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Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this ice storm warning at Apr 9, 2013, 11:43 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 9, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2013, 11:43 AM CDT (16:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Dickinson County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Dixon County, NE, Clay County, SD, Union County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 638 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
826 WWUS43 KFSD 091643 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 MNZ089-SDZ070-100045- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.IS.W.0001.130409T2300Z-130410T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ NOBLES-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WORTHINGTON...VERMILLION 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY BUT AFTER ABOUT 600 PM CDT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES AFTER ABOUT 1000 PM CDT AND COULD CHANGE TO ALL SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING...BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ IAZ002-003-012-013-020-MNZ090-NEZ013-SDZ071-100045- /O.NEW.KFSD.IS.W.0001.130409T2300Z-130410T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-JACKSON-DIXON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...LE MARS...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER... JEFFERSON 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY BUT AFTER ABOUT 600 PM CDT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES AFTER ABOUT 1000 PM CDT AND COULD CHANGE TO ALL SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH ABOUT AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ MNZ081-100045- /O.NEW.KFSD.IS.W.0001.130409T2300Z-130410T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ COTTONWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY BUT AFTER ABOUT 600 PM CDT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES AFTER ABOUT 1000 PM CDT AND COULD CHANGE TO ALL SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH ABOUT AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ SDZ069-100045- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YANKTON 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TONIGHT AND SNOW FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BUT AFTER ABOUT 300 PM CDT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO ALL SLEET AFTER ABOUT 900 PM CDT AND COULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY SUNRISE. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-100045- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ LYON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. AFTER ABOUT 400 PM CDT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES AFTER ABOUT 1000 PM CDT AND COULD CHANGE TO ALL SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH ABOUT AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-100045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 10 TO 16 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS LINGERING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-100045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON- HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 7 TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND 10 TO 18 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-100045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING BUT SHOULD RAPIDLY BECOME ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG HIGHWAY 14...IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS LINGERING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ 08/SCHUMACHER
4 follow-up statements
327 WWUS43 KFSD 092109 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 409 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 IAZ002-003-012-013-020-MNZ081-089-090-NEZ013-SDZ070-071-100515- /O.CON.KFSD.IS.W.0001.130409T2300Z-130410T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- DIXON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...LE MARS...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 409 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING... FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND POSSIBLY CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-100515- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 409 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS LINGERING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-100515- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON- HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 409 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 6 TO 10 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND 8 TO 12 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-100515- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE 409 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATER TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG HIGHWAY 14...IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-100515- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ LYON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON 409 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$
258 WWUS43 KFSD 092248 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 548 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 IAZ002-003-012-013-020-MNZ081-089-090-NEZ013-SDZ070-071-100700- /O.CON.KFSD.IS.W.0001.130409T2300Z-130410T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- DIXON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...LE MARS...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 548 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING... FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND POSSIBLY CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-100700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 548 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS LINGERING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-100700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON- HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 548 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 6 TO 10 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND 8 TO 12 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-100700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE 548 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATER TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG HIGHWAY 14...IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-100700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ LYON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON 548 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ IAZ014-021-022-031-032-NEZ014-100700- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.130409T2300Z-130411T1800Z/ CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 548 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. LIGHTER SLEET IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVIER SNOW OR SLEET MOVES IN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE AS WELL. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
356 WWUS43 KFSD 100937 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 437 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 IAZ002-003-012-013-020-MNZ081-089-090-NEZ013-SDZ070-071-101745- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0003.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130410T1200Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- DIXON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...LE MARS...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 437 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ014-101745- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0003.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPENCER 437 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-101745- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 437 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TODAY. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION...SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-101745- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON- HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 437 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TODAY. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION...SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SLEET MAY ALSO MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 5 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND 7 TO 10 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-101745- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LYON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON 437 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TODAY. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION...SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH OR LESS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-101745- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE 437 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TODAY. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION...SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH OR LESS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 7 TO 11 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG HIGHWAY 14...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ021-022-031-032-NEZ014-101745- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 437 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TODAY. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION...SNOW WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OR LESS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
040 WWUS43 KFSD 101154 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 654 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 IAZ002-003-012-013-020-MNZ081-089-090-NEZ013-SDZ070-071-102000- /O.EXP.KFSD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130410T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- DIXON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...LE MARS...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 654 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHWEST IOWA. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 4 TO 9 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-102000- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 654 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TODAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-102000- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON- HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 654 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TODAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SNOWFALL BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SLEET MAY ALSO MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 5 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND 7 TO 10 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ014-102000- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPENCER 654 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-102000- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE 654 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY AND BECOME PRIMARILY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OR LESS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 7 TO 11 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG HIGHWAY 14...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-102000- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LYON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...YANKTON 654 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MAINLY SNOWFALL AND INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OR LESS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ IAZ021-022-031-032-NEZ014-102000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 654 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MAINLY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OR LESS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm warning 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 ice storm warning went out at Apr 9, 9:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 9:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
919 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 912 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
MADE SOME QUICK UPDATES TO THE FORECAST. RADAR TRENDS AS WELL AS
MODEL SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST A PERIOD OF LITTLE OR NO
WEATHER FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA...OTHER THAN FOG AND
DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE...FROM LATE MORNING INTO MID
AFTERNOON. THE BETTER FORCING WILL NOW SIT OVER THE NORTHERN CWA
AS THE WAVE MOVES BY AND IN THIS AREA...OTHER THAN PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...MAINLY SNOW SHOULD FALL. LATEST DUAL POL
DATA SHOWS THE FREEZING LEVEL AROUND 2500 FEET WITH THE NORTHERN
COUNTIES DEEPER INTO THE COLD AIR. MAY NEED TO ADD A HANDFUL OF
NORTHWEST IOWA COUNTIES TO THE WARNING AS THE COLD AIR IS A LITTLE
FARTHER EAST TONIGHT AND IF THE EXPECTED PRECIPITATION SHIELD
LIFTS NORTH AS EXPECTED TEMPERATURES ALOFT STILL SUPPORT LIQUID
WHILE TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE WILL BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING.
THIS WILL LIKELY MEAN A BETTER CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET
FROM ABOUT YANKTON TO SIOUX FALLS EAST TO JACKSON SPENCER IOWA AND
SOUTH TO ABOUT ORANGE CITY WHERE AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF AN
INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 559 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED INTO THE FORECAST AREA.
QUITE A VARIETY OF WEATHER...WITH FREEZING RAIN PREVALENT IN OUR
ZONES WHERE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...RAIN WHERE
IT IS ABOVE FREEZING. AND IN OUR WESTERN ZONES...A MIX OF
SNOW...SLEET AND EVEN SOME FREEZING RAIN. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO COOL NEAR THE SURFACE CREATING A
DEEPER LAYER OF COOL AIR. THEREFORE IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE
FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO MORE OF A
SLEET THREAT...WITH SNOW PREVALENT IN OUR FAR WESTERN ZONES. MUCH
OF NORTHWEST IOWA SHOULD STAY ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE DAY
KEEPING THE WINTRY MIX AT BAY. TONIGHT...THE WARM AIR BUBBLE ALOFT
FROM 800 TO 750MB WHERE GRADUALLY ERODE FROM WEST TO EAST. THIS
WILL VERY SLOWLY CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION THREAT OVER FROM A
WINTRY MIX TO SNOW PROCEEDING EASTWARD THROUGH OUR ZONES. WARM AIR
ADVECTION AND POSITIVE THETAE ADVECTION IS A HUGE DRIVER OF OUR
PRECIPITATION TODAY...AS FRONTOGENESIS IS RATHER DISJOINTED AND
FAIRLY UNORGANIZED. THAT SAID...MODEL SOUNDINGS DO SHOW QUITE A
BIT OF INSTABILITY ALOFT COUPLED WITH SOME NEGATIVE EPV IN THE MID
LEVELS THROUGH OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS
SHOULD ALSO HELP TO INDUCE PRECIPITATION...AT LEAST PERIODICALLY
WHENEVER A WARM AIR ADVECTION BUBBLE DECIDES TO MOVE IN.
HAVE UPGRADED SOME AREAS SUCH AS THE SIOUX FALLS VICINITY FROM AN
ADVISORY/WATCH TO A WARNING. THIS IS BECAUSE THE AFOREMENTIONED
AREA OF FREEZING RAIN IS CURRENTLY INTENSE...AND WILL CREATE QUITE
A GLAZE ON UNTREATED SURFACES BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO SLEET. THE
CURRENT WARNING IN OUR NORTHERN AND WESTERN ZONES STILL LOOKED
GOOD. DECIDED TO INCLUDE WORTHINGTON AND WINDOM IN A WINTER STORM
WATCH FOR TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND EXTENDED MANY
HEADLINES EVERYWHERE IN TIME. DEEPER INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA...RELATIVELY WARM AIR AT THE SURFACE KEEPS ADVECTING
INTO AREAS SUCH AS WINDOM AND WORTHINGTON...EXTENDING SOUTHWARD
THROUGH MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA. KNOWING THIS...WAS VERY HESITANT
TO ISSUE A WARNING FOR THOSE AREAS YET BECAUSE THERE IS A TON OF
UNCERTAINTY WHEN THE PRECIPITATION TONIGHT WILL CHANGEOVER TO
SNOW...IF AT ALL IN THOSE AREAS. AND IF THE PRIMARY PRECIPITATION
TYPE WOULD BE SLEET TONIGHT... IT ACTUALLY MAY NOT BE WORTHY OF A
WARNING.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 559 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
THE SYSTEM LIFTS DEEPER INTO THE PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
QG FORCING LIFTS THE CRUX OF THE UPPER LOW TO THE SOUTHEAST OF OUR
FORECAST AREA...WITH INSTABILITY STILL ABUNDANT ON WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY EVENING IN OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. FURTHERMORE AS THE
ACTUAL WAVE GETS CLOSER...PV AT THE 1.5 SURFACE NUDGES UP FROM THE
SOUTH AND BECOMES RATHER STRONG AND STATIONARY WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...LINGERING INTO THURSDAY IN OUR NORTHEAST ZONES.
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE PRIMARILY ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY...EXCEPT IN
PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA WHERE STUBBORN WARM AIR ALOFT HANGS ON A
BIT LONGER. TROWALING IS NOT SIGNIFICANT WITH THIS SYSTEM...BUT
THIS FEATURE IS OVERCOME BY THE STRONG DYNAMICS PRESENT AND
INSTABILITY. THEREFORE WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME LIGHT
ACCUMULATING SNOW LINGER RIGHT INTO THURSDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL
MAKE THINGS EVEN MORE TREACHEROUS. AT ANY RATE THROUGHOUT OUR
ZONES IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...THIS COULD LIKELY
TURN OUT TO BE ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORMS WE HAVE
HAD IN QUITE SOME TIME WHEN ONE CONSIDERS SNOW POTENTIAL...SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN AND WINDS.
FOR NOW...HAVE AROUND 16 INCHES OF SNOW FORECAST FOR OUR ZONES IN
CENTRAL SD LIKE AROUND CHAMBERLAIN AND HURON. GIVEN THE LATEST
DATA...WAS ALSO FORCED TO RAISE SNOW AMOUNTS FROM BROOKINGS TO
MARSHALL IN A RATHER BIG WAY DUE TO THE SNOW EXPECTED IN THESE
AREAS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. ALSO RAISED SNOW AMOUNTS
SOMEWHAT FOR SIOUX FALLS AND SIOUX CITY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 637 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
WIDESPREAD CEILIGNS BLO 1K FEET AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 3SM IN SNOW
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD...WITH THE SNOW
MOSTLY NORTHWEST OF A DE SMET TO PICKSTOWN LINE...EXCEPT
PRECIPITATION AS RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SUX TO MJQ AND
SOUTHEAST WHERE VISIBILITIES WILL BE MOSTLY 3-6SM.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR SDZ069-
070.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR SDZ038>040-
053>056-059>062-065>068.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR SDZ069-070.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR SDZ050-052-057-
058-063-064.
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MNZ089.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR MNZ098.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR MNZ081-089.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR MNZ071-072-080-
097.
IA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR IAZ001.
NE...NONE.
&&
UPDATE...08
SHORT TERM...MJF
LONG TERM...MJF
AVIATION...Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 5:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 558 AM CDT TUE APR 09 2013 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-101200- 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- 558 AM CDT TUE APR 09 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR TODAY IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT AREAS. STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. WINTER WEATHER... A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE TODAY. A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER MANY AREAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN AREA OF CONCERN FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING OF AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE IS ALONG AN AREA FROM NEAR MITCHELL...TO SIOUX FALLS...BROOKINGS AND INTO THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES...LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF ICING WILL OCCUR FOR AREAS TO THE EAST AND SOUTH. BUT RAINFALL IN THOSE AREAS WILL SLOWLY CHANGE TO A WINTRY MIX EITHER LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...SUCH AS IN NORTHWEST IOWA. TO THE WEST...UP TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL FROM HURON TO GREGORY SOUTH DAKOTA. LIGHTER SNOW AMOUNTS DUE TO THE WINTRY MIX WILL OCCUR EASTWARD FROM THERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS THE STORM SLOWLY MOVES EASTWARD WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE EITHER SNOW...OR CHANGE TO SNOW ON WEDNESDAY. VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM EAST CENTRAL TO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AMOUNTS WILL THEN TAPER OFF HEADING TO THE EAST. WIND SPEEDS WILL ALSO AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW. .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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 9, 10:57 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1057 AM CDT TUE APR 09 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1045 AM SNOW HURON 44.36N 98.22W
04/09/2013 M4.0 INCH BEADLE SD OFFICIAL NWS OBS
2.5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL SINCE THE 1.5 AT 7 AM
THIS MORNING.
&&
TRMLocal storm report, Apr 9, 10:59 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1059 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1050 AM ICE STORM 2 N SIOUX FALLS 43.57N 96.73W
04/09/2013 M0.5 INCH MINNEHAHA SD NWS EMPLOYEE
TREES AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES COATED WITH
ICE AT THE WFO.
&&
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Apr 9, 11:08 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1108 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1105 AM ICE STORM TABOR 42.95N 97.66W
04/09/2013 M0.3 INCH BON HOMME SD PUBLIC
TREES AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES ARE ICE
COATED.
&&
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Apr 9, 11:14 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1114 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM SNOW GREGORY 43.23N 99.43W
04/09/2013 M5.2 INCH GREGORY SD TRAINED SPOTTER
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IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Apr 9, 11:19 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1119 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 AM SNOW BURKE 43.18N 99.29W
04/09/2013 M3.0 INCH GREGORY SD PUBLIC
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IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Apr 9, 11:25 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1125 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1105 AM ICE STORM TABOR 42.95N 97.66W
04/09/2013 M0.3 INCH BON HOMME SD PUBLIC
TREES AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES ARE ICE
COATED.
1050 AM ICE STORM 2 N SIOUX FALLS 43.57N 96.73W
04/09/2013 M0.5 INCH MINNEHAHA SD NWS EMPLOYEE
TREES AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES COATED WITH
ICE AT THE WFO.
1045 AM ICE STORM 6 NE AVON 43.07N 97.98W
04/09/2013 E0.7 INCH BON HOMME SD PUBLIC
TREES, POWER LINES AND OTHER EXPOSED
SURFACES ARE ICE COVERED.
1045 AM SNOW HURON 44.36N 98.22W
04/09/2013 M4.0 INCH BEADLE SD OFFICIAL NWS OBS
2.5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL SINCE THE
1.5 AT 7 AM THIS MORNING.
1021 AM FREEZING RAIN WESTBROOK 44.04N 95.43W
04/09/2013 E0.25 INCH COTTONWOOD MN PUBLIC
0.40 INCH OF RAIN.
1005 AM SNOW WOONSOCKET 44.05N 98.27W
04/09/2013 E2.5 INCH SANBORN SD PUBLIC
0940 AM SLEET HOWARD 44.01N 97.52W
04/09/2013 M2.2 INCH MINER SD COOP OBSERVER
SLEET DURATION 24 HOURS
0930 AM SNOW BURKE 43.18N 99.29W
04/09/2013 M3.0 INCH GREGORY SD PUBLIC
0925 AM ICE STORM 4 S SIOUX FALLS 43.49N 96.73W
04/09/2013 LINCOLN SD NWS EMPLOYEE
1 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION PRODUCING TREE
DAMAGE.
0925 AM ICE STORM 4 SE SIOUX FALLS 43.50N 96.67W
04/09/2013 MINNEHAHA SD NWS EMPLOYEE
1 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION PRODUCING TREE
DAMAGE.
0922 AM SNOW 3 SW HURON 44.33N 98.26W
04/09/2013 E3.8 INCH BEADLE SD PUBLIC
0918 AM SNOW 5 N IROQUOIS 44.44N 97.85W
04/09/2013 E2.6 INCH KINGSBURY SD PUBLIC
0915 AM SNOW 5 W WOLSEY 44.41N 98.58W
04/09/2013 E3.4 INCH BEADLE SD PUBLIC
0907 AM SNOW WOONSOCKET 44.05N 98.27W
04/09/2013 E4.0 INCH SANBORN SD EMERGENCY MNGR
ARTESIAN WITHOUT POWER. SOME ICE WITH SNOW.
POOR VISIBILITY.
0907 AM SNOW 4 N CURRIE 44.13N 95.67W
04/09/2013 M2.5 INCH MURRAY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0900 AM SNOW WESSINGTON SPRINGS 44.08N 98.57W
04/09/2013 E2.0 INCH JERAULD SD EMERGENCY MNGR
0830 AM SNOW MITCHELL 43.73N 98.03W
04/09/2013 M1.2 INCH DAVISON SD CO-OP OBSERVER
0830 AM SNOW CHAMBERLAIN 43.81N 99.32W
04/09/2013 E5.0 INCH BRULE SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
0830 AM SNOW NE PLATTE 43.39N 98.84W
04/09/2013 E2.5 INCH CHARLES MIX SD CO-OP OBSERVER
PRECEDED BY MINOR ICING.
0830 AM SNOW 1 WNW GREGORY 43.24N 99.43W
04/09/2013 E2.8 INCH GREGORY SD CO-OP OBSERVER
FREEZING RAIN/SLEET PRIOR TO SNOW. ICE
ACCUMULATION MINOR.
0830 AM SNOW 13 WNW PLATTE 43.49N 99.06W
04/09/2013 E2.0 INCH CHARLES MIX SD CO-OP OBSERVER
0830 AM FREEZING RAIN 13 WNW PLATTE 43.49N 99.06W
04/09/2013 E0.20 INCH CHARLES MIX SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0755 AM SNOW PICKSTOWN 43.07N 98.53W
04/09/2013 M2.8 INCH CHARLES MIX SD CO-OP OBSERVER
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 8:27 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Lyon | 15 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Plymouth | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 5:48 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, Woodbury | 37 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.