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Winter Storm Warning 10, NWS Aberdeen, SD

December 2, 201326 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this winter storm warning at Dec 2, 2013, 3:12 PM CST for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 3, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 45 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2013, 3:12 PM CST (21:12 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 4, 2013, 8:59 PM CST
In force
45 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
All 28 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 2, 12:15 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 12:15 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 4:15 AM CST, 10 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
415 AM CST MON DEC 2 2013

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-031015-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
415 AM CST MON DEC 2 2013 /315 AM MST MON DEC 2 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS PASSING THROUGH THE REGION COULD
RESULT IN SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING THANKS TO TEMPERATURES HOVERING
AROUND FREEZING. IMPROVED TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE
MORNING THANKS TO SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR PUSHING INTO THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A SECOND...STRONGER STORM WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING HOURS
TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR POTENTIALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL RUN
BETWEEN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND
INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A WINTRY
MIX ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THERE REMAINS A HIGH AMOUNT OF
UNCERTAINTY OVER HOW THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL EVOLVE AND THE
POSSIBLE IMPACTS TO THE REGION.

SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...TO
THE MID TEENS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY REPORTS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.

SD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 3:10 AM CSTFreezing Rain AdvisoryABRBrown, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 3 more9 hr
Dec 2, 3:58 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchABRBrown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey, Edmunds and 6 more11 hr
Dec 2, 3:12 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryABRBuffalo, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 8 more24 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in South Dakota, 2013Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2013Every winter storm warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.