Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Apr 8, 2013, 4:59 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 8, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 63 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2013, 4:59 AM CDT (09:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2013, 9:44 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 40 counties
Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay 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, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 12:10 AM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Mitchell, SD | ANOTHER 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH SINCE THE 830 AM REPORT |
| Apr 9, 7:55 AM CDT | SNOW 2.8 | Pickstown, SD | |
| Apr 9, 8:30 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 13 Wnw Platte, SD | |
| Apr 9, 8:30 AM CDT | SNOW 1.2 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Apr 9, 8:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 13 Wnw Platte, SD | |
| Apr 9, 8:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Ne Platte, SD | PRECEDED BY MINOR ICING. |
| Apr 9, 8:30 AM CDT | SNOW 2.8 | 1 Wnw Gregory, SD | FREEZING RAIN/SLEET PRIOR TO SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATION MINOR. |
| Apr 9, 8:30 AM CDT | SNOW 4.8 | Chamberlain, SD | |
| Apr 9, 8:30 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Chamberlain, SD | |
| Apr 9, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Wessington Springs, SD | |
| Apr 9, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5.2 | Gregory, SD | |
| Apr 9, 9:07 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | 4 N Currie, MN | |
| Apr 9, 9:07 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Woonsocket, SD | ARTESIAN WITHOUT POWER. SOME ICE WITH SNOW. POOR VISIBILITY. |
| Apr 9, 9:15 AM CDT | SNOW 3.4 | 5 W Wolsey, SD | |
| Apr 9, 9:18 AM CDT | SNOW 2.6 | 5 N Iroquois, SD | |
| Apr 9, 9:22 AM CDT | SNOW 3.8 | 3 Sw Huron, SD | |
| Apr 9, 9:25 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | 4 Se Sioux Falls, SD | 1 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION PRODUCING TREE DAMAGE. |
| Apr 9, 9:25 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | 4 S Sioux Falls, SD | 1 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION PRODUCING TREE DAMAGE. |
| Apr 9, 9:30 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Burke, SD | |
| Apr 9, 9:40 AM CDT | SLEET 2.2 | Howard, SD | SLEET DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 9, 10:05 AM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Woonsocket, SD | |
| Apr 9, 10:21 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Westbrook, MN | 0.40 INCH OF RAIN. |
| Apr 9, 10:45 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0.7 | 6 Ne Avon, SD | TREES, POWER LINES AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES ARE ICE COVERED. |
| Apr 9, 10:45 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | Huron, SD | 2.5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL SINCE THE 1.5 AT 7 AM THIS MORNING. |
| Apr 9, 10:50 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0.5 | 2 N Sioux Falls, SD | TREES AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES COATED WITH ICE AT THE WFO. |
| Apr 9, 11:05 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0.3 | Tabor, SD | TREES AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES ARE ICE COATED. |
| Apr 9, 11:50 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Arco, MN | |
| Apr 9, 11:55 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | Sioux Falls, SD | THERE ARE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH. |
| Apr 9, 12:00 PM CDT | SNOW 3.2 | Lake Benton, MN | BLOWING SNOW CURRENTLY IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE. |
| Apr 9, 12:10 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Marshall, MN | NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS HAVE CAUSED OFFICIALS TO PULL SNOW PLOWS OFF THE ROADS. |
| Apr 9, 12:20 PM CDT | SNOW 3.6 | Tracy, MN | BLOWING SNOW IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR A QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. |
| Apr 9, 12:35 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | 1 E Cottonwood, MN | |
| Apr 10, 7:45 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Apr 10, 8:00 AM CDT | SLEET 1.2 | 2 N Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Apr 10, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | White Lake, SD | |
| Apr 10, 8:00 AM CDT | SNOW 8.3 | Wessington Springs, SD | |
| Apr 10, 8:10 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | 1 W Beresford, SD | POWER LINE AND TREE BRANCHES DOWN. |
| Apr 10, 8:10 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | Le Mars, IA | POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN. |
| Apr 10, 8:10 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | Newcastle, NE | POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY DURING THE NIGHT. ALSO NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Apr 10, 8:10 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | Worthington, MN | 500 FOOT RADIO TOWER DAMAGED FROM GLAZE DURING THE NIGHT. |
| Apr 10, 8:10 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 2 S Sheldon, IA | TREE LIMBS UP TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN AROUND TOWN. |
| Apr 10, 8:10 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Primghar, IA | NUMEROUS TREES LIMBS DOWN AROUND TOWN. UNTREATED ROADS ARE ICE COVERED. |
| Apr 10, 8:10 AM CDT | SNOW 3.1 | 6 Sse Volga, SD | |
| Apr 10, 8:10 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | 1 S Marshall, MN | |
| Apr 10, 8:10 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Ivanhoe, MN | MOSTLY SNOWFALL BUT ALSO SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Apr 10, 8:40 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.7 | Pipestone, MN | NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN. ALSO SOME POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Apr 10, 8:45 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0 | Rock Rapids, IA | TREE LIMBS DOWN AS WELL AS POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. OUTAGES ARE CURRENTLY AT 8-9 HOURS. |
| Apr 10, 8:50 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0.3 | Jackson, MN | NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN. |
| Apr 10, 8:50 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0.9 | Fulda, MN | NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT TOWN. |
| Apr 10, 8:50 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0.9 | Slayton, MN | NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS TOWN. |
| Apr 10, 8:50 AM CDT | SLEET 1.98 | Wakefield, NE | NEARLY 2 INCHES OF SLEET DEPTH. |
| Apr 10, 8:50 AM CDT | SNOW 10.5 | Burke, SD | |
| Apr 10, 8:55 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0.4 | Cottonwood, MN | A FEW POWER LINES AND SMALLER TREE BRANCHES DOWN AROUND TOWN. |
| Apr 10, 9:00 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | Platte, SD | SEVERAL TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND TOWN. |
| Apr 10, 9:00 AM CDT | ICE STORM 0.4 | Windom, MN | SEVERAL POWER LINES AND BRANCHES DOWN. ALSO ONE DAMAGED TRANSFORMER. |
| Apr 10, 9:00 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Rock Valley, IA | TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN AROUND TOWN. |
| Apr 10, 9:00 AM CDT | SLEET 2 | Tyndall, SD | ALSO SOME MINOR ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Apr 10, 9:00 AM CDT | SLEET 2.5 | Armour, SD | |
| Apr 10, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | 3 Ne Forestburg, SD | |
| Apr 10, 9:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Platte, SD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
531 WWUS43 KFSD 080959 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 459 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-081800- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0004.130409T1200Z-130410T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0003.130409T0000Z-130410T1800Z/ 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 459 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM MIDNIGHT ONWARD TONIGHT...AND LAST PERIODICALLY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO A SERIOUS THREAT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY TOTAL 6 TO 12 INCHES. THE LIGHTER AMOUNTS WILL BE IN SOUTHEAST CHARLES MIX COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS AROUND THE CHAMBERLAIN VICINITY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE QUITE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN SOUTHERN CHARLES MIX COUNTY...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY STRESS POWER LINES IN WET HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES 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-SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-081800- /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130409T0600Z-130410T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...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 459 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE SNOW ACCUMULATION GRADIENT COULD BE QUITE SHARP FROM WEST TO EAST. AROUND THE HURON AND MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA VICINITIES...MORE THEN 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. FURTHER EAST...THE AMOUNTS WILL DECREASE TO POSSIBLY AROUND 4 INCHES IN THE BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA AND MARSHALL MINNESOTA AREAS. HOWEVER MORE GLAZED ICE IS POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN AREAS...WITH POSSIBLY A QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE IN THE BROOKINGS AND MARSHALL AREAS...TO LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE AROUND HURON. MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA MAY ALSO RECEIVE UPWARDS OF AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. DUE TO A QUESTION OF TEMPERATURES ABOVE THE SURFACE...LESS ICE WILL LIKELY MEAN MORE SNOWFALL...OR VICE VERSA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD POTENTIALLY STRESS POWER LINES IF SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN WERE TO OCCUR. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ080-097-098-SDZ062-066-069-081800- /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130409T1200Z-130410T1800Z/ MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...YANKTON 459 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...DUE TO BORDERLINE TEMPERATURES...THERE IS A QUESTION OF PRECIPITATION TYPE ON TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION COULD EITHER BE FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN...OR A MIX OF BOTH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY THEN BE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH MORE SNOW POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE VERY MINIMAL ON TUESDAY DUE TO TEMPERATURES NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER AS TEMPERATURES COOL TUESDAY NIGHT...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN COULD FALL...FOLLOWED BY SNOW AMOUNTS OF AROUND 3 INCHES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS IS A VERY FLUID SITUATION...IN THAT ANY DEVIATIONS OF TEMPERATURES BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT COULD MEAN LESS ICE BUT MORE SNOW...OR VICE VERSA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD POTENTIALLY STRESS POWER LINES IF SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN WERE TO OCCUR. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MJF
17 follow-up statements
073 WWUS43 KFSD 081622 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1122 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-090030- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.130409T0000Z-130410T1800Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 1122 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM MIDNIGHT ONWARD TONIGHT...AND LAST PERIODICALLY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO A SERIOUS THREAT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ALL TOLD...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY TOTAL 6 TO 12 INCHES. THE LIGHTER AMOUNTS WILL BE IN SOUTHEAST CHARLES MIX COUNTY... WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS AROUND THE CHAMBERLAIN VICINITY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE QUITE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN SOUTHERN CHARLES MIX COUNTY...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ELSEWHERE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY STRESS POWER LINES IN WET HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-090030- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130409T0600Z-130410T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...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 1122 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE SNOW ACCUMULATION GRADIENT COULD BE QUITE SHARP FROM WEST TO EAST. AROUND THE HURON AND MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA VICINITIES...MORE THEN 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. FURTHER EAST...THE AMOUNTS WILL DECREASE TO POSSIBLY AROUND 4 INCHES IN THE BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA AND MARSHALL MINNESOTA AREAS. HOWEVER MORE GLAZED ICE IS POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN AREAS...WITH POSSIBLY A QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE IN THE BROOKINGS AND MARSHALL AREAS...TO LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE AROUND HURON. MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA MAY ALSO RECEIVE UPWARDS OF AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE. DUE TO A QUESTION OF TEMPERATURES ABOVE THE SURFACE...LESS ICE WILL LIKELY MEAN MORE SNOWFALL...OR VICE VERSA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD POTENTIALLY STRESS POWER LINES IF SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN WERE TO OCCUR. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ080-097-098-SDZ062-066-069-090030- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130409T1200Z-130410T1800Z/ MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...YANKTON 1122 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...DUE TO BORDERLINE TEMPERATURES...THERE IS A QUESTION OF PRECIPITATION TYPE ON TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION COULD EITHER BE FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN...OR A MIX OF BOTH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY THEN BE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT... WITH MORE SNOW POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE VERY MINIMAL ON TUESDAY DUE TO TEMPERATURES NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER AS TEMPERATURES COOL TUESDAY NIGHT...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN COULD FALL...FOLLOWED BY SNOW AMOUNTS OF AROUND 3 INCHES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS IS A VERY FLUID SITUATION...IN THAT ANY DEVIATIONS OF TEMPERATURES BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT COULD MEAN LESS ICE BUT MORE SNOW...OR VICE VERSA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD POTENTIALLY STRESS POWER LINES IF SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN WERE TO OCCUR. IN ADDITION...BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
294 WWUS43 KFSD 082047 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 347 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-090500- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130409T0600Z-130410T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0003.130409T0300Z-130411T0000Z/ 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 347 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW TOWARD DAWN ON TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 INCHES AROUND FLANDREAU AND TYNDALL TO 11 INCHES AROUND HURON. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH AROUND HURON TO OVER A QUARTER INCH FROM BROOKINGS TO MITCHELL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-090500- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.130409T0000Z-130410T1800Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 347 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW LIKELY AROUND CHAMBERLAIN. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO OVER THREE-TENTHS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED WITH THE GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATION IN CHARLES MIX AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDES SPREAD BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ067-070-090500- /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130409T0300Z-130411T0000Z/ LINCOLN-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... VERMILLION 347 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT. AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN...RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE MIXING WITH SLEET OR SNOW. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-098-SDZ062-066-069-090500- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130409T0300Z-130411T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...YANKTON 347 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT. AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN...RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE MIXING WITH SLEET OR SNOW. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO-TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY. ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
771 WWUS43 KFSD 090127 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 827 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 MNZ071-072-080-097-090930- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130409T0300Z-130411T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0003.130409T0600Z-130411T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE 827 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD 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. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-090930- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130410T1800Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 827 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING...MIXING WITH AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDES SPREAD BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-090930- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.130409T0300Z-130411T0000Z/ 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 827 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AND CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SLEET WILL MIX WITH SNOW TUESDAY MORNING. SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 5 INCHES AROUND FLANDREAU AND TYNDALL TO 11 INCHES AROUND HURON. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-070-090930- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.130409T0900Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION 827 PM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BY MORNING AND CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN...THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 INCH LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
017 WWUS43 KFSD 091010 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 510 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-091815- /O.EXT.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 510 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD SLOWLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW GRADUALLY THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW WILL THEN LINGER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...TAPERING OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. * 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... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-091815- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON- HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 510 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR TODAY...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE PRIMARILY ALL SNOW BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL AVERAGE 7 TO 12 INCHES. HOWEVER IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND AROUND MITCHELL...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE HIGHER...AVERAGING 11 TO 16 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOME AREAS WILL RECEIVE FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH TO NEAR FIFTEEN HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE POTENTIAL DUE TO FREEZING RAIN TODAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-091815- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE 510 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE COMMON TODAY...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER EVENING TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL WILL THEN PERSIST RIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS DUE TO FREEZING RAIN FREEZING RAIN WILL TOTAL ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 7 TO 12 INCHES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD 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. && $$ MNZ089-091815- /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ NOBLES- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WORTHINGTON 510 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...AS TEMPERATURES COOL...RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING LATE THIS MORNING OR AFTERNOON. TONIGHT... THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAST THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW...OR IF IT WILL CHANGEOVER AT ALL. MORE CERTAIN...IS THAT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW BY AROUND MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL THEN LINGER INTO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY EVEN THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MINOR... BUT WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE TRAVEL AND WALKING DIFFICULTIES ON UNTREATED SURFACES. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AROUND 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 35 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IAZ001-091815- /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD 510 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...AS TEMPERATURES COOL...RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING LATE THIS MORNING OR AFTERNOON. TONIGHT... THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAST THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW...OR IF IT WILL CHANGEOVER AT ALL. MORE CERTAIN...IS THAT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW BY AROUND MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL THEN LINGER INTO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MINOR...BUT WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE TRAVEL AND WALKING DIFFICULTIES ON UNTREATED SURFACES. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AROUND 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 35 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-070-091815- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION 510 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE PREVALENT TODAY. THE WINTRY MIX WILL LINGER TONIGHT...BUT THERE IS UNCERTAINTY HOW FAST THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW BY AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL TOTAL UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD THEN TOTAL 5 OR 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ081-091815- /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ COTTONWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE 510 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...AND THEN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS COOLER AIR MOVES IN. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAST THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT...OR EVEN IF IT WILL CHANGEOVER AT ALL. BUT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH COULD OCCUR LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT IF THE PRECIPITATION DOES NOT CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. THEN BY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD TOTAL AROUND 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
475 WWUS43 KFSD 091043 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 543 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-091845- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 543 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...FOLLOWED BY SLEET AND SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL BE PREVALENT THIS MORNING. THEN LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD OCCUR...WHICH SHOULD TEMPER THE ICE ACCUMULATION. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW QUICK THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW TONIGHT...OR IF IT WILL CHANGEOVER AT ALL. BUT BY WEDNESDAY...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL TOTAL A QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH. THIS IS DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO OR MIXES WITH SLEET THIS AFTERNOON...AND IF IT CHANGES TO SNOW TONIGHT. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...5 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...IF THE FREEZING RAIN BECOMES MORE ACUTE...THEN WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CREATE STRESS ON POWER LINES. 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. && $$ IAZ001-091845- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD 543 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL BE PREVALENT THIS MORNING. THEN LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD OCCUR...WHICH SHOULD TEMPER THE ICE ACCUMULATION. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW QUICK THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW TONIGHT...OR IF IT WILL CHANGEOVER AT ALL. BUT BY WEDNESDAY...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL TOTAL A QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH. THIS IS DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO OR MIXES WITH SLEET THIS AFTERNOON...AND IF IT CHANGES TO SNOW TONIGHT. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...IF THE FREEZING RAIN BECOMES MORE ACUTE...THEN WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CREATE STRESS ON POWER LINES. 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. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-091845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 543 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD SLOWLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW GRADUALLY THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW WILL THEN LINGER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...TAPERING OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 10 TO 16 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS LINGERING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-091845- /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 543 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR TODAY... GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE PRIMARILY ALL SNOW BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL AVERAGE 7 TO 12 INCHES. HOWEVER IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND AROUND MITCHELL...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE HIGHER...AVERAGING 11 TO 16 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOME AREAS WILL RECEIVE A QUARTER OF A INCH OR MORE OF ICE DUE TO FREEZING RAIN BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW. * 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. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CREATE STRESS ON POWER LINES WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS PREVALENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-091845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE 543 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE COMMON TODAY...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER EVENING TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL WILL THEN PERSIST RIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS DUE TO FREEZING RAIN FREEZING RAIN COULD TOTAL AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 7 TO 12 INCHES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CREATE STRESS ON POWER LINES WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS PREVALENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ089-SDZ069-070-091845- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ NOBLES-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WORTHINGTON...YANKTON...VERMILLION 543 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE PREVALENT TODAY. THE WINTRY MIX WILL LINGER TONIGHT...BUT THERE IS UNCERTAINTY HOW FAST THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW BY AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL TOTAL UP TO ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ONCE THE TEMPERATURES COOL OFF. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD THEN TOTAL 5 OR 7 INCHES. DUE TO THE WINTRY MIX...EXACT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE UNCERTAIN BECAUSE OF DIFFICULTIES IN PREDICTING THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ081-091845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ COTTONWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE 543 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...AND THEN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS COOLER AIR MOVES IN. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAST THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT...OR EVEN IF IT WILL CHANGEOVER AT ALL. BUT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A TENTH OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH COULD OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IF THE PRECIPITATION DOES NOT CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. THEN BY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD TOTAL AROUND 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
945 WWUS43 KFSD 091202 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 702 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-092015- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ 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 702 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL BE PREVALENT THIS MORNING. THEN LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD OCCUR...WHICH SHOULD TEMPER THE ICE ACCUMULATION. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW QUICK THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGEOVER TO SNOW TONIGHT...OR IF IT WILL CHANGEOVER AT ALL. BUT BY WEDNESDAY...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL TOTAL UP TO A HALF INCH. THIS IS DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO OR MIXES WITH SLEET THIS AFTERNOON...AND IF IT CHANGES TO SNOW TONIGHT. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...5 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL CREATE STRESS ON POWER LINES CREATING POWER OUTAGES TODAY. 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. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-092015- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 702 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD SLOWLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW GRADUALLY THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW WILL THEN LINGER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...TAPERING OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TODAY AND TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 10 TO 16 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS LINGERING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-092015- /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 702 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR TODAY... GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE PRIMARILY ALL SNOW BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL AVERAGE 7 TO 12 INCHES. HOWEVER IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND AROUND MITCHELL...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE HIGHER...AVERAGING 11 TO 16 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...SOME AREAS WILL RECEIVE A QUARTER OF A INCH OR MORE OF ICE DUE TO FREEZING RAIN BEFORE IT CHANGES OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW. * 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. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CREATE STRESS ON POWER LINES WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS PREVALENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-092015- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE 702 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE COMMON TODAY...GRADUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER EVENING TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL WILL THEN PERSIST RIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS DUE TO FREEZING RAIN FREEZING RAIN COULD TOTAL AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 7 TO 12 INCHES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CREATE STRESS ON POWER LINES WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS PREVALENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ089-SDZ069-070-092015- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ NOBLES-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WORTHINGTON...YANKTON...VERMILLION 702 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE PREVALENT TODAY. THE WINTRY MIX WILL LINGER TONIGHT...BUT THERE IS UNCERTAINTY HOW FAST THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW BY AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL TOTAL UP TO ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ONCE THE TEMPERATURES COOL OFF. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD THEN TOTAL 5 OR 7 INCHES. DUE TO THE WINTRY MIX...EXACT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE UNCERTAIN BECAUSE OF DIFFICULTIES IN PREDICTING THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ081-092015- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ COTTONWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE 702 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...AND THEN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS COOLER AIR MOVES IN. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW FAST THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT...OR EVEN IF IT WILL CHANGEOVER AT ALL. BUT THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A TENTH OR TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH COULD OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IF THE PRECIPITATION DOES NOT CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. THEN BY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD TOTAL AROUND 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
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
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. && $$
647 WWUS43 KFSD 101638 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1138 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-110045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 1138 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW AND PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TODAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AND MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-110045- /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 1138 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW AND PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TODAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH SNOWFALL BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AROUND THE DE SMET AND BROOKINGS LOCATIONS. 5 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE MORE COMMON AROUND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY LOCATIONS. * 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020-NEZ013-SDZ070-071-110045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-DIXON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1138 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 4 TO 6 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND ADDITIONAL ICING WILL CREATE SEVERE STRESS ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-110045- /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 1138 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL BETWEEN ABOUT 800 PM CDT AND 300 AM CDT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES IS LIKELY. THIS WILL BE A HEAVY...WET SNOW. ADDITIONAL STRESS ON ALREADY STRESSED TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. PLEASE PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. * 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 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-110045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 1138 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY AND BECOME PRIMARILY SNOW THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 7 TO 11 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG HIGHWAY 14...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE A HEAVY...WET SNOW. ADDITIONAL STRESS ON ALREADY STRESSED TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. PLEASE PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ IAZ021-022-031-032-NEZ014-110045- /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 1138 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 ARE EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OR LESS IS ALSO EXPECTED. * 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. && $$
601 WWUS43 KFSD 102041 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 341 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-110445- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 341 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-110445- /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 341 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW AND PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... WITH SNOWFALL BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AROUND THE DE SMET AND BROOKINGS LOCATIONS. 5 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE MORE COMMON AROUND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY LOCATIONS. * 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020-NEZ013-SDZ070-071-110445- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-DIXON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 341 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ENTIRELY SNOW LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 4 TO 6 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND ADDITIONAL ICING WILL CREATE SEVERE STRESS ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-110445- /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 341 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL BETWEEN ABOUT 800 PM CDT AND 300 AM CDT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 5 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH WHILE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES IS LIKELY. THIS WILL BE A HEAVY...WET SNOW. ADDITIONAL STRESS ON ALREADY STRESSED TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. PLEASE PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. * 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 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-110445- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 341 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY AND BECOME PRIMARILY SNOW DURING THE THROUGH THURSDAY...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 7 TO 11 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG HIGHWAY 14...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE A HEAVY...WET SNOW. ADDITIONAL STRESS ON ALREADY STRESSED TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. PLEASE PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ IAZ021-022-031-032-NEZ014-110445- /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 341 PM 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 THROUGH THE EVENING AND BECOME MAINLY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES. * ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF OF AN INCH. * 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. && $$
487 WWUS43 KFSD 110332 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1032 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-111145- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 1032 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY...PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-111145- /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 1032 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF ON THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AROUND THE DE SMET AND BROOKINGS LOCATIONS. 5 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE MORE COMMON AROUND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY LOCATIONS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 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. && $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020-NEZ013-SDZ070-071-111145- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-DIXON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1032 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND TAPER OFF LATER THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 4 TO 6 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND ADDITIONAL ICING WILL CREATE SEVERE STRESS ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW... THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-111145- /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 1032 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS WILL BE A HEAVY...WET SNOW. ADDITIONAL STRESS ON ALREADY STRESSED TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. PLEASE PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 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 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-111145- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 1032 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY. SOME PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 7 TO 11 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG HIGHWAY 14...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE A HEAVY...WET SNOW. ADDITIONAL STRESS ON ALREADY STRESSED TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. PLEASE PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THURSDAY...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ IAZ021-022-031-032-NEZ014-111145- /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 1032 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND THEN TAPER OFF THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 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. && $$
216 WWUS43 KFSD 110851 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 351 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-111200- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 351 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES OF A MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AT TIMES WILL IMPROVE EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-111700- /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 351 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED AFTER DAYBREAK. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES THIS MORNING WITH VISIBILITIES THEN SLOWLY IMPROVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020-NEZ013-SDZ070-071-111700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-DIXON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 351 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF SLOWLY THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONS SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. PREVIOUSLY FALLEN ICE AND SNOW WILL REMAIN. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AND ADDITIONAL ICING WILL CREATE SEVERE STRESS ON TREES AND POWER LINES. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES ARE LIKELY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES WILL IMPROVE THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-111700- /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 351 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF THE REST OF TODAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED AFTER DAYBREAK. PREVIOUSLY FALLEN ICE AND SNOW WILL REMAIN. THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND REMAINING ICE WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON ALREADY STRESSED TREES AND POWER LINES. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. PLEASE PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW WILL IMPROVE SLOWLY THIS MORNING. 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. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-111700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 351 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING THEN TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AFTER DAYBREAK. PREVIOUSLY FALLEN ICE AND SNOW WILL REMAIN. THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND REMAINING ICE WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON ALREADY STRESSED TREES AND POWER LINES. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. PLEASE PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ IAZ021-022-031-032-NEZ014-111200- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 351 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN ONE INCH. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH. PERIODS OF VISIBILITY OF A MILE OR LESS SHOULD END BY DAYBREAK. 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. && $$
166 WWUS43 KFSD 111141 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 641 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 IAZ001-002-012>014-020-MNZ098-NEZ013-SDZ053-054-059>062-065>071- 111245- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-ROCK-DIXON-SANBORN-MINER- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN- BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON... HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 641 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED. $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-111245- /O.CAN.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 641 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED. $$ IAZ021-022-031-032-NEZ014-111245- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 641 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED. $$ SDZ038>040-055-056-111800- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 641 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING AND TAPER OFF IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED AFTER DAYBREAK. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-111800- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 641 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING THEN TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AFTER DAYBREAK. PREVIOUSLY FALLEN ICE AND SNOW WILL REMAIN. THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND REMAINING ICE WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL STRESS ON ALREADY STRESSED TREES AND POWER LINES. ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. PLEASE PREPARE ACCORDINGLY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$
581 WWUS43 KFSD 111444 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 944 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 IAZ003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-SDZ038>040-055-056-111545- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ DICKINSON-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 944 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Apr 7, 10:44 PM CDT, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 10:44 PM CDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1044 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 234 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013
A NICE COMPACT LITTLE WAVE MOVING THROUGH NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT SHOWER DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING. THE BEST CHANCES
WILL TRANSITION FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO
THE EVENING WITH NOT TOO MUCH EXPECTED TO PERSIST AFTER ABOUT
MIDNIGHT. SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH A QUARTER OF AN INCH BUT
SUSPECT MOST LOCATIONS WILL GET ABOUT 5 TO 15 HUNDREDTHS. THUNDER
SEEMS PRETTY UNLIKELY BUT WILL MAINTAIN SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY IN
THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN CWA WHERE SOME MARGINAL INSTABILITY EXISTS.
THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT A LITTLE TRICKY AS WINDS WEAKEN...CLOUDS
DISSIPATE A BIT AND A DECENT THERMAL GRADIENT REMAINS IN PLACE FROM
SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST. WITH THE POTENTIALLY WET GROUND AND LIGHT
WINDS MAY AGAIN SEE SOME FOG DEVELOPMENT...BUT AT THIS TIME NOT
ANTICIPATING IT TO BE AS WIDESPREAD AS THIS MORNING. WHILE THE WINDS
WILL WEAKEN THEY SHOULD NOT BECOME LIGHT SO WITH FAIRLY MILD AIR IN
PLACE LOWS WILL BE IN THE 40S.
OTHER THAN A LITTLE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR SHOWERS AROUND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA ON MONDAY MORNING MOST OF MONDAY SHOULD PROVE TO BE A LULL
BEFORE THE NEXT WAVE COMES OUT ON MONDAY NIGHT. WILL ONLY HAVE POPS
IN THE FAR NORTH AND WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. THE REAL CHALLENGE
BECOMES HIGH TEMPERATURES FORECASTING AS A SIGNIFICANT THERMAL
GRADIENT DEVELOP THROUGH THE DAY AND VERY LITTLE AGREEMENT EXISTS.
THE NAM AND ECMWF AT 18Z HAVE THE COLDER AIR LOCKED UP FROM ABOUT
CHAMBERLAIN TO MARSHALL NORTH WHILE THE GFS IS ALONG INTERSTATE 90
AND THE CANADIAN A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH. WILL LEAN A LITTLE MORE
TOWARDS THE ECMWF AND NAM OUTPUT WHICH SHOULD HANDLE THE LOW LEVEL
THERMAL FIELD A LITTLE BETTER SINCE THE UPPER LEVELS ARE NOT VASTLY
DIFFERENT. SOME MINOR THREAT FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON BUT AGAIN THE INSTABILITY IS MARGINAL. THE OPERATIONAL NAM
IS QUITE AN OUTLIER INSTABILITY WISE BUT IS SLIGHTLY MORE CONSISTENT
IN NORTHWEST IOWA WITH THE VARIOUS SREF MEMBERS...HOWEVER CAPPING
MAY PRECLUDE ANY DEVELOPMENT THERE.
.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 234 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013
VERY COMPLICATED FORECAST WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF DISAGREEMENT IN
THE MODELS LEADING TO A LOWER THAN NORMAL CONFIDENCE IN THE MEDIUM RANGE.
THE NAM IN COMPARISON TO THE OTHER MODELS WAS MUCH WARMER AND
SLUGGISH WITH THE COLD AIR...WHILE THE GFS AND CANADIAN WERE MUCH
COOLER AND ACCELERATED THE COLD AIR EAST QUITE QUICKLY ON TUESDAY.
AS A COMPROMISE...LEANED ON 00Z THERMAL FIELDS OF ECMWF WHICH
APPEAR TO ALIGN FAIRLY WELL WITH THE 12Z RUN.
ON MONDAY NIGHT...SURFACE FRONT CONTINUES TO PLOW SOUTH THROUGH
NORTHWEST IOWA WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION. MODELS
CONTINUE TO INDICATE FAIR STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION ALOFT.
THEREFORE...IT APPEARS IT MAY BE HARD TO BREAK THE CAP TO GET
CONVECTION TO FIRE ALONG THE FRONT...BUT HAVE LEFT SOME LOW END
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE REMOTE POSSIBILITY. WITH LACK OF LARGE
SCALE FORCING...COULD BE RELATIVELY QUIET MONDAY EVENING UNTIL
UPPER WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AS UPPER WAVE MOVES IN
AND PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA...COOLER AIR
IS EXPECTED TO COLLAPSE SOUTHWARD. IF THE NAM FORECAST SOUNDINGS
WERE TO VERIFY...WARM NOSE WOULD BE QUITE PROBLEMATIC WITH
SIGNIFICANT ICING POTENTIAL WITH ONGOING STRONG WINDS.
EVENTUALLY MODEL SOUNDINGS COOL OFF ENOUGH FOR SNOW...BUT NOT
SOMEWHERE TILL THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON TIME FRAME. INSTEAD...SIDED
CLOSER TO THE ECMWF WHICH SUGGESTS PRECIPITATION WOULD CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW AFTER 06Z TUESDAY...HOWEVER...THERE COULD BE A SMALL BAND
OF MIXED PRECIP/ICING THAT DEVELOPS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
SNOW LINE. CURRENTLY...HAVE HIGHEST ICING POTENTIAL FORECAST ALONG AN ARC
FROM LAKE ANDES UP THROUGH MITCHELL INTO MADISON. FAIRLY STRONG
FRONTOGENETIC FORCING MIGRATES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE THE
FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY. FOR SNOW RATIOS...HAVE SIDED WITH
ANYWHERE FROM 7-10:1 DEPENDING ON TIME OF DAY AND PRECIPITATION
RATE. WITH GROUND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S...WILL LIKELY HAVE
SOME MELTING AS SNOW IS FALLING.
MOST DIFFICULT TIME FRAME FOR THE FORECAST IS TUESDAY EVENING. WITH
LARGE SCALE ASSENT AS SHORT WAVE TRAIN MOVING ACROSS THE
AREA...SHOULD HAVE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ONGOING. MODELS
DIFFER IN HOW AGGRESSIVE THE COLD AIR WILL BE ACROSS THE
AREA...GIVING A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES. THIS SIX HOUR
PERIOD WOULD LEAD TO THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EAST OF
THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IF IT IS COLD ENOUGH TO SNOW. WITH DYNAMIC
COOLING ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE SCALE LIFT...HAVE HEDGED TOWARDS
COOLER SOLUTIONS BUT NOT AS COLD AS WHAT GFS OR CANADIAN MIGHT
SUGGEST.
TROWAL AND STRONG NORTH WINDS LINGER ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY
LEADING TO WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A RAW DAY ACROSS THE
REGION. HAVE SHIFTED THE TROWAL SLIGHTLY FURTHER NORTH AND WEST
THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH DRY SLOT NOSING NORTH ACROSS THE
EASTERN CWA.
MAY SEE SOME MODERATION IN THE TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY. LOTS OF QUESTION ON WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN LATE IN THE
WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH THE GFS SUGGESTING AT OR ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES...AND THE ECMWF RUNNING WELL BELOW NORMAL. WITH NEXT
WAVE MOVING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY HAVE ADDED MENTION
OF RAIN OR SNOW IN THE FORECAST...WITH DIURNAL TREND TO PRECIP
TYPE FOR NOW.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1034 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2013
TRICKY FORECAST FOR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY...WITH LINGERING MOISTURE
FROM EARLIER LIGHT RAINFALL MAKING A BIG IMPACT. LIGHT RAIN ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WITH
LIGHT WINDS...RECENT LIGHT RAINFALL AND MID CLOUDS EXPECTED TO
DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING...EXPECT FOG AND
LOW CLOUDS TO DEVELOP. IFR AND OCCASIONAL LIFR WILL BE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY AFTER 08Z IN KFSD AND KSUX...WHILE THE CURRENT LOW
CONDITIONS IN KHON WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. IF THE MID CLOUDS
STICK AROUND LONGER IN OUR CENTRAL AND EASTERN COUNTIES...MAY SEE THE
FOG HOLD OFF A BIT. OTHERWISE...MODELS INDICATE THAT LOW STRATUS WILL
LINGER IN THE KHON AREA THROUGH THE ENTIRE TAF PERIOD...HOWEVER THE
REST OF THE REGION WILL SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT BETWEEN 15Z MONDAY AND
00Z TUESDAY. WINDS WILL TURN NORTHEAST AND BECOME BREEZY TO WINDY
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...08
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 8:42 PM CDT, 8 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 842 PM CDT SUN APR 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- 842 PM CDT SUN APR 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE DAY MONDAY NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER... BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AND DEVELOPING NORTHEAST DURING THE NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER...AS FAR NORTH AS INTERSTATE 90. RAIN THAT DEVELOPS ON MONDAY EVENING WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER DURING THE NIGHT. THE RAIN SNOW LINE WILL GRADUALLY COLLAPSE EAST ON TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO SALEM TO TYNDALL BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...THE CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST...WITH ONLY AREAS NEAR THE IOWA GREAT LAKES TO IDA GROVE REMAINING LARGELY RAIN THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL MIX OR CHANGE TO SNOW OVER THE REST OF NORTHWEST IOWA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. AT THIS TIME...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR LIKELY...WITH MUCH LOWER AMOUNTS FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NEAR INTERSTATE 90 SOUTHWARD THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 14 CORRIDOR...AND ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. THERE REMAINS MUCH UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM...AND SNOWFALL AND POTENTIALLY ICING AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE REFINED AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FROM THE JAMES VALLEY WESTWARD. LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END ACROSS THE REGION BY EARLY THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 2:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 221 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 SDZ039-040-050-053>061-063>065-081000- KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 221 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...AREAS OF DENSE FOG TONIGHT... WIDESPREAD FOG WHICH DEVELOPED DURING THE NIGHT HAS BECOME ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF DENSE FOG DURING THE POST MIDNIGHT HOURS. THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE IN PART OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA FROM BROOKINGS SOUTHWEST TO MITCHELL AND KIMBALL. AT 2 AM CDT MITCHELL AND MADISON WERE REPORTING VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS...AND WEBCAMS INDICATED OTHER AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY. THIS FOG IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT AND COULD ALSO DEVELOP IN OTHER AREAS...SUCH AS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND FURTHER SOUTHEAST IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. ANYONE NEEDING TO TRAVEL OVERNIGHT SHOULD USE CAUTION AND BE READY FOR VISIBILITY LOWERING ALONG THE TRAVEL PATH.
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 3:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 330 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040- 050-053>071-081100- LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON- DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE- AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON... FULDA...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 330 AM CDT MON APR 8 2013 ...AREAS OF DENSE FOG INTO THE EARLY MORNING... WIDESPREAD FOG WHICH DEVELOPED DURING THE NIGHT HAS BECOME ACCOMPANIED BY AREAS OF DENSE FOG DURING THE POST MIDNIGHT HOURS IN MOST OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT SEVERAL PLACES. THE DENSE FOG WAS NOT WIDESPREAD...BUT TRAVELERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS AS VISIBILITIES MAY DROP QUICKLY WHEN DRIVING. THIS FOG IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH VISIBILITIES BEGINNING TO GENERALLY IMPROVE BY MID MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 4:59 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Davison, Hanson and 12 more | 48 hr |
| Apr 8, 5:41 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Bon Homme, Brookings, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Gregory and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:03 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles | 117 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.