Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2013
Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Mar 18, 2013, 4:38 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; Brookings County, Kingsbury County, South Dakota. It took effect at Mar 18, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for . 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 18, 2013, 4:38 AM CDT (09:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2013, 8:59 AM CDT
- In force
- 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 09:38 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 00:00Z, 9.6 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
- 714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 621 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
697 WWUS43 KFSD 181144 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 644 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 IAZ020-021-032-181245- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130318T1200Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...IDA GROVE... HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 644 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ICY SPOTS ARE LIKELY ON SOME AREA ROADS THIS MORNING HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL BELOW FREEZING. $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-SDZ039-040-181945- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.130318T1500Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130318T1500Z/ 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 644 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * 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. && $$ IAZ001-012-MNZ089-097-098-SDZ054>056-062-067-181945- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ LYON-SIOUX-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MINNEHAHA- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...WORTHINGTON... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 644 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING... FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION...SOME ICY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND EARLY THIS MORNING FROM SLEET AND SNOW WHICH FELL EARLIER THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS. THE WIND AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO WELL LESS THAN A MILE IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING INTERMITTENT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ090-181945- /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 644 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...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. && $$
907 WWUS43 KFSD 181359 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 859 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 MNZ071-072-080-081-SDZ039-040-182200- /O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.130318T1500Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS 859 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. * TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY... ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE VERY MINIMAL. HOWEVER WINDS WILL INCREASE...PRODUCING GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WITH INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... RESIDUAL ICING WILL BE LEFTOVER ON UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES FROM EARLIER SLEET AND SNOWFALL. * ACCUMULATIONS...VERY LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW... GENERALLY WELL LESS THAN AN INCH. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 40 MPH TODAY...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY PICK UP INTENSITY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ANY FALLING INTERMITTENT SNOW COUPLED WITH WIND SPEEDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING INTERMITTENT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ001-012-MNZ089-097-098-SDZ054>056-062-067-182200- /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 859 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...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. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ090-182200- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER... STORM LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 859 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING... FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION...SOME ICY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND EARLY THIS MORNING FROM SLEET AND SNOW WHICH FELL EARLIER THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...AS NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS. THE WIND AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO WELL LESS THAN A MILE IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING INTERMITTENT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 8:15 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Jackson | 15 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:38 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray | 14 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.