Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Feb 27, 2012, 3:25 AM CST for 10 counties in South Dakota; 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 30 hr. 14 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, 3:25 AM CST (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Sse De Smet, SD | |
| Feb 29, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Huron, SD | |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | White Lake, SD | |
| Feb 29, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Marshall, MN | |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.1 | Chamberlain, SD | |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 Sw Brookings, SD | |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Pipestone, MN | |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Ssw Brookings, SD | |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | S Marshall, MN | |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Fedora, SD | |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Huron, SD | HURON AIRPORT MANAGER. |
| Feb 29, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | Wessington Springs, SD | |
| Feb 29, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Madison, SD | |
| Feb 29, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Huron, 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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
064 WWUS43 KFSD 270925 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 325 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...A POTENT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION LATER TONIGHT...AND IMPACT THE AREA INTO WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. ON TUESDAY...AS WARMER AIR ALOFT IS DRAWN INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND THEN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE FORM OF SNOW THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE STORM GENERALLY FROM WESSINGTON SPRINGS...TO MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA...TO TRACY MINNESOTA...AND POINTS NORTHWARD...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE LIKELY. FURTHER SOUTH ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...WHERE THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS ANTICIPATED...LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO QUARTER OF AN INCH. BRISK WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO RESULT IN VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THIS DANGEROUS STORM. MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-052>058-271730- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0003.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0002.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY- BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY 325 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES ON TUESDAY IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES NORTH OF A LINE FROM WESSINGTON SPRINGS TO MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA TO TRACY MINNESOTA...WITH AMOUNTS TAPERING CLOSER TO 6 INCHES TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ON TUESDAY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO THE FALLING AND BLOWING 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. && $$ IAZ001>003-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ050-059>067-271730- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0003.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120228T1200Z-120229T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-GREGORY-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...GREGORY...BURKE... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 325 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT...CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ON TUESDAY...AND THEN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ON TUESDAY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO THE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
10 follow-up statements
814 WWUS43 KFSD 271656 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1056 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...A POTENT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION LATER TONIGHT...AND IMPACT THE AREA INTO WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT. ON TUESDAY...AS WARMER AIR ALOFT IS DRAWN INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND THEN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE FORM OF SNOW THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE STORM GENERALLY FROM WESSINGTON SPRINGS...TO MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA...TO TRACY MINNESOTA...AND POINTS NORTHWARD...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE LIKELY. FURTHER SOUTH ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR... WHERE THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS ANTICIPATED...LOWER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO QUARTER OF AN INCH. BRISK WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO RESULT IN VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THIS DANGEROUS STORM. MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-052>058-280100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY- BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY 1056 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES ON TUESDAY IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES NORTH OF A LINE FROM WESSINGTON SPRINGS TO MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA TO TRACY MINNESOTA...WITH AMOUNTS TAPERING CLOSER TO 6 INCHES TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ON TUESDAY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO THE FALLING AND BLOWING 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. && $$ IAZ001>003-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ050-059>067-280100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120228T1200Z-120229T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-GREGORY-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...GREGORY...BURKE... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 1056 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT...CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ON TUESDAY...AND THEN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ON TUESDAY WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES DUE TO THE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
482 WWUS43 KFSD 272201 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 401 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...A STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH A VARIETY OF WEATHER... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE ROCKIES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. DUE TO FAIRLY MILD TEMPERATURES AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SYSTEM TUESDAY...A VARIETY OF WEATHER WILL LIKELY OCCUR...WITH EVEN SOME THUNDER POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA...TO THE TRI STATE AREA OF SOUTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA AND IOWA...AND THEN INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. TUESDAY MORNING...AN AREA OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE NORTHWARD GIVING SOME ICING CONDITIONS TO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND INTO FAR NORTHWEST IOWA. THE WINTRY MIX MAY THEN LINGER THROUGH EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER ELSEWHERE...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY WARM ENOUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH RAINFALL TO MELT THE ICING WHICH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY MORNING. THEN AS TUESDAY NIGHT PROGRESSES INTO WEDNESDAY...RAIN AND A WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ON TUESDAY...THIS AREA WILL LIKELY SEE A LIGHT GLAZE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH SOME MELTING OCCURRING MID AND LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THEN...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATER TUESDAY NIGHT WITH STRONG WINDS PREVAILING ON WEDNESDAY ADDING PROBLEMS TO THE SNOWFALL. ELSEWHERE... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES EXIST EXCEPT AROUND THE SIOUX CITY AND STORM LAKE AREAS. THOSE AREAS SHOULD STAY PRIMARILY RAIN EXCEPT MAYBE EARLY TUESDAY...WHERE THEY MAY SEE JUST A BIT OF ICE IN THOSE AREAS. MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ056-280615- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0002.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 401 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER THIS AREA TUESDAY MORNING CAUSING LIGHT ICING. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING...SOME OF THIS ICE WILL LIKELY MELT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEN A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT LASTING INTO WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE PROJECTED TO RANGE FROM A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ON TUESDAY. THE SNOWFALL FOLLOWING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY RANGE IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH CATEGORY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 40 MPH ON WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOW SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL ALSO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ SDZ057-058-280615- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0002.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ BRULE-AURORA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY 401 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF A VERY LIGHT WINTRY MIX EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER ANY LIGHT ICING WILL RAPIDLY MELT. BUT SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY EVENING...ENDING THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ038>040-052>055-280615- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON 401 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WITH A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON TUESDAY...LASTING INTO TUESDAY EVENING...RELATIVELY MILD SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL MELT SOME OF THE ICE AND SNOW. AS TUESDAY NIGHT PROGRESSES...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH TO NEAR 15 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ IAZ012>014-280615- /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120228T1200Z-120228T1800Z/ SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON... HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER 401 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST TUESDAY. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER THIS AREA TUESDAY MORNING CAUSING LIGHT ICING. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING...THIS ICE WILL LIKELY MELT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL...GENERALLY LESS THAN TWO INCHES...BUT STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT 25 TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ001>003-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-280615- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120228T1200Z-120228T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 401 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER THIS AREA TUESDAY MORNING CAUSING LIGHT ICING. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING...THIS ICE WILL LIKELY MELT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL FALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...BUT STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT 25 TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ050-059-060-063>065-280615- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ GREGORY-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 401 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF A VERY LIGHT WINTRY MIX EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER ANY LIGHT ICING WILL RAPIDLY MELT. BUT SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT...ENDING THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
301 WWUS43 KFSD 280406 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1006 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...A STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH A VARIETY OF WEATHER... .A SIGNIFICANT STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF THE ROCKIES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. DUE TO FAIRLY MILD TEMPERATURES AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS SYSTEM ON TUESDAY...A VARIETY OF WEATHER WILL LIKELY OCCUR...WITH EVEN SOME THUNDER POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA...TO THE TRI STATE AREA OF SOUTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA AND IOWA...AND THEN INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. TUESDAY MORNING...AN AREA OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MOVE NORTHWARD GIVING SOME ICING CONDITIONS TO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND INTO FAR NORTHWEST IOWA. THE WINTRY MIX MAY THEN LINGER THROUGH EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER ELSEWHERE...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY WARM ENOUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH RAINFALL TO MELT THE ICING WHICH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY MORNING. THEN AS TUESDAY NIGHT PROGRESSES INTO WEDNESDAY...RAIN AND A WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ON TUESDAY...THIS AREA WILL LIKELY SEE A LIGHT GLAZE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH SOME MELTING OCCURRING MID AND LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THEN...RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATER TUESDAY NIGHT WITH STRONG WINDS PREVAILING ON WEDNESDAY ADDING PROBLEMS TO THE SNOWFALL. ELSEWHERE... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES EXIST EXCEPT AROUND THE SIOUX CITY AND STORM LAKE AREAS. THOSE AREAS SHOULD STAY PRIMARILY RAIN EXCEPT MAYBE EARLY TUESDAY...WHERE THEY MAY SEE JUST A BIT OF ICE IN THOSE AREAS. SDZ038>040-052>055-281215- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON 1006 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WITH A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON TUESDAY...LASTING INTO TUESDAY EVENING...RELATIVELY MILD SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL MELT SOME OF THE ICE AND SNOW. AS TUESDAY NIGHT PROGRESSES... PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH TO NEAR 15 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-281215- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120228T1200Z-120228T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 1006 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER THIS AREA TUESDAY MORNING CAUSING LIGHT ICING. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING...THIS ICE WILL LIKELY MELT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL...WHILE STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT 25 TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ056-281215- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 1006 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER THIS AREA TUESDAY MORNING CAUSING LIGHT ICING. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING...SOME OF THIS ICE WILL LIKELY MELT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THEN A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT LASTING INTO WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE PROJECTED TO RANGE FROM A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ON TUESDAY. THE SNOWFALL FOLLOWING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY RANGE IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH CATEGORY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 40 MPH ON WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOW SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL ALSO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ SDZ050-057>060-063>065-281215- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120229T0000Z-120301T0000Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 1006 PM CST MON FEB 27 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF A VERY LIGHT WINTRY MIX EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER ANY LIGHT ICING WILL RAPIDLY MELT. SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT... ENDING THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
030 WWUS43 KFSD 280956 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 356 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...A WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A VARIETY OF WEATHER... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF COLORADO TODAY...TRACKING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA...TO THE TRI STATE AREA OF SOUTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA AND IOWA INTO TONIGHT...AND THEN PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING...THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY AS WARMER AIR ALOFT IS PULLED INTO THE SYSTEM. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AREAS THROUGH THE HURON TO BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA...TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA CORRIDOR MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE A WINTRY MIX THROUGH THE DAY. BY TONIGHT COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WRAP AROUND THE SYSTEM...WITH ANY LIQUID OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING BACK TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL THEN LINGER THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...AND MAY RESULT IN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS WHERE MORE SNOW WILL FALL. SDZ040-055-281800- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0002.120228T1200Z-120301T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120228T1200Z-120229T1800Z/ BROOKINGS-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON 356 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER THIS AREA THIS MORNING CAUSING LIGHT ICING. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING...THIS ICE WILL LIKELY MELT BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ038-039-052>054-281800- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0002.120228T1800Z-120229T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD 356 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY TODAY...BEFORE A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY BECOMING ALL RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM. TONIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TOMORROW WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-281800- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120228T1200Z-120228T1900Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- 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...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 356 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING CAUSING LIGHT ICING. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATER TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE AREA. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL FALL...WHILE STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT 25 TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ056-281800- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120228T1200Z-120229T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 356 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING CAUSING LIGHT ICING. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING...SOME OF THIS ICE WILL LIKELY MELT BY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT NIGHT LASTING INTO WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE PROJECTED TO RANGE FROM A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH TODAY. THE SNOWFALL FOLLOWING LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY RANGE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH CATEGORY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 40 MPH ON WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL ALSO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. && $$ SDZ050-057>060-063>065-281800- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120229T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 356 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF A VERY LIGHT WINTRY MIX THIS MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...ENDING EARLY ON WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
084 WWUS43 KFSD 281210 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 610 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...A WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A VARIETY OF WEATHER... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF COLORADO TODAY...TRACKING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA...TO THE TRI STATE AREA OF SOUTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA AND IOWA INTO TONIGHT... AND THEN PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING...THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THE DAY AS WARMER AIR ALOFT IS PULLED INTO THE SYSTEM. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AREAS THROUGH THE HURON TO BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA...TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA CORRIDOR MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE A WINTRY MIX THROUGH THE DAY. BY TONIGHT COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WRAP AROUND THE SYSTEM...WITH ANY LIQUID OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING BACK TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL THEN LINGER THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... AND MAY RESULT IN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS WHERE MORE SNOW WILL FALL. SDZ038-039-052>054-282015- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.120228T1800Z-120229T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD 610 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOWFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY TODAY...BEFORE A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DEVELOPS THIS AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY BECOMING ALL RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM. TONIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TOMORROW WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. 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-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-281900- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120228T1900Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- 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...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 610 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING CAUSING LIGHT ICING. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATER TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE AREA. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL FALL...WHILE STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL AT 25 TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-055-056-282015- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 610 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER THIS AREA THIS MORNING CAUSING LIGHT ICING. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING...THIS ICE WILL LIKELY MELT BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ050-057>060-063>065-282015- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120229T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 610 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF A VERY LIGHT WINTRY MIX THIS MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...ENDING EARLY ON WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
420 WWUS43 KFSD 281913 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 113 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...A WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A VARIETY OF WEATHER... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF COLORADO TODAY...TRACKING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA...TO THE TRI STATE AREA OF SOUTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA AND IOWA INTO TONIGHT... AND THEN PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN MAINLY RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. BY LATE EVENING COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WRAP AROUND THE SYSTEM...WITH ANY LIQUID OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING BACK TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL THEN LINGER THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... AND MAY RESULT IN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS WHERE MORE SNOW WILL FALL. IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-282015- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120228T1900Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 113 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY LINGER THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON CREATING A FEW SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. $$ SDZ038-039-052>054-290315- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD 113 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TOMORROW WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-055-056-290315- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 113 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW LATE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ050-057>060-063>065-290315- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120229T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 113 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN...WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CHENARD
776 WWUS43 KFSD 282034 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 234 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...A WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A VARIETY OF WEATHER... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN MAINLY RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. BY LATE EVENING COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WRAP AROUND THE SYSTEM... WITH ANY LIQUID OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING BACK TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL THEN LINGER THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... AND MAY RESULT IN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS... ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS WHERE MORE SNOW WILL FALL. SDZ038-039-052>054-290445- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD 234 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TOMORROW WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-055-056-290445- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 234 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA INTO TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ050-057>060-063>065-290445- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120229T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 234 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN...WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ CHENARD
028 WWUS43 KFSD 290249 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 849 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...A WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A VARIETY OF WEATHER... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN MAINLY RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN. AFTER MIDNIGHT...COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WRAP AROUND THE SYSTEM... WITH ANY LIQUID OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING BACK TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL THEN LINGER THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... AND MAY RESULT IN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS... ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL FALL. SDZ038-039-052>054-291100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD 849 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TOMORROW WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-055-056-291100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 849 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW AFTER AFTER 3 AM AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ050-057>060-063>065-291100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 849 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN...WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
225 WWUS43 KFSD 290859 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 259 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...A WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH MIDDAY... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THIS EVENING. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. AS THE LOW SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA AFTER 6 AM...COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WRAP AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM AND CHANGE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SNOW. SNOW WILL THEN LINGER THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. IN ADDITION... INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST THIS MORNING. THIS MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL FALL. SDZ060-065-291000- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ HANSON-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 259 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WHILE SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED THIS MORNING...A LATER START TO THE SNOWFALL WILL LIMIT AMOUNTS TO AN INCH OR TWO. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE STILL POSSIBLE AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION. $$ SDZ038-039-052>054-291700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD 259 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING...TAPERING OFF TOWARD MIDDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MIDDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF HURON. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY LESS THAN A MILE WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY WHILE THE SNOW IS FALLING. 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-055-056-291700- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 259 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY DAYBREAK. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY...TAPERING OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED NORTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 14. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...VARIABLE WINDS UNDER 15 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL FALL TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY WHILE THE SNOW IS FALLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ050-057>059-063-064-291700- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 259 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MITCHELL TO PLATTE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL FALL TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY WHILE THE SNOW IS FALLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
762 WWUS43 KFSD 291805 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1205 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM EXITING AREA... .THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR WINTER WEATHER CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ALONG THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA BORDER. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN SPOTS...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A FEW MILES AT TIMES...MAINLY WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER...WHERE THE SNOW PACK IS DEEPEST. SDZ038-039-052>054-291915- /O.EXP.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD 1205 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS WILL REMAIN BLUSTERY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...HOWEVER VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT LEAST A FEW MILES IN MOST LOCATIONS. $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-055-056-291915- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 1205 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS WILL REMAIN BLUSTERY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. THIS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...HOWEVER VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT LEAST A FEW MILES IN MOST LOCATIONS. $$ SDZ050-057>059-063-064-291915- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/ GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1205 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS WILL REMAIN BLUSTERY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH. THIS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...HOWEVER VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT LEAST A FEW MILES IN MOST LOCATIONS. $$ CHENARD
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Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:25 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 9 more | 57 hr |
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