Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Feb 22, 2012, 4:02 PM CST for 16 counties in South Dakota; 9 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 23, 2012, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2012, 4:02 PM CST (22:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2012, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 31 counties
Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Davison County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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 23, 7:42 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Huron, SD | ACCUMULATION SO FAR. SNOWFALL RATES CURRENTLY GREATER THAN AN INCH PER HOUR. |
| Feb 23, 10:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Madison, SD | 4 TO 5 INCHES IN MADISON AREA |
| Feb 23, 10:04 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Woonsocket, SD | 2 TO 3 INCHES SO FAR WITH HEAVY SNOW FALLING IN LAST HOUR. |
| Feb 23, 10:21 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Howard, SD | 3 TO 4 INCHES SO FAR. |
| Feb 23, 10:32 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Feb 23, 10:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1.3 | Alexandria, SD | STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Feb 23, 10:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1 | Parker, SD | HEAVY SNOW STILL FALLING. |
| Feb 23, 11:10 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Feb 23, 11:38 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Huron, SD | STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 23, 12:02 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Woonsocket, SD | |
| Feb 23, 12:02 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Woonsocket, SD | |
| Feb 23, 12:19 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 4 Se Sioux Falls, SD | ACCUMULATION SO FAR. |
| Feb 23, 12:38 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 3 Sw Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 12:38 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 3 Sw Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 1:23 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.8 | Luverne, MN | |
| Feb 23, 1:23 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.8 | Luverne, MN | |
| Feb 23, 1:23 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Feb 23, 1:23 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Feb 23, 1:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | 3 Sse Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 1:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.4 | 3 Ese Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 1:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.4 | 3 Ese Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 1:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 3 Ese Sioux Falls, SD | 4 TO 4.5 INCHES SO FAR. |
| Feb 23, 1:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 3 Ese Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 1:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.8 | 3 Ese Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 1:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 Se Wessington, SD | |
| Feb 23, 1:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 Se Wessington, SD | |
| Feb 23, 2:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.8 | Canton, SD | |
| Feb 23, 2:24 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Sse Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 2:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 4 Se Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 2:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 4 Se Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 2:52 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 1.5 | Sioux Center, IA | |
| Feb 23, 3:25 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Wnw Sheldon, IA | VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE |
| Feb 23, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Sse Sioux Center, IA | |
| Feb 23, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Sse Sioux Center, IA | |
| Feb 23, 3:43 PM CST | SNOW 4.7 | 3 Sse Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 3:43 PM CST | SNOW 4.7 | 3 Sse Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 4:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.9 | 3 N Sioux Falls, SD | MEASURED AT JOE FOSS FIELD |
| Feb 23, 4:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.1 | Huron, SD | |
| Feb 23, 4:05 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Howard, SD | |
| Feb 23, 4:05 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Wnw Canton, SD | |
| Feb 23, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | North Sioux City, SD | 1 TO 2 INCHES |
| Feb 23, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 5.1 | 6 Nne Elk Point, SD | |
| Feb 23, 4:55 PM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Luverne, MN | |
| Feb 23, 5:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 3 Nw Le Mars, IA | |
| Feb 23, 5:00 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Ireton, IA | |
| Feb 23, 5:20 PM CST | SNOW 3.8 | Marcus, IA | |
| Feb 23, 5:30 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Hinton, IA | |
| Feb 23, 5:55 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Milford, IA | HAD SOME MELTING EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON. |
| Feb 23, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 5 N Sioux City, IA | |
| Feb 23, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Ese Menno, SD | |
| Feb 23, 6:20 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Kingsley, IA | |
| Feb 23, 6:35 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Cherokee, IA | |
| Feb 23, 6:35 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Aurelia, IA | |
| Feb 23, 7:15 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 6 E Lake Park, IA | LIGHT SNOW STILL FALLING |
| Feb 23, 7:20 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.7 | Madison, SD | |
| Feb 23, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | North Sioux City, SD | |
| Feb 23, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Brunsville, IA | |
| Feb 23, 8:00 PM CST | SNOW 5.4 | 3 N Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Feb 23, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Sse De Smet, SD | |
| Feb 23, 8:30 PM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Nne Flandreau, 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1094 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
413 WWUS43 KFSD 222202 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 402 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM AROUND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...TO CENTRAL IOWA BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS LOW TRACK...ACCUMULATING SNOW IS VERY LIKELY TO FALL AS TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY COOL OFF ABOVE THE SURFACE... COUPLED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE. A SWATH OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...THROUGH A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO AROUND SPIRIT LAKE IOWA. EITHER SIDE OF THIS SNOW BAND WILL LIKELY EXHIBIT A VERY TIGHT SNOW GRADIENT... WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TAPERING TO LESS THAN 2 INCHES NORTH OF MARSHALL MINNESOTA...AND SOUTH OF A MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA TO SIOUX RAPIDS IOWA LINE. PRECIPITATION ACROSS THESE AREAS WILL BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX THIS EVENING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL ALOFT. SDZ038>040-054-055-230615- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.120223T0600Z-120223T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T0600Z-120223T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON 402 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...BUT ANY MIX SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION MAY PRECEDE THE SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG TONIGHT. HOWEVER AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. VISIBILITY DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AS THE WINDS INCREASE COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ IAZ003-MNZ080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ056-230615- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ DICKINSON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...FLANDREAU 402 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...BUT ANY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW BETWEEN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION MAY PRECEDE THE SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG TONIGHT. HOWEVER AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. VISIBILITY DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AS THE WINDS INCREASE COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ001-002-013-014-MNZ071-072-SDZ061-062-230615- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0007.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS 402 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...BUT ANY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION MAY PRECEDE THE SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG TONIGHT. HOWEVER AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. && $$ SDZ052-053-060-230615- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0007.120223T0600Z-120223T1800Z/ JERAULD-SANBORN-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 402 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...BUT ANY MIX SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF A LINE FROM WESSINGTON SPRINGS TO ALEXANDRIA. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION MAY PRECEDE THE SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG TONIGHT. HOWEVER AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ012-SDZ066-067-230615- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0007.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ SIOUX-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 402 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...BUT ANY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF A LINE FROM PARKER TO CANTON SOUTH DAKOTA...TO ORANGE CITY IOWA. A GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION MAY PRECEDE THE SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG TONIGHT. HOWEVER AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. && $$ JH
7 follow-up statements
483 WWUS43 KFSD 230439 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE SHIFTING SOUTHWARD AS IT TRACKS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ACCORDINGLY THE AXIS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL ALSO SHIFT SOUTHWARD...NOW APPEARING TO EXTEND FROM WESSINGTON SPRINGS TO SIOUX FALLS...TO SPENCER IOWA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A RELATIVELY NARROW BAND THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. EITHER SIDE OF THIS SNOW BAND WILL LIKELY EXHIBIT A FAIRLY TIGHT SNOW GRADIENT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH WILL TAPER TO 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. A TIGHTER GRADIENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TAPERING TO LESS THAN AN INCH FROM BROOKINGS TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SDZ039-231245- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T0600Z-120223T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T0900Z-120223T1800Z/ KINGSBURY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...BUT ANY MIX SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION MAY PRECEDE THE SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG TONIGHT. HOWEVER AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. && $$ MNZ080-081-090-097-SDZ056-231245- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T1200Z-120224T0000Z/ MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A BRIEF WINTRY MIX...BUT ANY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW BETWEEN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND HIGHWAY 30 IN MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG TONIGHT. HOWEVER AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. && $$ SDZ055-231245- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T0600Z-120223T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T1200Z-120224T0000Z/ LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MADISON 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A BRIEF WINTRY MIX...BUT ANY MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW BETWEEN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND HIGHWAY 30 IN MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG TONIGHT. HOWEVER AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ040-230545- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T0600Z-120223T1800Z/ BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BROOKINGS 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE STORM TRACK IS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD...AND THUS THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90. SNOWFALL AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS ARE STILL LIKELY IN THE AREA...THOUGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. $$ MNZ071-072-230545- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0007.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE STORM TRACK IS SHIFTING SOUTHWARD...AND THUS THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90. SNOWFALL AND INCREASING NORTH WINDS ARE STILL LIKELY IN THE AREA...THOUGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ IAZ001-002-012>014-SDZ061-062-066-067-231245- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0007.120223T0900Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T1200Z-120224T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON... HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX...BUT SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. VISIBILITY DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EARLY THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AS THE WINDS INCREASE COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ SDZ052-053-060-231245- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0007.120223T0600Z-120223T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T0900Z-120223T1800Z/ JERAULD-SANBORN-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...BUT SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. VISIBILITY DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AS THE WINDS INCREASE COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ059-231245- /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T0900Z-120223T1800Z/ DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MITCHELL 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...BUT SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. VISIBILITY DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AS THE WINDS INCREASE COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ IAZ021-022-231245- /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T1200Z-120224T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX...MAINLY RAIN AND SNOW...BUT SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN BUENA VISTA COUNTY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. VISIBILITY DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AS THE WINDS INCREASE COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038-054-231245- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T0900Z-120223T1800Z/ BEADLE-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...HOWARD 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...BUT SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. VISIBILITY DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AS THE WINDS INCREASE COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ IAZ003-MNZ089-098-231245- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T1200Z-120224T0000Z/ DICKINSON-NOBLES-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... WORTHINGTON...LUVERNE 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX...BUT SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. VISIBILITY DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EARLY THURSDAY WILL LIKELY BE A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AS THE WINDS INCREASE COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ057-058-064-231245- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T0900Z-120223T1800Z/ BRULE-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...BUT SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. && $$ SDZ065-231245- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T1200Z-120224T0000Z/ HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX...BUT SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ020-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ069>071-231245- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T1800Z-120224T0000Z/ PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE... HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1039 PM CST WED FEB 22 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AROUND MIDDAY. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF THURSDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
244 WWUS43 KFSD 231044 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 444 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS SHIFTING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR JUST NORTH OF THIS LOW PRESSURE TRACK. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN A RELATIVELY NARROW BAND STRETCHING FROM JERAULD COUNTY SOUTHEAST THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY. EITHER SIDE OF THIS SNOW BAND WILL LIKELY EXHIBIT A FAIRLY TIGHT SNOW GRADIENT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH WILL TAPER TO 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. A TIGHTER GRADIENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TAPERING TO LESS THAN AN INCH FROM BROOKINGS TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SDZ038-231845- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120223T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T1044Z-120223T2100Z/ BEADLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HURON 444 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 30 MPH POSSIBLE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO INTO THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ MNZ089-098-231845- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T1200Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T1200Z-120224T0000Z/ NOBLES-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WORTHINGTON...LUVERNE 444 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AFTER 6 AM. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE MID TO LATE THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN ROCK COUNTY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...BY THIS AFTERNOON...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 30 MPH. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ MNZ080-081-231145- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T1200Z-120224T0000Z/ MURRAY-COTTONWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE 444 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW HAS MOVED SOUTH...AND THUS THE HEAVY SNOW HAS ALSO MOVED SOUTH. LIGHT SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION. $$ IAZ020-SDZ071-231845- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T1800Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T1200Z-120224T0000Z/ PLYMOUTH-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 444 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH MID MORNING...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS PLYMOUTH COUNTY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE LIKELY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ SDZ052>054-059-060-231845- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120223T2100Z/ JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 444 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH LIKELY. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-021-022-SDZ061-062-066-067-231845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0001.120223T1200Z-120224T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 444 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THIS MORNING CLOSER TO SIOUX FALLS...AND LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN A SWATH FROM SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SIOUX...CHEROKEE AND BUENA VISTA COUNTIES IN IOWA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ SDZ068-231845- /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T1600Z-120224T0000Z/ BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 444 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION COULD BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX...BUT ANY MIX WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS MORNING. THE SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ039-057-058-064-231845- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120223T2100Z/ KINGSBURY-BRULE-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 444 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND NOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ069-070-231845- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T1600Z-120224T0000Z/ WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... YANKTON...VERMILLION 444 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. A WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE TO START...HOWEVER EVERYTHING SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ090-097-SDZ055-056-065-231845- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T1200Z-120224T0000Z/ JACKSON-PIPESTONE-LAKE-MOODY-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... MADISON...FLANDREAU...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 444 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH POSSIBLE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. && $$ CHENARD
716 WWUS43 KFSD 231356 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 756 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS SHIFTING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR JUST NORTH OF THIS LOW PRESSURE TRACK. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN A RELATIVELY NARROW BAND STRETCHING FROM BEADLE AND JERAULD COUNTY...SOUTHEAST THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY. EITHER SIDE OF THIS SNOW BAND WILL LIKELY EXHIBIT A FAIRLY TIGHT SNOW GRADIENT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH WILL TAPER TO 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. A TIGHTER GRADIENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TAPERING TO LESS THAN AN INCH AROUND MARSHALL MINNESOTA. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SDZ038-232100- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120223T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120223T2100Z/ BEADLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HURON 756 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...CONVECTIVE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH SNOWFALL RATES AT LEAST ONE INCH PER HOUR THROUGH MID MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 30 MPH POSSIBLE. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED IN FALLING HEAVY SNOW. 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. && $$ SDZ052>054-059-060-232100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120223T2100Z/ JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 756 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH LIKELY. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-SDZ061-062-066-067-071-232200- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 756 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THIS MORNING CLOSER TO SIOUX FALLS...AND LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN A SWATH FROM SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SIOUX...CHEROKEE AND BUENA VISTA COUNTIES IN IOWA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS THURSDAY PROGRESSES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL... THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ039-057-058-064-232100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120223T2100Z/ KINGSBURY-BRULE-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 756 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND NOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MNZ089-090-097-098-SDZ055-056-065-232200- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-LAKE-MOODY-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...MADISON...FLANDREAU...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP 756 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH POSSIBLE. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ068>070-232200- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.120223T1600Z-120224T0000Z/ WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON... VERMILLION 756 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. A WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE TO START...HOWEVER EVERYTHING SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY... WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL... THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$
507 WWUS43 KFSD 231648 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1048 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA TODAY. A SWATH OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR JUST NORTH OF THIS LOW PRESSURE TRACK. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN A RELATIVELY NARROW BAND STRETCHING FROM BEADLE AND JERAULD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...EAST AND SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE SIOUX FALLS AREA AND INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA. DUE TO THE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF THE SNOWFALL AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. EITHER SIDE OF THIS SNOW BAND WILL LIKELY EXHIBIT A FAIRLY TIGHT SNOW GRADIENT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTH WILL TAPER TO 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. A TIGHTER GRADIENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TAPERING TO LESS THAN AN INCH AROUND MARSHALL MINNESOTA. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IAZ003-240000- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK 1048 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY...TAPERING OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL STILL OCCUR IN THE IOWA GREAT LAKES AREA...BUT AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NOW TO RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF IN NORTHEAST DICKINSON COUNTY...TO AROUND 4 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST DICKINSON. THEREFORE THE SNOW GRADIENT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST IS VERY TIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MNZ090-231800- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 1048 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW IS STILL LIKELY IN JACKSON COUNTY...BUT IT APPEARS THAT AMOUNTS WILL BE WELL LESS THAN TWO INCHES. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BE AWARE THAT THE WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY CREATE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IN EXPOSED AREAS AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. $$ SDZ055-065-240000- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ LAKE-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP 1048 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...ACCUMULATING SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AND MID AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN TAPER OFF IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND VERY EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE ATMOSPHERE IS UNSTABLE AND PRODUCING A CONVECTIVE NATURE TO THE SNOWFALL. THEREFORE 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEAVIER FALLING SNOW BANDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038-052>054-059-060-232100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120223T2100Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 1048 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOWFALL WILL THEN DECREASE IN INTENSITY AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE ATMOSPHERE IS UNSTABLE AND PRODUCING A CONVECTIVE NATURE TO THE SNOWFALL. THEREFORE 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH LIKELY. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ001-002-012>014-020>022-SDZ061-062-066-067-071-240000- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON... HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1048 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS IT MOVES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE MIDDAY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON PERIOD. THE SNOWFALL WILL THEN DECREASE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE PRODUCING A CONVECTIVE TYPE SNOW...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ039-057-058-064-232100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120223T2100Z/ KINGSBURY-BRULE-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1048 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN THIS AREA THROUGH THE MIDDAY AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH IN THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MNZ089-097-098-SDZ056-240000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... FLANDREAU 1048 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES IN THIS AREA...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS FAVORING THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SIDES OF THESE COUNTIES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH LIKELY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ068>070-240000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON... VERMILLION 1048 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA TODAY...TAPERING OFF IN THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THERE MAY BE SOME SLEET MIXED WITH THE SNOW THROUGH MIDDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY... WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF EXPECTED SNOWFALL...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL STILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$
948 WWUS43 KFSD 232111 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 311 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 .LOW PRESSURE IN WESTERN IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SNOW AND WINDS BY AROUND SUNSET. HOWEVER...SNOW WILL LINGER IN EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND NEAR AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 3 IN NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE FOUND IN A RELATIVELY NARROW BAND FROM HURON AND WESSINGTON SPRINGS...THROUGH SIOUX FALLS AND BERESFORD SOUTH DAKOTA...INTO THE CHEROKEE AND STORM LAKE AREAS IN NORTHWEST IOWA. THE OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS FROM FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THIS SHOULD BE LIMITED AFTER THE FALLING SNOW ENDS. SDZ038-052>054-059-060-232215- /O.EXP.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120223T2100Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 311 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE UNDER AN INCH. $$ SDZ039-057-058-064-232215- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120223T2100Z/ KINGSBURY-BRULE-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 311 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE UNDER AN INCH. $$ IAZ020>022-240300- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE 311 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH SUNSET...WITH SNOWFALL RATES TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE PRODUCING A CONVECTIVE TYPE SNOW...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ001-002-012>014-SDZ055-061-062-065>067-071-240000- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LAKE-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-LINCOLN-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON... HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...MADISON...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 311 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON...THOUGH SNOWFALL RATES WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18. HOWEVER WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE PRODUCING A CONVECTIVE TYPE SNOW...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. && $$ IAZ031-032-NEZ013-014-240300- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 311 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER 7 TO 8 PM. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH STRONGEST WINDS WEST OF SIOUX CITY. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ003-MNZ089-097-098-SDZ056-240000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ DICKINSON-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...FLANDREAU 311 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES IN THIS AREA...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS FAVORING THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SIDES OF THESE COUNTIES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ SDZ068>070-240000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 311 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. DESPITE THE WET HEAVY NATURE OF THE SNOW...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
370 WWUS43 KFSD 240003 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 603 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 .LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTHWEST IOWA EARLY THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR A GRADUAL DECREASE IN SNOW AND WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LINGER IN EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 10 IN NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN THESE AREAS THIS EVENING. IAZ001-002-012>014-SDZ055-061-062-065>067-071-240115- /O.EXP.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LAKE-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-LINCOLN-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON... HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...MADISON...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 603 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING. HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE AROUND A HALF INCH OR LESS. $$ IAZ003-MNZ089-097-098-SDZ056-240115- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ DICKINSON-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...FLANDREAU 603 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING. HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE AROUND A HALF INCH OR LESS. $$ SDZ068>070-240115- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0000Z/ BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 603 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING. HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE AROUND A HALF INCH OR LESS. $$ IAZ020>022-240300- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE 603 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WHILE THE SNOW IS STILL FALLING... BUT THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW SHOULD LIMIT ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING ONCE THE SNOWFALL ENDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ031-032-NEZ013-014-240300- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 603 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...WITH SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER 8 PM. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE EAST OF SIOUX CITY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WHILE THE SNOW IS STILL FALLING... BUT THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THE SNOW SHOULD LIMIT ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING ONCE THE SNOWFALL ENDS. 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. && $$
212 WWUS43 KFSD 240253 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 853 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 IAZ020>022-240400- /O.EXP.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE 853 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE AROUND A HALF INCH OR LESS. $$ IAZ031-032-NEZ013-014-240400- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120224T0300Z/ WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 853 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE AROUND A HALF INCH OR LESS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 11:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Beadle, Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook, Miner and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Hanson, Jerauld, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Sanborn and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:09 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Gregory, Union, Yankton | 26 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.