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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 7, 20136 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm watch at Apr 7, 2013, 3:55 AM CDT for 6 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Apr 9, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2013, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2013, 4:59 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Aurora County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Jerauld County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Apr 6, 11:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 11:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.