUGHOUT THAT CORRIDOR FROM KENNEBEC TO ORTONVILLE....TO 6 TO 14 INCHES MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION COULD PICK UP ANYWHERE FROM ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MOHR
609 WWUS43 KABR 281857 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1257 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON THE REGION TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL BE HEADING NORTHEAST ACROSS NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO THE REGION BY EARLY THIS EVENING...LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>017-033>036-290700- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0001.120228T2100Z-120301T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY- HUGHES-HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE 1257 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 /1157 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS OF TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY... RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 2 TO 7 INCHES THROUGHOUT THAT CORRIDOR FROM KENNEBEC TO ORTONVILLE....TO 6 TO 14 INCHES MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION COULD PICK UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. 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. && $$ SDZ018>023-037-045-048-051-290700- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 1257 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS OF TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY... RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY. IF AS MUCH ICE ACCUMULATION AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OCCURS WITHIN THE WINTER STORM WARNED AREA AS IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...AND WIND SPEEDS COME UP...COULD BE DEALING WITH POWER OUTAGE ISSUES ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 2 TO 7 INCHES THROUGHOUT THAT CORRIDOR FROM KENNEBEC TO ORTONVILLE....TO 6 TO 14 INCHES MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION COULD PICK UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MOHR
256 WWUS43 KABR 282305 AAA WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 505 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BE HEADING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO THE REGION...LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>017-033>036-291115- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY- HUGHES-HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE 505 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 /405 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY... RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 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. && $$ SDZ018>023-037-045-048-051-291115- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 505 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
488 WWUS43 KABR 290444 AAB WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1044 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BE HEADING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO THE REGION... LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>017-033>036-291645- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY- HUGHES-HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE 1044 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 /944 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE DEVELOPING TONIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY... RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 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. && $$ SDZ018>023-037-045-048-051-291645- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 1044 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SECOND...MORE CONVECTIVE BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM HURON TO BROOKINGS AND IS RAPIDLY MOVING NORTH. TEMPERATURES ARE COOL ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ALL SNOW...BUT AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SNOW FALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR IN THIS BAND. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
691 WWUS43 KABR 290500 AAC WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1100 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BE HEADING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ICE AND HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO THE REGION... LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>017-033>036-291700- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY- HUGHES-HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE 1100 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 /1000 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE DEVELOPING TONIGHT ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY... RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 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. && $$ SDZ018>023-037-045-048-051-291700- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 1100 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SECOND...MORE CONVECTIVE BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM HURON TO WATERTOWN AND IS RAPIDLY MOVING NORTH. AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SNOW FALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR IN THIS BAND OR MAY SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
991 WWUS43 KABR 290547 AAD WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1147 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BE HEADING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ICE AND HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO THE REGION... LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SDZ037-045-048-051-291800- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KABR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1147 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WINDS ARE BECOMING NORTHWEST AND GUSTING TO 35 MPH. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>017-033>036-291800- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY- HUGHES-HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE 1147 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 /1047 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY... RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ON WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ018>023-291800- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 1147 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SECOND...MORE CONVECTIVE BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM HURON TO WATERTOWN AND IS RAPIDLY MOVING NORTH. AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SNOW FALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR IN THIS BAND OR MAY SEE A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
329 WWUS43 KABR 291027 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 427 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE IMPACTING THE REGION THROUGH TODAY... .THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THIS MORNING. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS PACKED JUST ABOUT EVERY CONCEIVABLE WINTER WEATHER TYPE WITH IT...PLUS LIGHTNING AND THUNDER. WHILE THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET HAS ENDED...THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SLICK ROADS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD GRADUALLY BEGIN TO IMPROVE TODAY...FIRST ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY EAST INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY. SDZ018-292230- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KABR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDFIELD 427 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SNOW FALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR IN THIS ONGOING BAND OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY TODAY. THE END RESULT WILL BE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHILE ANYWHERE FROM 3 INCHES TO 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW HAVE ALREADY FALLEN SINCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 15 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-292230- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER 427 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THE WARNED AREA MAY EXPERIENCE SNOW FALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR WITH THIS INTENSE BAND OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEIVED A COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER THE PAST 18 HOURS. AS NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH SWITCH AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST TODAY...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE 15 TO 25 MPH. HOWEVER...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW BLIZZARD CRITERIA STRENGTH TODAY. THAT SAID...THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE REMAINS A CONCERN THAT AS WINDS BECOME BREEZY FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY...ICE-COVERED SURFACES SUCH AS POWER LINES OR TELEPHONE POLES AND TREES MAY BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...REPORTS COMING IN SO FAR SUGGEST ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ003>006-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-292230- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER- FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... ABERDEEN...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG... FAULKTON...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER... MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 427 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 /327 AM MST WED FEB 29 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...RESULTING IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BY LATE THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...REPORTS COMING IN AND RADAR ESTIMATES THUS FAR SUGGESTING ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 8 PLUS INCHES OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN WITHIN THE PAST 18 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ019>023-292230- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK... CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 427 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THE WARNED AREA MAY EXPERIENCE SNOW FALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR WITH THIS INTENSE BAND OF SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEIVED A COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER THE PAST 18 HOURS. AS NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH SWITCH AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST TODAY...WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE 15 TO 25 MPH. HOWEVER...NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW BLIZZARD CRITERIA STRENGTH TODAY. THAT SAID...THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE REMAINS A CONCERN THAT AS WINDS BECOME BREEZY FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY...ICE-COVERED SURFACES SUCH AS POWER LINES OR TELEPHONE POLES AND TREES MAY BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...REPORTS COMING IN SO FAR SUGGEST ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE REGION...ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO 15 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ DORN
175 WWUS43 KABR 291656 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1056 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO WISCONSIN TODAY. LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS STORM. MINIMAL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR...BUT AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY WILL CONTINUE IN BLOWING SNOW. SDZ003>006-009-010-015>018-033>037-045-048-051-010000- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER- FAULK-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... ABERDEEN...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG... FAULKTON...REDFIELD...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE... MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1056 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 /956 AM MST WED FEB 29 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE DAY WILL BE LIGHT...WITH ONLY ANOTHER INCH OR TWO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-010000- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ 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 1056 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST INTO LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE DAY WILL BE LIGHT...WITH ONLY ANOTHER INCH OR TWO EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TMT
373 WWUS43 KABR 291906 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 106 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...CONDITIONS IMPROVING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST INTO WISCONSIN. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SDZ003>006-009-010-015>018-033>037-045-048-051-292015- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER- FAULK-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... ABERDEEN...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG... FAULKTON...REDFIELD...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE... MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 106 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 /1206 PM MST WED FEB 29 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. PATCHES OF BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITY IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-292015- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ 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 106 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITY IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ TMT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 7 more | 47 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2012Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Every blizzard warning in 2012
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.