Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2014
Blizzard Warning 8, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this blizzard warning at Mar 30, 2014, 12:01 PM CDT for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 31, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr. 44 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
- Mar 30, 2014, 12:01 PM CDT (17:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2014, 5:56 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
All 28 counties
Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:40 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | 6 Se Mcintosh, SD | A HALF INCH OF SNOW STILLL SNOWING. VSBY 500 FEET IN BLIZZARD. 40 MPH WIINDS. |
| Mar 31, 9:09 AM CDT | FREEZING DRIZZLE | Hoven, SD | FREEZING DRIZZLE BEGAN ABOUT 8AM CDT AND TRANSITIONED TO LIGHT SNOW ABOUT 9AM CDT. VERY LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. |
| Mar 31, 9:35 AM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 6 E Hayes, SD | FREEZING RAIN JUST STARTED. GUST TO 40 MPH.. 22 DEGREES. |
| Mar 31, 9:38 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Eagle Butte, SD | SNOW INCREASING IN EAGLE BUTTE. VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE QUARTER MILE. WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. |
| Mar 31, 10:30 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Pollock, SD | CHANGED OVER FROM SLEET TO SNOW WITH QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY OR LESS |
| Mar 31, 11:31 AM CDT | BLIZZARD | Mobridge, SD | MOBRIDGE ASOS QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND 49MPH WIND GUST |
| Mar 31, 11:37 AM CDT | HEAVY SLEET 0 | Ipswich, SD | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS HEAVY SLEET IN IPSWICH WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE |
| Mar 31, 12:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Tulare, SD | LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MI VISIBILITY WITH ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOWFALL REPORTED |
| Mar 31, 12:04 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Onida, SD | VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE WITH 40 MPH WIND IN HEAVY SNOW. JUST STARTED ACCUMULATING |
| Mar 31, 12:26 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Mclaughlin, SD | VISIBILITY DOWN TO ZERO AT TIMES WITH WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. |
| Mar 31, 12:53 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 16 W Gettysburg, SD | SNOWING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. 2 INCHES ALREADY WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS 35 MPH AND HIGHER |
| Mar 31, 1:06 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 17 N Hayes, SD | VSBY 100 YDS AT BEST... 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR STILL SNOWING... WIND GUSTS 35 PLUS MPH |
| Mar 31, 1:19 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 16 N Draper, SD | VSBY LESS THAN QUARTER MILE AT TIMES WITH GUSTY N WINDS |
| Mar 31, 1:21 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 6 E Hayes, SD | VSBY ZERO AT TIMES. ESTIMATED WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH |
| Mar 31, 1:21 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Pierre, SD | COOP OBSERVER REPORTS ZERO VISIBILITY IN PIERRE |
| Mar 31, 1:32 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Eureka, SD | VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN EUREKA DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. THUNDER ALSO REPORTED. |
| Mar 31, 1:45 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 2 N Hoven, SD | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO 100 YARDS AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. ABOUT 1 INCH OF SNOW. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Bowdle, SD | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DEVELOPED BETWEEN BOWDLE AND HOSMER AROUND 2PM |
| Mar 31, 2:01 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 14 Sw Mission Ridge, SD | VSBY ZERO AT TIMES. 4-6 INCHES OF SNOW STILL SNOWING HARD. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH |
| Mar 31, 2:10 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 8 N Vivian, SD | VISIBILITY DOWN TO 50 YDS NORTH OF VIVIAN. WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. SNOWFALL AROUND 1 INCH...STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 31, 3:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 16 Nw Gann Valley, SD | ZERO VISIBILITY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUST TO 50 MPH. |
| Mar 31, 3:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Faulkton, SD | WORST CONDITIONS BETWEEN ABOUT 3PM AND 10 PM. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WITH WINDS GUSTING OVER 45 MPH. |
| Mar 31, 3:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Highmore, SD | WORST CONDITIONS BETWEEN ABOUT 3PM AND 6PM. ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY AND WINDS GUSTING TO 44 MPH. |
| Mar 31, 3:05 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 13 Sw Rosseau, SD | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE QUARTER MILE AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH. STORM TOTAL ESTIMATE OF 2 INCHES OF SNOW. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 31, 4:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Miller, SD | WORST CONDITIONS BETWEEN 4PM AND 10PM. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND WINDS GUSTING TO 47 MPH. |
| Mar 31, 4:36 PM CDT | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Clear Lake, SD | ICE ACCUMULATED ON SIDE OF BUILDING |
| Mar 31, 5:00 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Pollock, SD | OBSERVER MEASURED 5 INCHES OF SNOW...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON |
| Mar 31, 5:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Webster, SD | 3.0 INCHES OF SNOW...VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WIND GUST 51 MPH AT 855 PM CDT |
| Mar 31, 7:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 1 N Ortonville, MN | WORST CONDITIONS BETWEEEN 7PM AND 10PM. VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER MILE AND WINDS TO 40 MPH. |
| Mar 31, 7:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Hayti, SD | WORST CONDITIONS BETWEEN 7PM AND 10PM. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH A PEAK WIND OF 56 MPH. |
| Mar 31, 7:27 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Clark, SD | OBSERVER IN CLARK REPORTS ZERO VISIBILITY BETWEEN GARDEN CITY AND CLARK |
| Mar 31, 8:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 3 W Sisseton, SD | 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN TOWN...VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW BETWEEN 8 PM WEDNESDAY AND 2 AM TUESDAY...WIND GUST 47 MPH AT 11 PM CDT |
| Mar 31, 8:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Langford, SD | 3.0 INCHES OF SNOW...VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE BETWEEN 8 PM AND 11 PM IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WIND GUST 57 MPH AT 10 PM CDT |
| Mar 31, 8:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Langford, SD | VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE BETWEEN 8 PM AND 11 PM IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW |
| Mar 31, 8:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Milbank, SD | BLIZZARD CONDITIONS STARTED AROUND 8PM AFTER AN HOUR OR TWO OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET |
| Mar 31, 9:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | 1 E Aberdeen, SD | ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE VISIBILITY AT NWS ABR...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM |
| Mar 31, 9:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Brandt, SD | INTERSTATE 29 CLOSED FROM BROOKINGS TO THE NORTH DAKOTA LINE DUE TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WITH A PEAK WIND OF 48 MPH AT THE BRANDT MESONET STATION. |
| Mar 31, 9:00 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Watertown, SD | INTERSTATE 29 CLOSED FROM BROOKINGS TO THE NORTH DAKOTA LINE DUE TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY WITH A PEAK WIND AT WATERTOWN OF 56 MPH. |
| Mar 31, 9:30 PM CDT | BLIZZARD | Wheaton, MN | WORST CONDITIONS BETWEEN ABOUT 930PM AND MIDNIGHT. VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AND WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH. |
| Mar 31, 9:42 PM CDT | SNOW 2.7 | Timber Lake, SD | OBSERVER MEASURED 2.7 INCHES OF SNOW |
| Mar 31, 9:43 PM CDT | SNOW 7 | Bowdle, SD | OBSERVER MEASURED 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL |
| Mar 31, 9:46 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Kennebec, SD | MEASURED 5 INCHES WITH A PEAK WIND OF 56 MPH |
| Apr 1, 1:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.3 | Aberdeen, SD | FINAL STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Apr 1, 4:28 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Sisseton, 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 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
398 WWUS43 KABR 301701 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1201 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS STATES LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THERE REMAIN SOME UNCERTAINTIES WITH THE EXACT TIMING AND TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM...AS WELL AS PRECIPITATION TYPE. HOW QUICKLY RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. REGARDLESS THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FREEZING RAIN...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. DETAILS WILL BECOME MORE CLEAR WITH SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS. SDZ004-005-009-310515- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0004.140331T0600Z-140401T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0008.140331T0900Z-140401T0600Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...MOBRIDGE 1201 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...AS MUCH AS A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE WIDE RANGING AND STILL VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE ACCRETION OF ICE ON SURFACES SUCH AS POWER LINES AND TREES COULD RESULT IN POWER POLE AND TREE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLY POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ003-015-310515- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0004.140331T0600Z-140401T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.BZ.W.0008.140331T0900Z-140401T0600Z/ CORSON-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...TIMBER LAKE 1101 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...AS MUCH AS A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE WIDE RANGING AND STILL VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE ACCRETION OF ICE ON SURFACES SUCH AS POWER LINES AND TREES COULD RESULT IN POWER POLE AND TREE DAMAGE AND POSSIBLY POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ016-033>036-045-048-051-310515- /O.EXT.KABR.BZ.A.0004.140331T1200Z-140401T0300Z/ POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GETTYSBURG...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA... PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1201 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 /1101 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014/ ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE MONDAY EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO ALL SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY 6 AM CDT MONDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW...THAT IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ SDZ010-017-037-310515- /O.EXT.KABR.BZ.A.0004.140331T1200Z-140401T0600Z/ EDMUNDS-FAULK-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IPSWICH...FAULKTON...MILLER 1201 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A FEW HOURS MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AROUND MID DAY MONDAY AND PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS MONDAY MORNING. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW...THAT IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ SDZ006-007-011-018-019-310515- /O.EXT.KABR.BZ.A.0004.140331T1800Z-140401T0600Z/ BROWN-MARSHALL-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...WEBSTER... REDFIELD...CLARK 1201 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A FEW HOURS LATE MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...IS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW...THAT IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ008-020>023-310515- /O.EXT.KABR.BZ.A.0004.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-ROBERTS-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...SISSETON... WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 1201 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A FEW HOURS MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...IS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW...THAT IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ DORN
7 follow-up statements
849 WWUS43 KABR 310241 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 941 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTIES WITH THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM. RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY ALSO OCCUR FOR A TIME WITH THIS STORM. OTHERWISE...SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SDZ016-033>036-045-048-051-311445- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0004.140331T1200Z-140401T0300Z/ /O.EXB.KABR.BZ.W.0008.140331T1200Z-140401T0600Z/ POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GETTYSBURG...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA... PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 941 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 /841 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE MONDAY EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO ALL SNOW. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH BY MONDAY MORNING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WHEN THE STRONG WINDS COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ010-017-037-311445- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0004.140331T1200Z-140401T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KABR.BZ.W.0008.140331T1200Z-140401T0600Z/ EDMUNDS-FAULK-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IPSWICH...FAULKTON...MILLER 941 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW ON MONDAY MORNING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO ALL SNOW. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH MONDAY MORNING. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ006-018-311445- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0004.140331T1800Z-140401T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KABR.BZ.W.0008.140331T1800Z-140401T0900Z/ BROWN-SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...REDFIELD 941 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN DEVELOPING TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW BY NOON MONDAY. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE PRECIPITATION TURNS TO ALL SNOW. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS... IS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ003>005-009-015-311445- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0008.140331T0900Z-140401T0600Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...TIMBER LAKE 941 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 /841 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ MONDAY TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...AS MUCH AS A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-311445- /O.EXT.KABR.BZ.A.0004.140331T2100Z-140401T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 941 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A FEW HOURS MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS... IS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW...THAT IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MOHR
224 WWUS43 KABR 310923 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 423 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA...CHANGING FROM RAIN TO SNOW...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE DURING THIS TRANSITION. ONCE SNOW DOES DEVELOP IT WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS TO VERY RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-312130- /O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0004.140331T2100Z-140401T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KABR.BZ.W.0008.140331T2100Z-140401T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 423 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY EARLY EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS... IS POSSIBLE. WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ006-018-312130- /O.EXT.KABR.BZ.W.0008.140331T1800Z-140401T0600Z/ BROWN-SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...REDFIELD 423 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AND PERSISTING INTO THE NIGHT. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS... IS POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ003>005-009-015-312130- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-DEWEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...TIMBER LAKE 423 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /323 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ010-016-017-033>037-045-048-051-312130- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0008.140331T1200Z-140401T0600Z/ EDMUNDS-POTTER-FAULK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN- BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IPSWICH...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO... PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 423 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /323 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AND PERSISTING INTO THE NIGHT. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WHEN THE STRONG WINDS COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
375 WWUS43 KABR 311738 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1238 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM IS BEARING DOWN ON THE REGION TODAY AND WILL LAST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING INTO THE REGION. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS SNOW...ADDITIONAL AREAS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION INTO SNOW AND JOIN THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WORKING EAST. WHEREVER MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS OCCURRING...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS TO VERY RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-010545- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA... MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO... PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1238 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /1138 AM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW IS ONGOING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WILL BE COMPLETELY CHANGED OVER TO SNOW BY 2 PM CDT...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...IS EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ006-018-010545- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0008.140331T1800Z-140401T0600Z/ BROWN-SPINK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...REDFIELD 1238 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SNOW BY 4 PM CDT AND PERSIST WELL INTO THE NIGHT. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS... IS EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-010545- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0008.140331T2100Z-140401T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 1238 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY 7 PM CDT AND PERSISTING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE...GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS...IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON HOW QUICKLY RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$
650 WWUS43 KABR 010208 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 908 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA... SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>035-045-048-010315- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-JONES- LYMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE... TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...MURDO... PRESHO 908 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /808 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. VISIBILITIES HAVE BEGUN TO IMPROVE AS THE STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO SHIFT EASTWARD...THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BLOWING SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-011200- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 908 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ005-006-010-017-018-036-037-051-010600- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/ MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-FAULK-SPINK-HYDE-HAND-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH... FAULKTON...REDFIELD...HIGHMORE...MILLER...FORT THOMPSON 908 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ PARKIN
576 WWUS43 KABR 010559 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1259 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING FROM WEST TO EAST... SDZ005-006-010-017-018-036-037-051-010700- /O.EXP.KABR.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/ MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-FAULK-SPINK-HYDE-HAND-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH... FAULKTON...REDFIELD...HIGHMORE...MILLER...FORT THOMPSON 1259 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... SNOWFALL HAS ENDED WHICH HAS LED TO IMPROVING VISIBILITY. ALTHOUGH...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS NORTH WINDS REMAIN GUSTY. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-011200- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 1259 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE ENDING BY SUNRISE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH FALLING SNOW. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND AN INCH OR LESS THROUGH SUNRISE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ TMT
128 WWUS43 KABR 010905 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 405 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING FROM WEST TO EAST... SDZ007-011-019-020-022-023-011015- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ MARSHALL-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRITTON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN... CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 405 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. VISIBILITY IS IMPROVING AS SNOWFALL MOVES EAST INTO MINNESOTA. ALTHOUGH...AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MORNING. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ008-021-011200- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-ROBERTS-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...SISSETON... MILBANK 405 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL COME TO AN END BY SUNRISE. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A HALF INCH OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ TMT
468 WWUS43 KABR 011056 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 556 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND AWAY FROM THE REGION THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY IS IMPROVING AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE COMING TO AN END. MNZ039-046-SDZ008-021-011200- /O.CAN.KABR.BZ.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-ROBERTS-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...SISSETON... MILBANK 556 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...BUT WIDESPREAD LOW VISIBILITY IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ TMT
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Mar 30, 6:44 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 6:44 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
644 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014
.UPDATE...
SEE UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A WEAK SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS SITUATED ACROSS THE DAKOTAS
THIS MORNING AND WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTH BEFORE MERGING WITH THE
MORE IMPACTFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LATER TODAY. ALTHOUGH SOME HIGH
LEVEL CLOUDS WILL BE STREAMING OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES SHOULD
STILL RISE INTO THE 50S AND 60S TODAY.
ATTENTION IS MAINLY FOCUSED ON THE STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE
REGION LATER TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE OVERALL SYSTEM
IS VERY DYNAMIC...WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AS WELL AS MESOSCALE
FORCING. MODELS HAVE STARTED TO TREND SLIGHTLY SLOWER AND WARMER
IN THE LOWER LEVELS WITH THIS SYSTEM...WHICH HAS PROMPTED A FEW
TIMING CHANGES IN THE WATCH THIS MORNING. SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY
STILL REMAINS THAT HEADLINES WERE NOT UPGRADED TO WARNINGS AT THIS
TIME...AS FURTHER DETAILS MAY BECOME MORE CLEAR IN ANOTHER MODEL
RUN. MODELS AGREE PRETTY WELL ON THE SURFACE LOW CENTERED OVER
NORTHEAST WYOMING/SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA BY ABOUT 06Z...WITH A WARM
FRONT PUSHING NORTHWARD. THE LOW THEN TRACKS INTO SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE THE LARGER MODEL DIFFERENCES
APPEAR. THE ECMWF/GEM KEEP THE LOW FURTHER TO THE WEST BEFORE
LIFTING IT NORTHEASTWARD INTO MINNESOTA. THIS SOLUTION KEEPS AN
INVERTED TROUGH EXTENDING BACK INTO OUR CWA...AND THUS WARMER
AIR...FOR A LONGER TIME PERIOD. THIS ALSO PUSHES THE HEAVIEST
TROWL REGION/BAND OF FRONTOGENESIS FURTHER WEST. WHEREAS THE
GFS/NAM ARE MORE PROGRESSIVE AND BRING IN THE COLD AIR ON THE BACK
SIDE OF THE SYSTEM MUCH MORE QUICKLY...AND KEEP THE HEAVIEST BAND
OF SNOW FURTHER TO THE EAST. AFTER COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORS AS
WELL AS HPC...THE GENERAL CONSENSUS WAS TO TREND THE FORECAST
TOWARD THE ECMWF/GEM SOLUTIONS. THIS FORECAST SOLUTION DOES
INTRODUCE THE GREATER POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF
THE EASTERN CWA HOWEVER. IT ALSO RESULTS IN THE HEAVIEST BAND OF
SNOWFALL TO BE POSITIONED FROM NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO
NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LIKEWISE...SLOWING DOWN THE SYSTEM ALSO
MEANS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT SETS UP A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE
WEST...AND THEREFORE PUT ALL CWA COUNTIES INTO A BLIZZARD WATCH.
VERY COLD AIR PUSHES IN BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND TUESDAY
MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. WITH A
FRESH SNOWPACK ON THE GROUND...EVEN A FEW LOCATIONS DROPPING BELOW
ZERO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...AND THAT IS NO APRIL FOOLS JOKE.
A BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL SET UP ACROSS SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN
EXITING HIGH PRESSURE AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE
ROCKIES ON TUESDAY. THIS AREA COULD SEE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL.
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
THE EXTENDED CONTINUES TO LOOK VERY ACTIVE. THE PERIOD OPENS WITH
SOME SHORTWAVE ENERGY CREEPING UP INTO WESTERN SD. AT THE SAME
TIME SFC HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN CWA AND MN. THE
GFS HAS FINALLY CAUGHT ONTO THE ECMWF SOLUTION WITH THE DRIER AIR
OVER THE EAST. BACKED OFF SIGNIFICANTLY ON ALLBLEND POPS TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE EAST. COULD SEE AN ARGUMENT FOR
REDUCING POPS FARTHER WEST AS WELL.
BY THURSDAY THE ECMWF STARTS TO MOVE A MORE POTENT SFC LOW ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS LOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING PRECIP A
MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TO THE REGION...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN CWA...DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK. BY THE WEEKEND SFC
HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR MOVE IN ONCE AGAIN.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW AVERAGE THROUGH THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...
12Z TAFS FOR THE KABR...KATY...KPIR AND KMBG TERMINALS
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL TAF LOCATIONS THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. A WEAK COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE SLIPPING SLOWLY
SOUTH AND THROUGH ALL TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING WINDS
AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST. WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY OVERNIGHT AS A
STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES MOVES INTO NEBRASKA. PRECIP
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE WESTERN TAFS
BETWEEN 0Z AND 6Z...REACHING THE EASTERN TAF SITES BETWEEN 6Z AND
12Z. PRECIP WILL BEGIN AS RAIN AND CIGS AND VSBY WILL DROP TO
MVFR. TOWARD THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD KMBG WILL SWITCH OVER TO
SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VSBY TO IFR.
&&
.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT FOR
BROWN-BUFFALO-CAMPBELL-EDMUNDS-FAULK-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-
MCPHERSON-POTTER-SPINK-SULLY-WALWORTH.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
CLARK-CODINGTON-DAY-DEUEL-GRANT-HAMLIN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR
CORSON-DEWEY-JONES-LYMAN-STANLEY.
MN...BLIZZARD WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
BIG STONE-TRAVERSE.
&&
UPDATE...WISE
SHORT TERM...SERR
LONG TERM...WISE
AVIATION...WISE
WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEENHazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 5:27 AM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 527 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-311030- TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES- LYMAN-BUFFALO- 527 AM CDT SUN MAR 30 2014 /427 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PRECIPITATION SPREADS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TRANSITION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. SERR
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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.