Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2013
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Mar 17, 2013, 4:03 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; Brookings County, Kingsbury County, South Dakota. It took effect at Mar 18, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2013, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2013, 4:38 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
571 WWUS43 KFSD 172103 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 403 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 .LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE DAKOTAS THIS EVENING. AREAS OF RAIN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW...AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER...AS THE PRECIPITATION MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. BESIDES THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING EARLY MONDAY...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE MOST WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 14 CORRIDOR EAST OF DE SMET... WHERE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL ALLOW FOR GREATER BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY NEW SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE WORST AT TIMES OF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ON MONDAY. MNZ071-072-080-081-SDZ039-040-180515- /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.130318T0900Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0011.130318T0000Z-130318T0900Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS 403 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALSO EXPECTED. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS ARE THEN LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY...CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY MONDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT...WITH VISIBILITY OCCASIONALLY FALLING BELOW A MILE IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. BY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP...CREATING WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN BLOWING SNOW. 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. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ038-054-180515- /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0011.130318T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ BEADLE-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...HOWARD 403 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT RAIN AT THE ONSET. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND AN INCH OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN OCCASIONAL VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE AT TIMES ON MONDAY...DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. EVEN THOUGH THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WONT BE AS STRONG TONIGHT...THERE COULD BE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-032-MNZ089-090-097-098-SDZ055-056-062- 067-180515- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0011.130318T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-LAKE-MOODY- MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE... HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 403 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE AND CHANGE TO SNOW AS THE PRECIPITATION SPREADS EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN OCCASIONAL VISIBILITY BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES ON MONDAY...DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. EVEN THOUGH THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WONT BE AS STRONG TONIGHT...THERE COULD BE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS THE SNOW IS FALLING. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
345 WWUS43 KFSD 180115 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 815 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS THIS EVENING. AREAS OF RAIN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW...AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER...AS THE PRECIPITATION MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. BESIDES THE SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING EARLY MONDAY...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THE MOST WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 14 CORRIDOR EAST OF DE SMET... WHERE EXISTING SNOW COVER WILL ALLOW FOR GREATER BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY NEW SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE WORST AT TIMES OF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ON MONDAY. IAZ002-003-013-014-020>022-032-MNZ090-180915- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0012.130318T0500Z-130319T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS... CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 815 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...A BAND OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AS IT MOVES EAST OF HIGHWAY 75. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY LESS THAN A MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE FALLING SNOW LATER TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN OCCASIONAL VISIBILITY BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES ON MONDAY...DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-SDZ039-040-180915- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.130318T0900Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130318T0900Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS 815 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT... AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. SNOWFALL COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALSO EXPECTED. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS ARE THEN LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY...CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED TONIGHT... WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY MONDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT...WITH VISIBILITY OCCASIONALLY FALLING BELOW A MILE IN THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT. BY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP...CREATING WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN BLOWING SNOW. 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. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ001-012-MNZ089-097-098-SDZ038-054>056-062-067-180915- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ LYON-SIOUX-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...WORTHINGTON... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 815 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITHIN THIS BAND. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN CONTINUE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITY OF A HALF MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE HEAVIER SNOW BAND TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN OCCASIONAL VISIBILITY BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES ON MONDAY...DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
910 WWUS43 KFSD 180938 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 438 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 MNZ071-072-080-081-SDZ039-040-181900- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.130318T0938Z-130318T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.130318T1500Z-130319T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS 438 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING FOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS. * TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY... ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE VERY MINIMAL. HOWEVER WINDS WILL INCREASE...PRODUCING GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WITH INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...RESIDUAL ICING WILL BE LEFTOVER ON UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES FROM EARLIER SLEET AND SNOWFALL. * ACCUMULATIONS...VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW... GENERALLY WELL LESS THAN AN INCH. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 40 MPH TODAY...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY PICK UP INTENSITY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ANY FALLING INTERMITTENT SNOW COUPLED WITH WIND SPEEDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ038-181045- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ BEADLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HURON 438 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS MAY FALL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS PRODUCING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...BUT A MAJORITY OF THE WINTRY WEATHER IS OVER. $$ IAZ020-021-032-181200- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130318T1200Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...IDA GROVE... HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 438 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN FELL OVER THE AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING. WHEREVER TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN TO FREEZING OR SLIGHTLY BELOW...ICY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ON UNTREATED SURFACES. AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP TO DRY ANY LINGERING ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX MEANS THAT ICY CONDITIONS WILL BE PREVALENT ON UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. && $$ IAZ001-012-MNZ089-097-098-SDZ054>056-062-067-181900- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ LYON-SIOUX-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MINNEHAHA- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...WORTHINGTON... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 438 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION...SOME ICY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND EARLY THIS MORNING FROM SLEET AND SNOW WHICH FELL EARLIER THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS. THE WIND AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO WELL LESS THAN A MILE IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING INTERMITTENT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ090-181900- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER... STORM LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 438 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION...SOME ICY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND EARLY THIS MORNING FROM SLEET AND SNOW WHICH FELL EARLIER THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS. THE WIND AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO WELL LESS THAN A MILE IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING INTERMITTENT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 4:27 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Jackson, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 39 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:41 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:27 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Jerauld | 15 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2013Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2013Every blizzard 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.