Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Watches in 2013
Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard watch at Feb 8, 2013, 4:11 AM CST for 6 counties in Minnesota; 22 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Feb 10, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2013, 4:11 AM CST (10:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2013, 3:58 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 28 counties
Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
289 WWUS43 KFSD 081011 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 411 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 SDZ040-081815- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.A.0001.130210T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T1200Z-130211T1200Z/ BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BROOKINGS 411 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SUNDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT MAY PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL SWITCH TO NORTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-081815- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.A.0001.130210T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 411 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. FALLING SNOW WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY INCREASE. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ054>056-059>062-064-065-068-081815- /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T1200Z-130211T1200Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 411 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING WITH SNOW DIMINISHING SUNDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT MAY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 INCHES NEAR SIOUX FALLS AND WINDOM TO 10 INCHES AROUND MITCHELL AND MARSHALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH SUNDAY MORNING WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AT 25 TO 40 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ SCHUMACHER
6 follow-up statements
926 WWUS43 KFSD 081720 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1120 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-090130- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T0000Z-130211T1200Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 1120 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. FALLING SNOW WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY EVENING. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY INCREASE. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON FROM LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-054>056-059>062-064-065-068-090130- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T1200Z-130211T1200Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE- MOODY-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 1120 AM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SUNDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT MAY PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL SWITCH TO NORTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$
578 WWUS43 KFSD 082122 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 322 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 MNZ098-SDZ066-067-069-090530- /O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T2000Z-130211T1800Z/ ROCK-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON 322 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THE SNOW SHOULD DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...AND MAY PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SUNDAY WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING AND MAY CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-090530- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 322 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DECREASE BY MONDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH EARLY SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BECOME NORTH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY INCREASE. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ071-072-097-SDZ040-054>056-059>062-064-065-068-090530- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 322 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST LATE SUNDAY. WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...POSSIBLY CREATING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ080-081-090530- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T2000Z-130211T1800Z/ MURRAY-COTTONWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE 322 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THE SNOW SHOULD DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...AND MAY PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SUNDAY WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING AND MAY CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$
805 WWUS43 KFSD 090318 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 918 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-091130- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 918 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL DECREASE BY MONDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH EARLY SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BECOME NORTH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY INCREASE. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ071-072-097-SDZ040-054>056-059>062-064-065-068-091130- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 918 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST LATE SUNDAY. WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...POSSIBLY CREATING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ080-081-098-SDZ066-067-069-091130- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T2000Z-130211T1800Z/ MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-ROCK-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...LUVERNE...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON 918 PM CST FRI FEB 8 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THE SNOW SHOULD DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...AND MAY PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SUNDAY WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING AND MAY CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$
923 WWUS43 KFSD 091025 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 425 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 SDZ040-054-059-064-091830- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ BROOKINGS-MINER-DAVISON-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MITCHELL... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 425 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTH WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING CREATING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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. && $$ SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-091830- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 425 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH EARLY SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 6 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BECOME NORTH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND QUICKLY INCREASE. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ080-081-098-091830- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...LUVERNE 425 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THE SNOW SHOULD DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...AND MAY PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SUNDAY WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST BY SUNDAY EVENING AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING AND MAY CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ071-072-097-SDZ055-056-060>062-065-068-091830- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...MADISON...FLANDREAU... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 425 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST BY SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...POSSIBLY CREATING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ SDZ066-067-069-091830- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T2000Z-130211T1800Z/ TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON 425 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THE SNOW SHOULD DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...AND MAY PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SUNDAY WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING AND MAY CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ SCHUMACHER
106 WWUS43 KFSD 091710 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1110 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 SDZ038>040-050-052>054-057>059-063-064-100115- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE- AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL... PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1110 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTH WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING CREATING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-098-SDZ055-056-060>062-065-068-100115- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-ROCK-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 1110 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOME NORTHERN AREAS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MAY EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF MODEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DURING SATURDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING MAY PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH STRONG WINDS NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST BY SUNDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY... POSSIBLY CREATING WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ SDZ066-067-069-100115- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T2000Z-130211T1800Z/ TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON 1110 AM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY EVENING. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND SNOW...AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE THE SNOW SHOULD DECREASE BY MONDAY MORNING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOULD CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...AND MAY PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY SUNDAY WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 45 MPH BY EVENING. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING AND MAY CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$
937 WWUS43 KFSD 092158 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 358 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ056-100600- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.130210T0900Z-130210T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.130210T2100Z-130211T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 358 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES EARLY SUNDAY...OTHERWISE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING MONDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW BY MONDAY WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE NORTH...INCLUDING THE IVANHOE TO MARSHALL AREAS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 45 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...AND TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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. && $$ MNZ089-090-100600- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.130210T0900Z-130210T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.130210T2100Z-130211T1800Z/ NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 358 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND RAIN IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND MIX WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN SUNDAY WILL BECOME ALL SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW CONTINUING SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN DECREASING MONDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING...AND THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST EARLY SUNDAY EVENING...WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 45 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND RAIN THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...AND TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ098-SDZ055-060>062-065-068-100600- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T1200Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.130210T2100Z-130211T1800Z/ ROCK-LAKE-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...MADISON...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 358 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND MIX WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW AND RAIN SUNDAY WILL BECOME ALL SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW CONTINUING SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN DECREASING MONDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING...AND THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND 3 TO 7 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON EVENING...WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 45 MPH SUNDAY EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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. && $$ SDZ040-100600- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.130210T0900Z-130210T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.130210T2100Z-130211T1800Z/ BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BROOKINGS 358 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES EARLY SUNDAY...OTHERWISE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING MONDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 45 MPH BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...AND TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ054-059-064-100600- /O.EXT.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.130210T2100Z-130211T1800Z/ MINER-DAVISON-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT 358 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES EARLY SUNDAY...OTHERWISE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING MONDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OVER THE NORTHWEST PARTS OF EACH COUNTY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUNDAY MORNING...WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 45 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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. && $$ SDZ038-039-050-052-053-057-058-063-100600- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.130210T0600Z-130211T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 358 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST MONDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW DEVELOPING THIS EVENING WILL BECOME ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...DECREASING BY MONDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG BY NOON SUNDAY...AND THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS MOSTLY IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF EACH COUNTY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST BY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 45 MPH DURING SUNDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ066-067-069-100600- /O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0001.130210T2000Z-130211T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.130210T2100Z-130211T1800Z/ TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON 358 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT THEN DECREASE MONDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHWEST BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ IAZ001>003-100600- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0003.130210T2100Z-130211T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK 358 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW SUNDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT THEN DECREASE MONDAY. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING...AND THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard watch went out at Feb 7, 10:55 PM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 10:55 PM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1055 PM CST THU FEB 7 2013
.DISCUSSION.../ISSUED AT 354 PM CST/
LATEST SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW A VERY BROAD SWATH OF LOW STRATUS
BLANKETING THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST. THE WESTERN EDGE
OF THIS BAND EXTENDING OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA IS SLOWLY ERODING
THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME SUNSHINE NOW WORKING INTO GREGORY COUNTY.
MODELS SUGGEST THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A VERY GRADUAL DECREASE
IN CLOUDS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING WHICH WILL
BE SLOWED THIS EVENING...LEAVING THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST
AREA UNDER THE STRATUS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. WITH A FAIRLY
SHALLOW MOISTURE LAYER...DO NOT EXPECT ANY DRIZZLE OR FLURRIES
TONIGHT...BUT PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
AS THE RIDGE SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...WINDS WILL TURN
MORE SOUTHEASTERLY AND ALLOW THE STRATUS TO CLEAR OUT FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY BY THE
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE WE
COULD SEE 15 TO 20 KT WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. A DECENT PUSH OF
WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL RESULT IN SOME MILD READINGS...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA GREGORY COUNTY EXPECTED TO REACH
THE LOW TO MID 50S. ELSEWHERE...HIGHS WILL WARM TO NEAR OR ABOVE
FREEZING. THE COOLEST READINGS WILL BE NEAR THE BUFFALO RIDGE AREA
WHERE CLOUDS WILL LINGER LONGEST AND ADVECTION WILL BE WEAKEST.
STOUT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY NIGHT KEEPING FOG FROM
SETTLING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE
INCREASED LOWS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE...OTHERWISE
CURRENT FORECAST OF LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 LOOKS
REASONABLE.
MAIN FOCUS THIS FORECAST PERIOD IS THE POTENTIAL WINTER STORM THAT
WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY. UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION ON SATURDAY AND LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE PLAINS
ON SUNDAY. GRADIENT REMAINS QUITE STRONG ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SATURDAY WHILE IT BRIEFLY
WEAKENS ACROSS THE WEST. WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO LIFT NORTH
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH 925 HPA
TEMPERATURES WARMING 3-4 DEGREES C. MODELS ARE DIFFERING ON THE
TRACK AND SPEED OF THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE NAM OFFERING THE FURTHEST
WEST AND PROGRESSIVE SOLUTION...AND THE ECMWF OFFERING THE SLOWEST
AND FURTHEST EAST TRACK. FOR NOW...BASED THE FORECAST ON AN
ECMWF/GFS BLEND FOR THE FORECAST. ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICALLY COOLS
SATURDAY EVENING AS UPPER LEVEL FORCING MOVES INTO THE REGION.
MODEL SOUNDINGS HAVE TRENDED JUST SLIGHTLY WARMER WITH
PROFILES...WHICH IS CONCERNING FOR SNOWFALL POTENTIAL. MODEL
SOUNDINGS WOULD SUGGEST THAT PRECIPITATION WOULD STAY AS RAIN
THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY AS FAR NORTH AND WEST AS HURON...BUT THEN QUICKLY
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ON SUNDAY AS COLD AIR COLLAPSES SOUTH AND EAST
AS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM SHIFTS EAST. WAS NOT THAT BULLISH WITH PRECIP
TYPE...BUT INSTEAD SIDED WITH A RAIN SNOW MIX IN THE NORTH WHERE
TEMPERATURES PROFILES WOULD SUGGEST PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE BACK
AND FORTH BASED ON RATE.
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS REALLY INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST
THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY...AND IN AREAS WHERE SNOW HAS ALREADY
FALLEN...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WITH
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...AND POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE
NORTH AND WESTERN EDGES OF THE FORECAST AREA...WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH. CONSIDERED ADDING LINCOLN AND LYON COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IN SNOWFALL THERE IS
LOW WITH WARM AIR LINGERING THERE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AS LIFT
DIES AWAY. WITH THIS BEING A FIFTH PERIOD WATCH...FOCUSED ON THE
MAIN AREA AND CAN ALWAYS EXPAND ON THE WATCH IN FUTURE PACKAGES IF
NEEDED.
WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW IN THE MID LEVELS PREVAILS ON THE BACKSIDE OF
THIS SYSTEM LEADING TO A GRADUAL WARMING TREND. MODELS SUGGEST
ANOTHER CLIPPER TYPE WAVE DROPPING SOUTHEAST ON
THURSDAY...HOWEVER...STUCK WITH DRY GUIDANCE POPS RIGHT NOW WITH
ACTIVE SHORT TERM.
&&
.AVIATION.../FOR THE 06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
BROAD AREA OF STRATUS CONTINUES TO SIT ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS
EVENING...AND EXPECT IT TO HOLD AT LEAST INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
WINDS AT THE CLOUD LEVEL ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SOUTHERLY AFTER 09Z
TONIGHT...WHICH WILL AID IN ERODING THE CLOUD DECK FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH INTO FRIDAY MORNING. CONFIDENCE IN TIMING IS SOMEWHAT LOW AS
MODELS DIFFERING IN HOW QUICKLY CLOUDS ERODE.
OTHERWISE...SOUTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL PICK UP ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...THOUGH GUSTS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 25 KTS.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
MN...NONE.
NE...NONE.
SD...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT FOR SDZ038>040-050-052-053-057-058-063.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 4:52 AM CST, 23 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 0452 AM CST THU FEB 07 2013 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-081200- AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA- CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE- DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN- LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN- SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON- 0452 AM CST THU FEB 07 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM MITCHELL TO CHAMBERLAIN...AND SOUTH INTO GREGORY AND CHARLES MIX COUNTIES. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. CONFIDENCE ON ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT CONTINUES TO INCREASE. AT THIS TIME THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW APPEARS TO BE FROM THE JAMES VALLEY TO JUST NORTH OF BROOKINGS AND MARSHALL. WINDS WILL ALSO BE STRONG OUT OF THE NORTHWEST...POSSIBLY CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA. FURTHER SOUTHEAST CONFIDENCE IS LOWER. RAIN WILL LIKELY BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE ACROSS MOST OF NORTHWEST IOWA...WITH RAIN LIKELY MIXING WITH THE SNOW FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE STORM AS FAR NORTHWEST AS YANKTON...SIOUX FALLS....SALEM AND MADISON. SHIFTS IN THE TRACK ARE STILL LIKELY...AND ANY SHIFT COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLS...AND WHERE MAINLY RAIN OCCURS. BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS FALL. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS...PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.