Alert archive / Minnesota / Blizzard Warnings in 2014
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Jan 3, 2014, 8:46 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 3, 2014, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2014, 8:46 AM CST (14:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2014, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
529 WWUS43 KFSD 031446 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 846 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-032100- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.140103T1500Z-140103T2100Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 846 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SCATTERED FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING...ALTHOUGH NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND JUST NORTHEAST OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE... WHERE A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE WILL BE COMMON...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE. 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ SDZ039-040-055-056-032100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T2100Z/ KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 846 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. * ACCUMULATIONS...SCATTERED FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE VISIBILITY WILL BE LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. POCKETS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CHENARD
2 follow-up statements
596 WWUS43 KFSD 031501 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 901 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-032100- /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T2100Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 901 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...SCATTERED FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING...ALTHOUGH NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND JUST NORTHEAST OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE... WHERE A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE WILL BE COMMON...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE. 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ001>003-MNZ098-SDZ062-032100- /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T2100Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS 901 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. * ACCUMULATIONS...SCATTERED FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE VISIBILITY WILL BE LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. POCKETS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ039-040-055-056-032100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T2100Z/ KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 901 AM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. * ACCUMULATIONS...SCATTERED FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING... ALTHOUGH NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE VISIBILITY WILL BE LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. POCKETS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CHENARD
709 WWUS43 KFSD 032058 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 258 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-040500- /O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0001.140103T2100Z-140104T1500Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 258 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A LIGHT WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED ANYTIME BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONLY A COATING TO A FEW TENTHS IS EXPECTED. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES ARE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE VISIBILITY WILL BE LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. POCKETS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS IN THE BUFFALO RIDGE VICINITY. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE LIKELY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FLURRIES MAY CAUSE AREAS OF VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE AT TIMES...WITH POCKETS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AGAIN POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. 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. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ001-SDZ062-032200- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T2100Z/ LYON-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIOUX FALLS 258 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... VISIBILITY FROM BLOWING SNOW HAS IMPROVED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ SDZ038-054-040500- /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0001.140103T2100Z-140104T1500Z/ BEADLE-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...HOWARD 258 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED ANYTIME BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONLY A COATING TO A FEW TENTHS IS EXPECTED. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES ARE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE LIKELY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FLURRIES MAY CAUSE AREAS OF VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE AT TIMES...WITH POCKETS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AGAIN POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ002-003-MNZ098-SDZ039-040-055-056-040500- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T1500Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-ROCK-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...LUVERNE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU 258 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A LIGHT WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED ANYTIME BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONLY A COATING TO A FEW TENTHS IS EXPECTED. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES ARE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE VISIBILITY WILL BE LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. POCKETS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS IN THE BUFFALO RIDGE VICINITY. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE LIKELY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE FLURRIES MAY CAUSE AREAS OF VISIBILITY BELOW A MILE AT TIMES...WITH POCKETS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AGAIN POSSIBLE IN OPEN AREAS. 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. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CHENARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 3:38 PM CST | Wind Chill Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2014Every blizzard warning in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.