Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this winter storm warning at Mar 3, 2013, 3:50 AM CST for Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 3, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2013, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2013, 11:35 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 10:29 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Wheaton, MN | JUST RECENTLY BEGAN TO FREEZING RAIN LIGHTLY |
| Mar 4, 7:36 AM CST | SNOW 1.3 | Wheaton, MN |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
499 WWUS43 KABR 030950 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 350 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY THROUGH AND MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD THIS EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS BELOW A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD TO THE NORTHERN MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA WILL BE LESS...GENERALLY 2 TO 6 INCHES. SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST TRACK DOES REMAIN...AND ANY POTENTIAL SHIFT IN TRACK WOULD IMPACT FORECAST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-032200- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0004.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WS.W.0003.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON 350 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WIND SPEEDS SHOULD ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR IMPACTS FROM BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALTHOUGH SOME BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. 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. && $$ SDZ004>006-010-011-018>020-022-032200- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0004.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WW.Y.0011.130303T1800Z-130305T1200Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH... WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD 350 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EASTWARD ON SUNDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ON SUNDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW THEN CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW A TENTH OF AN INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE WEST...TO 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE EAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ021-023-032200- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0004.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WW.Y.0011.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ GRANT-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE 350 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY EVENING...WITH PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MF
7 follow-up statements
366 WWUS43 KABR 031004 CCA WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 353 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD THIS EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS BELOW A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD TO THE NORTHERN MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES. SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST TRACK DOES REMAIN...AND ANY SHIFT IN THE STORM TRACK MAY IMPACT WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND ICE FALLS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-032215- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0004.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ /O.COR.KABR.WS.W.0003.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON 353 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR BLOWING SNOW IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. 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. && $$ SDZ004>006-010-011-018>020-022-032215- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0004.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ /O.COR.KABR.WW.Y.0011.130303T1800Z-130305T1200Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH... WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD 353 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EASTWARD ON SUNDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW ON SUNDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW A TENTH OF AN INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE WEST...TO 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE EAST. 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. && $$ SDZ021-023-032215- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0004.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WW.Y.0011.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ GRANT-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE 353 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY EVENING...WITH PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MF
837 WWUS43 KABR 031453 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 853 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD THIS EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS BELOW A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD TO THE NORTHERN MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST TRACK DOES REMAIN...AND ANY SHIFT IN THE STORM TRACK MAY IMPACT WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND ICE FALLS. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-040300- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON 853 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR BLOWING SNOW IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. 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. && $$ SDZ004>006-010-011-018>020-022-040300- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.130303T1800Z-130305T1200Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH... WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD 853 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EASTWARD THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW A TENTH OF AN INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE WEST...TO 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE EAST. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR BLOWING SNOW IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ021-023-040300- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ GRANT-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE 853 AM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...EASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR BLOWING SNOW IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. 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. && $$
724 WWUS43 KABR 032119 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 319 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD THIS EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THIS AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-040930- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON 319 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR BLOWING SNOW IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. 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. && $$ SDZ004>006-010-011-018>020-022-040930- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH... WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD 319 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW A TENTH OF AN INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE WEST...TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EAST. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR BLOWING SNOW IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. 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. && $$ SDZ021-023-040930- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.130304T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ GRANT-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE 319 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR BLOWING SNOW IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
542 WWUS43 KABR 040106 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 706 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...A WINTER STORM IS IMPACTING THE AREA... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS ENTERING THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A BAND OF LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION...EXTENDING FROM NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA OVER TO EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...IS SLOWLY SPREADING INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-041315- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON 706 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE IN LATE THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR BLOWING SNOW IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. 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. && $$ SDZ004>006-010-011-018>020-022-041315- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH... WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD 706 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...A LIGHT BAND OF WINTRY MIX PRECIPITATION IS SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW A TENTH OF AN INCH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE WEST...TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EAST. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR BLOWING SNOW IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. HOWEVER...TRAVEL COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS ON ICY...SNOW-COVERED ROADS IN BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ021-023-041315- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ GRANT-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE 706 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...A LIGHT BAND OF WINTRY MIX PRECIPITATION SPREADING INTO THE AREA SHOULD QUICKLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THEN...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE MAJOR BLOWING SNOW IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. 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. && $$
927 WWUS43 KABR 040510 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1110 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...A WINTER STORM IS IMPACTING THE AREA... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS ENTERING THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A BAND OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO SLOWLY SPREAD INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. MODERATE TO LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS BECOMING A THREAT NOW. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-041715- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON 1110 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE AREA. LATER TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 20 TO 30 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT TO IN SOME CASES MODERATE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP. ALSO...WITH A COATING OF ICE COVERING EVERYTHING FROM POWER LINES TO TREES TO ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...AND POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO RESULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ004>006-010-011-018>020-022-041715- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH... WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD 1110 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...ONE LIGHT BAND OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS DEPARTING THE AREA...WHILE ANOTHER AREA OF PRECIPITATION...MAINLY SNOW...APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 20 TO 30 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT TO IN SOME CASES MODERATE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PRAIRIE COTEAU OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE WEST...TO 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EAST. * OTHER IMPACTS...AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP. ALSO...OVER AREAS IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE A COATING OF ICE COVERS EVERYTHING FROM POWER LINES TO TREES TO ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT MONDAY NIGHT...AND POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO RESULT. 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. && $$ SDZ021-023-041715- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ GRANT-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE 1110 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. LATER TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 20 TO 30 MPH ON MONDAY NIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT TO IN SOME CASES MODERATE ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE OCCURRING. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP. ALSO...WITH A COATING OF ICE COVERING EVERYTHING FROM POWER LINES TO TREES TO ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...AND POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO RESULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
805 WWUS43 KABR 040951 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 351 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT ICING OCCURRED LAST EVENING OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR...WITH REPORTS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE FROM WATERTOWN...TO WEBSTER...TO SUMMIT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES...WITH SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS GREAT AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. ICY ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY ADDITIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-042200- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON 351 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW BY MID-MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE DURING ANY LULLS IN PRECIPITATION. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE TONIGHT...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP. ALSO...WITH A COATING OF ICE COVERING EVERYTHING FROM POWER LINES TO TREES TO ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...AND POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO RESULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ003-009-042200- /O.EXA.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ CORSON-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...MOBRIDGE 351 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 /251 AM MST MON MAR 4 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TUESDAY. * TIMING...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE DURING ANY LULLS IN PRECIPITATION. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 25 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ004>006-010-011-018>020-022-042200- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH... WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD 351 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE DURING ANY LULLS IN PRECIPITATION. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE EAST...TO AROUND AN INCH IN THE WEST. * OTHER IMPACTS...AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP. ALSO...OVER AREAS IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE A COATING OF ICE COVERS EVERYTHING FROM POWER LINES TO TREES TO ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT MONDAY NIGHT...AND POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO RESULT. 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. && $$ SDZ021-023-042200- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ GRANT-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE 351 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE DURING ANY LULLS IN PRECIPITATION. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE TONIGHT...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP. ALSO...OVER AREAS IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE A COATING OF ICE COVERS EVERYTHING FROM POWER LINES TO TREES TO ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT MONDAY NIGHT...AND POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO RESULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ FOWLE
818 WWUS43 KABR 041735 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1135 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT ICING OCCURRED LAST EVENING OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR... WITH REPORTS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE FROM WATERTOWN...TO WEBSTER...TO SUMMIT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...WITH SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN... SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS GREAT AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AREA WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-050545- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON 1135 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE DURING ANY LULLS IN PRECIPITATION. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE TONIGHT...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP. ALSO...WITH A COATING OF ICE COVERING EVERYTHING FROM POWER LINES TO TREES TO ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT...AND POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO RESULT. 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. && $$ SDZ004>006-010-011-018>020-022-050545- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH... WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...CASTLEWOOD 1135 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE DURING ANY LULLS IN PRECIPITATION. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE EAST...TO AROUND AN INCH IN THE WEST. * OTHER IMPACTS...AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP. ALSO...OVER AREAS IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE A COATING OF ICE COVERS EVERYTHING FROM POWER LINES TO TREES TO ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT MONDAY NIGHT...AND POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO RESULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ021-023-050545- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ GRANT-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE 1135 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS ALSO POSSIBLE DURING ANY LULLS IN PRECIPITATION. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE TONIGHT...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP. ALSO...OVER AREAS IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE A COATING OF ICE COVERS EVERYTHING FROM POWER LINES TO TREES TO ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT MONDAY NIGHT...AND POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO RESULT. 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. && $$ SDZ003-009-050545- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130305T1200Z/ CORSON-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...MOBRIDGE 1135 AM CST MON MAR 4 2013 /1035 AM MST MON MAR 4 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE DURING ANY LULLS IN PRECIPITATION. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...AS WIND SPEEDS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY WILL DEVELOP. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
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 Mar 2, 11:56 PM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 11:56 PM CST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1156 PM CST SAT MAR 2 2013
.UPDATE...
SEE BELOW FOR AN UPDATED AVIATION FORECAST DISCUSSION.
THE ONLY CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST WERE TO ACCOUNT FOR
TEMPERATURES COOLING FASTER THAN ANTICIPATED AS WELL AS TO ADD
PATCHY FOG FURTHER WEST. BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR AT
LEAST PATCHY FOG FORMATION TO JUST WEST OF THE MO RIVER VALLEY.
NAM/GFS/SREF BUFKIT SOUNDINGS ALL SHOW BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE
BENEATH AN INVERSION SUFFICIENT FOR PATCHY FOG FORMATION GIVEN
LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. FOR THIS REASON THE PATCHY FOG
MENTION WAS EXTENDED FURTHER WEST WITH DEVELOPMENT STILL EXPECTED
AROUND THE MIDNIGHT TIMEFRAME. NO OTHER CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE
FORECAST AT THIS TIME.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF A WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN
FORECAST CHALLENGE. P-TYPE AS WELL AS THE PLACEMENT OF THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM IS STILL QUESTIONABLE AT THIS
TIME. THAT SAID...THERE IS GENERAL AGREEMENT AMONG MODELS WITH
PCPN BEGINNING IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE LATE
MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. THE INITIAL P-TYPE IS STILL RATHER
DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE AS WAA OVER RIDING A SNOW PACK MAY CAUSE A
WINTRY MIX OF PCPN. THE TOP DOWN WEATHER TOOL USING THE GFS
THERMAL PROFILE SUGGEST THE LEADING EDGE OF THE INITIAL PCPN WILL
FALL AS SNOW...WITH A BRIEF MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ON
THE BACK SIDE. HAVE ADDED MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE GRIDS
BASED ON THE SREF PROBABILITY AND HPC ICE ACCUM OUTPUT. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BEST FROM MOBRIDE TO MILLER. ALL PCPN EAST
OF MOBRIDGE TO MILLER WILL LIKELY FALL AS ALL SNOW.
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS ON SUNDAY/MONDAY MORNING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST A LINE
FROM EUREKA TO WATERTOWN....INCLUDING ABERDEEN. THIS AREA AND TIME
PERIOD IS WHERE MODELS PINPOINT THEIR HIGHEST DERIVED
PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL PLACEMENT WITH LOWER VALUES ADVECTING IN
FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER 12Z MONDAY.
A DRY SLOT LOOKS POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. MODELS EVEN SHOW POSSIBLE CLEARING SKIES
WITH MU-CAPE VALUES BRIEFLY REACHING 35 J/KG. AM BEGINNING TO
WONDER IF SNOW SHOWERS/SQUALLS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE KPIR AS CAA
ENCOUNTERS THE MODERATE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. GUESS IT IS
METEOROLOGICAL SPRING AFTER ALL.
.LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES ITS TREK THROUGH THE DAKOTAS AT
THE START OF THE PERIOD. EXPECT SNOW TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO
EAST TUESDAY MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. PRESSURE RISES
WILL CAUSE GUSTY WINDS TO DEVELOP ON TUESDAY WEST OF THE
MISSOURI...AND POSSIBLY ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE COTEAU
IN THE EAST. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS FOR POTENTIAL BLOWING SNOW
CONCERNS.
AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST TUESDAY NIGHT COULD SEE SOME SUBSTANTIAL
RADIATIONAL COOLING OVER THE NEW SNOW PACK...EVEN WITH THE UPPER
RIDGE NUDGING IN SOME WARMER AIR AT H85. JAMES RIVER EAST MAY NEED
TO HAVE TEMPS DROPPED A GOOD TEN DEGREES FOR WED MORNING IN FUTURE
FORECASTS IF TIMING OF SFC HIGH MOVEMENT HOLDS.
ANOTHER LOW MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON THURSDAY. AT THIS
TIME IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE ASSOCIATED PRECIP WILL STAY IN
NORTH DAKOTA...BUT CANNOT RULE OUT SOME SNOW OR RAIN/SNOW MIX
ALONG THE SD NORTHERN TIER COUNTIES. THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD
IS EXPECTED TO BE DRY WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING.
TEMPERATURES IN THE EASTERN CWA WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE
FREEZING MARK WHILE WESTERN AREAS WILL BE CLOSE TO 50 BY MID WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...
06Z TAFS FOR THE KABR...KATY...KPIR AND KMBG TERMINALS
STILL HANGING ON TO VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA UNDER
SCT/BKN MID AND HIGH CLOUDS. WITH HIGH SURFACE MOISTURE IN PLACE
AND LOW LEVEL WAA CONTINUING...STILL THINKING THAT SOME LIGHT FOG
DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AT
ANY OF THE FOUR TERMINALS PER LIGHT WINDS AND A FEW BREAKS IN SKY
COVER POSSIBLE. LIGHT FOG CONDITIONS COULD LINGER DURING THE DAY
SUNDAY BEFORE SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS DEVELOP...AND
PRECIPITATION CHANCES START TO TAKE OVER AS PRIMARY SENSIBLE
WEATHER CONCERN.
AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE IN
THE DAY ON SUNDAY...CIGS WILL GRADUALLY FALL TO MVFR...FIRST OUT
WEST AND THEN SPREADING EAST. P-TYPE IS A TOUGH CALL. THERE IS
PLENTY OF WARM...ABOVE FREEZING AIR ALOFT OVER THE KPIR AND KMBG
TERMINALS. SO ON SUNDAY...AS PRECIPITATION REACHING THE GROUND
BEGINS TO SPREAD INTO THE FORECAST AREA...CONFIDENCE OF FREEZING
RAIN AND/OR RAIN DEVELOPING AT KPIR AND KMBG IS FAIRLY HIGH. BY
THE END OF THE DAY AT KMBG...COOLING TO WET-BULB SHOULD YIELD SNOW
AS THE DOMINANT P-TYPE.
FURTHER EAST...KABR AND KATY PROBABLY WILL NOT SEE PRECIPITATION
REACHING THE GROUND UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE DAY. DOMINANT P-TYPE AT
KABR AND KATY IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE SNOW. HOWEVER...THE
TRACK OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS STILL BEING WORKED OUT...AND
ANY SLIGHT SHIFT IN THE TRACK COULD END UP DRAWING FREEZING
RAIN/SLEET P-TYPE OVER TO KABR AND KATY IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING BEFORE WET-BULBING THINGS OUT WOULD
EVENTUALLY TURN DOMINANT P-TYPE OVER TO SNOW LATER SUNDAY EVENING.
IF LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ON AIRCRAFT IS A CONCERN...THEN THE
HANGERING OF AIRCRAFT...IF POSSIBLE...FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA.
&&
.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT
FOR BROWN-CAMPBELL-CLARK-CODINGTON-DAY-DEUEL-EDMUNDS-GRANT-
HAMLIN-MARSHALL-MCPHERSON-ROBERTS-SPINK.
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT
FOR BIG STONE-TRAVERSE.
&&
UPDATE...TVT
SHORT TERM...SD
LONG TERM...WISE
AVIATION...DORN
WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEENHazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 4:01 AM CST, 23 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 401 AM CST SAT MAR 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- 401 AM CST SAT MAR 2 2013 /301 AM MST SAT MAR 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 PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOWFALL GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION. A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...OR SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST TRACK DOES REMAIN...AND ANY POTENTIAL SHIFT IN TRACK WOULD IMPACT FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. FOWLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day and 17 more | 50 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:36 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Dewey, Faulk, Hand, Hughes, Hyde and 5 more | 41 hr |
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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.