Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Dec 3, 2013, 3:09 PM CST for 20 counties in South Dakota; 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
- Dec 3, 2013, 3:09 PM CST (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 4, 2013, 8:42 PM CST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 26 counties
Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 5:15 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Brookings, SD | |
| Dec 4, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Huron, SD | |
| Dec 4, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 4, 6:20 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 N Currie, MN | |
| Dec 4, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Luverne, MN | |
| Dec 4, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Brookings, SD | |
| Dec 4, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 5.6 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 S Marshall, MN | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Marion, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Wessington Springs, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | White, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | White, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | De Smet, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 9 S Dallas, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | 3 Ese Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | 5 Se Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.3 | 7 Ssw Chamberlain, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 4 Sw Burke, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Pickstown, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.2 | 2 N Chester, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | White Lake, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.7 | 2 S Winfred, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 3 Ne Forestburg, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 6 Nw Montrose, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 8 Ssw Herrick, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 6 Ssw Herrick, SD | COCORAHS STATION 6 SSW HERRICK /6962S/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Dec 4, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 Se Tea, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Westbrook, MN | |
| Dec 4, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Ivanhoe, MN | |
| Dec 4, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | Flandreau, SD | |
| Dec 4, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 7 Wsw Letcher, SD | |
| Dec 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 1 Sw Brookings, SD | |
| Dec 4, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Pipestone, MN | |
| Dec 4, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Marshall, MN | |
| Dec 4, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Flandreau, SD | |
| Dec 4, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Madison, SD | |
| Dec 4, 10:44 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 4 N Currie, MN | |
| Dec 4, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 7.2 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Dec 4, 12:20 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Huron, SD | |
| Dec 4, 3:08 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 8 W Wessington Springs, SD | |
| Dec 4, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 8 | 4 Nne Forestburg, SD | |
| Dec 4, 3:11 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 5 Wsw Armour, SD | |
| Dec 4, 3:23 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Pickstown, SD | |
| Dec 4, 3:26 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 13 Wnw Platte, SD | |
| Dec 4, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 4 S Cottonwood, MN | |
| Dec 4, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Windom, MN | |
| Dec 4, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 6.7 | 4 Wsw Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 4, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Marshall, MN | |
| Dec 4, 3:38 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 3 S Parkston, SD | |
| Dec 4, 4:01 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Alexandria, SD | |
| Dec 4, 4:05 PM CST | SNOW 6.5 | 1 Nw Salem, SD | |
| Dec 4, 4:07 PM CST | SNOW 5.2 | Howard, SD | |
| Dec 4, 4:13 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Marion, SD | |
| Dec 4, 4:14 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 3 Se Ramona, SD | |
| Dec 4, 4:24 PM CST | SNOW 6.7 | 3 Nw Lake Thompson Stat, SD | |
| Dec 4, 4:34 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 3 N Brookings, SD | |
| Dec 4, 4:35 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 4 N Currie, MN | |
| Dec 4, 4:43 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 8 Nne Elkton, MN | |
| Dec 4, 4:45 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | 3 Nw Pipestone, MN | |
| Dec 4, 4:49 PM CST | SNOW 6 | 3 Nnw Luverne, MN |
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 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KFSD 032109 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 309 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-056-040515- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0006.131203T2109Z-131205T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 309 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY BUT INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY A LIGHT COATING OF ICE ON UNTREATED SURFACES AROUND WINDOM. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...GUSTING AROUND 30 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING CREATING VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THE LOWER 20S THIS EVENING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER NEAR ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY... BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ061-062-066-067-040515- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0006.131204T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 309 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SEVEN INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CREATING VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS COOLER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION AND WINDS INCREASE...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THE LOWER 20S THIS EVENING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER NEAR ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ050-063>065-040515- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0006.131203T2109Z-131205T0600Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 309 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CREATING VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS COOLER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION AND WINDS INCREASE...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THE LOWER 20S THIS EVENING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER NEAR ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038-039-052>055-057>060-040515- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0006.131203T2109Z-131205T0600Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON- HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 309 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW..WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. LIGHT SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 15 TO 25 MPH. STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE VISIBILITY FALLING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN ZERO AND TEN BELOW ZERO ON WEDNESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL APPROACH 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ098-040515- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.131204T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0006.131204T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LUVERNE 309 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED MUCH OF THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT CREATING VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THE LOWER 20S THIS EVENING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER NEAR ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY... BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ068-069-040515- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 309 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS COOLER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION AND WINDS INCREASE...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THE LOWER 20S THIS EVENING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER NEAR ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ001-002-MNZ089-090-040515- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.131204T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 309 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...AND LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES AROUND WORTHINGTON...JACKSON AND SIBLEY THIS EVENING...WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN BECOME NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT CREATING VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THE LOWER 20S THIS EVENING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER NEAR ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY... BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SCHUMACHER
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFSD 040333 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 933 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 SDZ038-039-052>055-057>060-041145- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON- HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 933 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE NEAR AND NORTHEAST OF THE MITCHELL AREA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 15 TO 25 MPH. STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE VISIBILITY FALLING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN ZERO AND TEN BELOW ZERO ON WEDNESDAY. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL APPROACH 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-056-041145- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 933 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...BUT INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE MAY A LIGHT COATING OF ICE ON UNTREATED SURFACES AROUND WINDOM. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...GUSTING AROUND 30 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING CREATING VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TONIGHT. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL THEN HOVER NEAR ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ050-063>065-041145- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 933 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT...TAPERING OFF BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...CREATING VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. READINGS WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY... BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ098-SDZ061-062-066-067-041145- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 933 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO SEVEN INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CREATING VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. READINGS WILL THEN HOVER NEAR ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ068-069-041145- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 933 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...WITH AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THEN EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. READINGS WILL THEN HOVER NEAR ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ001-002-MNZ089-090-041145- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 933 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT CREATING VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL THROUGH THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TONIGHT. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL THEN HOVER NEAR ZERO THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE FALLING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 041035 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 435 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 SDZ038-039-052>055-057>060-041845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON- HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 435 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY FALLING TO AROUND A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AVERAGE AROUND ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO TODAY...THEN WILL FALL FURTHER TO AROUND 20 BELOW BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-056-041845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 435 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...THEN SETTLE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY REDUCTION TO AROUND A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS COLD AIR RUSHES IN...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THIS AFTERNOON...THEN TO 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ050-063>065-041845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 435 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MID AND LATE MORNING HOURS...THEN WILL DIMINISH BY MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND SETTLE IN TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO BY AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILLS WILL THEN FALL FURTHER THIS EVENING AND WILL BE CLOSE TO 20 BELOW BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ098-SDZ061-062-066-067-041845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 435 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW LINGERING IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 TO ONLY AROUND 2 INCHES OR LESS IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND SETTLE IN TO AROUND ZERO DEGREES BY MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILLS WILL THEN FALL FURTHER THIS EVENING AND WILL BE CLOSE TO 15 BELOW BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ068-069-041845- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 435 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL SETTLE INTO THE MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR WITH MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OCCURRING THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO NEAR A HALF MILE...PRIMARILY IN MODERATE SNOW BANDS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL HOVER AT ABOUT ZERO TO 5 BELOW TODAY...THEN WILL DECREASE FURTHER THIS EVENING TO NEAR 15 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ001-002-MNZ089-090-041845- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 435 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THIS AREA WITH MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...THEN SETTLE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO NEAR A HALF MILE...PRIMARILY IN MODERATE SNOW BANDS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL STEADILY FALL THROUGH THE DAY BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE ZERO. HOWEVER BY THIS EVENING...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 BELOW BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 041304 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 704 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 SDZ038-039-052>055-057>060-042115- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON- HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 704 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY FALLING TO AROUND A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AVERAGE AROUND ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO TODAY...THEN WILL FALL FURTHER TO AROUND 20 BELOW BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-056-042115- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 704 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...THEN SETTLE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY REDUCTION TO AROUND A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS COLD AIR RUSHES IN...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THIS AFTERNOON... THEN TO 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ050-063>065-042115- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 704 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MID AND LATE MORNING HOURS...THEN WILL DIMINISH BY MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND SETTLE IN TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO BY AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILLS WILL THEN FALL FURTHER THIS EVENING AND WILL BE CLOSE TO 20 BELOW BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ098-SDZ061-062-066-067-042115- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 704 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW LINGERING IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 TO ONLY AROUND 2 INCHES OR LESS IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND SETTLE IN TO AROUND ZERO DEGREES BY MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILLS WILL THEN FALL FURTHER THIS EVENING AND WILL BE CLOSE TO 15 BELOW BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ003-012>014-020>022-031-032-041600- /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131204T1600Z/ DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 704 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA FOR THE MORNING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...VERY MINOR AMOUNTS OF ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ068-069-042115- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 704 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL SETTLE INTO THE MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR WITH MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OCCURRING THIS MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO NEAR A HALF MILE...PRIMARILY IN MODERATE SNOW BANDS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL HOVER AT ABOUT ZERO TO 5 BELOW TODAY...THEN WILL DECREASE FURTHER THIS EVENING TO NEAR 15 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ001-002-MNZ089-090-042115- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 704 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THIS AREA WITH MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...THEN SETTLE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO NEAR A HALF MILE...PRIMARILY IN MODERATE SNOW BANDS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL STEADILY FALL THROUGH THE DAY BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE ZERO. HOWEVER BY THIS EVENING...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 BELOW BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 041624 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1024 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 IAZ003-012>014-020>022-031-032-041730- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131204T1600Z/ DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 1024 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS ENDED. SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE LINGERING ALONG THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR WILL TRANSITION TO A FEW FLURRIES OR AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING...WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION. $$ SDZ038-039-052>055-057>060-050030- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON- HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 1024 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS...WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY FALLING TO AROUND A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AVERAGE AROUND ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO TODAY...THEN WILL FALL FURTHER TO AROUND 20 BELOW BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-056-050030- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 1024 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT SNOW LINGERING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE BY MIDDAY...AND SETTLE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY REDUCTION TO AROUND A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW THIS MORNING COULD ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO A QUARTER TO HALF MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS COLD AIR RUSHES IN...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO THIS AFTERNOON... THEN TO 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ050-063>065-050030- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 1024 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DIMINISH MIDDAY... WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL THROUGH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 5 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND SETTLE IN TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO BY AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILLS WILL THEN FALL FURTHER THIS EVENING AND WILL BE CLOSE TO 20 BELOW BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ098-SDZ061-062-066-067-050030- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 1024 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW LINGERING IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...HOWEVER SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 TO ONLY AROUND 2 OR 3 INCHES OR LESS IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND SETTLE IN TO AROUND ZERO DEGREES BY MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILLS WILL THEN FALL FURTHER THIS EVENING AND WILL BE CLOSE TO 15 BELOW BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ068-069-050030- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 1024 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO NEAR A HALF MILE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL HOVER AT ABOUT ZERO TO 5 BELOW TODAY...THEN WILL DECREASE FURTHER THIS EVENING TO NEAR 15 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ001-002-MNZ089-090-050030- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 1024 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THIS AREA WITH MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER LATER THIS AFTERNOON...DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. GREATEST AMOUNTS WILL BE NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS...THEN SETTLE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO NEAR A HALF MILE...PRIMARILY IN MODERATE SNOW BANDS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL STEADILY FALL THROUGH THE DAY BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE ZERO. HOWEVER BY THIS EVENING...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 10 BELOW BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
000 WWUS43 KFSD 042117 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 317 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013 SDZ038-039-052>055-057>060-050530- /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.131205T0600Z-131207T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON- HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 317 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH INTO THIS EVENING...THEN DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE VISIBILITY FALLING TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO BY LATER TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. WIND CHILL VALUES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL ONLY RECOVER INTO THE 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-056-050530- /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.131205T0600Z-131207T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU 317 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE VISIBILITY FALLING TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO BY LATER TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. WIND CHILL VALUES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL ONLY RECOVER TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ SDZ050-063>065-050530- /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0008.131205T0600Z-131207T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-131205T0600Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 317 PM CST WED DEC 4 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH INTO THIS EVENING...THEN DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE LATER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE VISIBILITY FALLING TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO BY LATER TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. WIND CHILL VALUES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL ONLY RECOVER TO THE 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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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 Dec 3, 11:58 AM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 3, 11:58 AM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1158 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1124 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013
VERY COMPLEX WINTRY SITUATION IN PLAY FOR TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
AN EARLY APPEARANCE THIS MORNING OF MIXED PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
AREA WITHIN AREA OF WEAK INSTABILITY ALOFT AND BROAD MID LEVEL
WARM AIR ADVECTION. HAD REPORTS OF UP TO A HALF INCH OF SLEET AND
SNOW...WITH NEARBY AREAS WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...ALONG WITH
DENSE FOG IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WITH AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE.
IMPULSE WORKING THROUGH IS SHIFTING EAST AND FOR THE MOST PART
SHOULD MAINLY BE DOWN TO VERY SPOTTY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE
AREA...FAVORING THE NORTH HALF...FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. TYPE
SHOULD VARY FROM SNOW WEST AND NORTH...TO A MIX IN THE EAST...
WITH INTENSITY PERHAPS LEADING TO SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE
INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTH AS WELL.
INDICATIONS ARE THAT LEADING LIFT FROM APPROACHING JET IMPULSE
WILL START TO ENHANCE FRONTOGENETIC BAND BY MID AFTERNOON INTO THE
FAR SOUTHWEST CWA. AS WE GO THROUGH THE LATER AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING...FRONTOGENETIC BAND BECOMES ELONGATED WSW TO ENE ACROSS
THE CWA. NEGATIVE EPV ABOVE FRONTAL SURFACE FAVORS LIFT AROUND THE
750-700 HPA LAYER...AND THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES INDICATING THAT
WITHIN THE MAIN BAND WILL HAVE MAX LIFT IN OR NEAR THE MOST SNOW
PRODUCTION ZONE FOR NUMEROUS HOURS FROM LATER AFTERNOON THROUGH
MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THIS SUGGESTS A RAPID ONSET TO SNOWFALL...
WITH SOME SOLIDLY MODERATE SNOWFALL AT TIME ZIPPERING NORTHEAST
ALONG THE BAND LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AND CONTINUING
AT A GRADUALLY LESSER RATE. SNOW RATIOS COULD GET TO 14-16/1
DURING THE HEAVIEST PRECIP TIME...WHICH SUGGESTS THAT NARROW BANDS
WOULD BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY ENHANCED SNOWFALL. WITH WARMER
TEMPS ALOFT LOCKING IN FOR A WHILE OVERNIGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST AND
FAR EASTERN CWA...LIKELY THAT THE STRONG UNDERCUTTING OF COLD AIR
COULD SET UP A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN/SLEET AGAIN
OVERNIGHT...WITH POTENTIAL FOR UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH
ACCUMULATION BEFORE BODILY COOLING OF LAYER CHANGES OVER TO SNOW.
EARLIER...UPDATED TO ADD A COUPLE OF TIERS SOUTHWARD ON ADVISORY
TO ACCOUNT FOR AREAS WITH EXPECTED SNOWFALL OF AT LEAST 3 INCHES...
OR TO GIVE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT ICING. LOOKING MORE TOWARD A
BROAD 3 TO 6 INCH EVENT...BUT SINCE THIS IS A BANDED EVENT...WILL
LIKELY FIND SMALLER ZONES WITH SLIGHTLY MORE SNOWFALL.
WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE LATER IN THE NIGHT WITH AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW LIKELY TO DEVELOP. ANY DECISION ON UPGRADING PART OF THE
ADVISORY AREA TO WARNING WILL DEPEND LIKELY ON WIND...OR IF
BANDING INDICATES A MORE DISCERNIBLE POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST 6
INCHES SNOWFALL.
TRENDED MOST TEMPERATURES TODAY SOMEWHAT LOWER...AS WIDESPREAD
CLOUDS AND PERSISTENT NORTHERLY FLOW LIKELY TO RESTRAIN WARMING TO
A FEW DEGREES AT MOST. EXCEPTION WILL BE PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...
WHERE PARTIAL BREAKS IN LOWER CLOUDS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO GET TO
NEAR 40.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 340 PM CST MON DEC 2 2013
MODELS STARTING TO COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON STORM SYSTEM MOVING
THROUGH THE MIDWEST THOUGH THERE ARE SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCES AMONGST THE VARIOUS SOLUTIONS. WITH
COLLABORATION...OPTED TO SIDE WITH A EC/GEM BLEND...WHICH GIVES SOME
OF THE HIGHER SNOW TOTALS FOR OUR FORECAST AREA.
IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM...HAVE A BAND OF FOG THAT HAS DEVELOPED AND IS
GRADUALLY WORKING SOUTH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. ON THE LEADING
EDGE OF THE BAND...VISIBILITIES DROP DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR
SO...THEN SEEM TO SETTLE IN THE 1-4 MILES RANGE BEHIND THE INITIAL
PUSH. ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...VISIBILITIES ARE LOWER...AND
WITH NORTHEAST FLOW REMAINING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...EXPECT
MOISTURE TO BECOME TRAPPED ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE BUFFALO
RIDGE. HAVE ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY ALONG AND EAST OF THE
BUFFALO RIDGE...THOUGH ADVISORY MAY NOT RUN LONG ENOUGH IN TIME AS
FOG SHOULD BE RELATIVELY SLOW TO ABATE TODAY.
FOR TODAY...ISENTROPIC LIFT EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. INITIALLY...THERE IS A WARM BUT
UNSATURATED LAYER FROM 900-800MB. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES BELOW
FREEZING...COULD SEE SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IF PRECIPITATION
DOESN/T EVAPORATE BEFORE REACHING THE SURFACE. ONCE PRECIPITATION
INTENSITY INCREASES...EXPECT WARM LAYER TO WET BULB DOWN TO NEAR OR
SUB FREEZING PROFILE RELATIVELY QUICKLY. EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...GRADUALLY SHIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AS
LIFT INCREASES AND OVERCOMES THE DRY AIR.
TONIGHT...MODELS ARE ALL SHOWING A STRONG AREA OF MID LEVEL
FRONTOGENESIS NEAR 700 MB DEVELOPING FROM NEAR TYNDALL/LAKE
ANDES-MARSHALL MINNESOTA. WITH MUCH STRONGER COLD AIR ADVECTION
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENING...COULD
SEE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING ESPECIALLY AFTER 06Z. SNOW
RATIOS WILL VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH WARM MILD
AIRMASS ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA LEADING TO SNOW RATIOS OF
8-10:1...WHILE FURTHER TO THE WEST IN THE ARCTIC AIR SNOW RATIOS
WILL APPROACH 20:1. THIS SNOW WILL BE QUITE PROBLEMATIC ESPECIALLY
WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20-30 MPH DEVELOPING. WENT AHEAD AND
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST AND NORTH WHERE SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IN COMBINATION WITH
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL HAMPER TRAVEL.
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 340 PM CST MON DEC 2 2013
ACCORDING TO ALL MODEL GUIDANCE EXCEPT THE EC...UPPER SUPPORT FOR
THE STEADIEST SNOW NEAR THE NORTHERN EDGE OF OUR FORECAST AREA WILL
BE PULLING OUT TUESDAY EVENING. THE NCEP MODELS PROBABLY PULL A
LITTLE TOO MUCH OUT WITH INITIAL OVERDONE WAVE...AND A FAVORABLE
PATTERN FOR AREAS OF LOWER LEVEL LIGHT SNOW SEEMS TO EXIST...SO
WILL START WITH 50 OR SO POPS IN OUR NORTHEAST TUESDAY
EVENING...WELL MATCHING TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND SLOWLY DECREASING
DURING TUESDAY NIGHT. THE EC AND GFS AND GEM HAVE ALL BEEN
KICKING OUT TOO MUCH PRECIPITATION LATELY...LAST NIGHT WAS A GOOD
EXAMPLE...AND UNDER THE DEVELOPING COLD ADVECTION REGIME...WITHOUT
THE UPPER SUPPORT PASSES BY...IT WILL BE HARD TO GET MORE THAN A
VERY FEW HUNDREDTHS OF PRECIP. THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE MODEL
DIFFERENCES. THIS WILL LEAVE CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR LIGHT
SNOW...GENERALLY HIGHER NORTH...FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY...WITH A LINGERING SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN/SNOW IN
THE FAR SOUTHEAST OVER PART OF NORTHWEST IA EARLY TUESDAY EVENING.
THIS IS AHEAD OF AND WITH THE VERY STRONG INFLOW OF VERY COLD
AIR...THE ONE THING WHICH IS IN ZERO DOUBT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
AT LEAST INTO MID MORNING WEDNESDAY AND SHOW ONLY A SLIGHT RISE
DURING THE DAY...WITH WIND CHILLS DIVING BELOW ZERO AND STAYING
BELOW ZERO..EXCEPT SLIGHTLY LESS COLD FAR SOUTHEAST.
WILL KEEP FLURRIES WITH SOME LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...AND KEEP JUST DRY AND COLD THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL HOLD UP ENOUGH AHEAD OF THE ARCTIC HIGH TO
BRING IS VERY CLOSE TO WIND CHILL ADVISORY LEVELS BOTH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS
CLOSER TOT HAT TIME SINCE WE HAVE NOT OF COURSE BEEN THIS COLD SO
FAR IN THE SEASON.
THE WEEKEND SEEMS TO OFFER A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE OF SNOW BY SUNDAY
THAN YESTERDAY...WITH OTHER MODELS JOINING THE EC ON THIS. WILL GO
FOR A MENTION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS PER EXTENDED GUIDANCE.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE LESS COLD...BUT A TESTIMONY TO THE
COLD AIR SHOT COMING IN IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE DURING THE
WEEKEND...WE WILL ACTUALLY WARM TO HIGHS IN THE TEENS AND LOWS IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS.
FOR DAY SEVEN...NEXT MONDAY...A DRY FORECAST SEEMS IN ORDER...WITH
NOT MUCH TEMPERATURE CHANGE FROM SUNDAY...THAT IS STILL PRETTY COLD.
WITH QUESTIONABLE SNOW AMOUNTS THE NEXT FEW DAYS...TEMPERATURES ARE
IN A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF DOUBT...WITH EVEN A VERY MODEST SNOW COVER
KEEPING READINGS COLDER THAN THIS CURRENT FORECAST.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1138 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2013
VERY COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN SETTING UP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE
TAF PERIOD WITH LOW CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY EXPECTED. CEILINGS WILL
REMAIN AROUND 1200 FEET OR LESS. A BAND OF SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL SD IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND SLOWLY SPREAD EAST NORTHEASTWARD
TOWARDS THE I29 CORRIDOR BY AROUND 00Z...CONTINUING INTO SW MINNESOTA
THROUGH 03Z. LOCALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE BAND AND
MAY DROP VISIBILITY AS LOW AS 1/2 SM AT TIMES. THE EXACT LOCATION OF
THE HEAVIER BAND IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...BUT THE BEST POTENTIAL
RIGHT NOW APPEARS TO BE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL SD INTO THE KFSD AREA INTO
THE WINDOM/MARSHALL AREA. FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST
IOWA WILL SEE LESSER CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION WHILE WARMER
TEMPERATURES IN THIS AREA WILL ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO FALL INITIALLY
AS RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST
OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY BY CREATING AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING AT TIMES. CANNOT RULE OUT OCCASIONAL
REDUCTIONS TO 1/4SM OR LESS IN SNOW BANDING AND WIND. AFTER
09Z...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE GRADUALLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
INTO THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD 18Z/WEDNESDAY...BUT SCATTERED LIGHT
SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR SDZ050-061>069.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR
SDZ040-056.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR
SDZ038-039-052>055-057>060.
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR
MNZ071-072-080-081-097.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR MNZ089-090-098.
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR IAZ001-002.
NE...NONE.
&&
UPDATE...CHAPMAN
SHORT TERM...
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 3, 10:37 AM CST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1037 AM CST TUE DEC 03 2013 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-041200- 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- 1037 AM CST TUE DEC 03 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER... SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SPREAD TOWARD INTERSTATE 29 NORTH OF VERMILLION BY EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND FAR NORTHWEST IOWA DURING THE EVENING. SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT TO 20 TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH THE VISIBILITY AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES NORTH OF A LINE FROM YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO WINDOM MINNESOTA...WITH TWO INCHES OR LESS EXPECTED SOUTH OF THAT LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 18. LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY AS WELL AS AROUND STORM LAKE AND CHEROKEE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO ABOUT A HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A LINE FROM YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO WINDOM MINNESTOTA...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES SOUTH OF THAT LINE. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW ZERO TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL BE LIKELY ON THURSDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND 5 BELOW ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. SCHUMACHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 16 more | 41 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:11 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.