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Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Jan 22, 2014, 10:48 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 7 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 22, 2014, 10:48 AM CST (16:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 16:53 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, 4.8 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
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
770 WWUS43 KFSD 221648 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1048 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-230100- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140123T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.140122T1648Z-140123T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0009.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ 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 1048 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW INTO THIS AFTERNOON. BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY A COATING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH...ARE LIKELY INTO THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE ARE OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. IN OPEN AREAS...NUMEROUS PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...WITH SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY MORNING. 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. 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. && $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ098-SDZ039-040-055-056-062-067-230100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140123T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0009.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-ROCK-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- LAKE-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LUVERNE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX... TEA...HARRISBURG 1048 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW INTO THIS AFTERNOON. BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY A COATING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH...ARE LIKELY FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. VISIBILITY WILL DROP BELOW A MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...WITH SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. && $$ IAZ020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-050-052>054-057>061-063>066- 068>071-230100- /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0009.140122T2000Z-140123T1800Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE- GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK- CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1048 AM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTING INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE...ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. A FEW PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE AS THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...BUT WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RAPIDLY FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOST AREAS WILL SEE READINGS BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND 25 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...BEFORE SLOWLY IMPROVING THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
681 WWUS43 KFSD 222127 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 327 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 IAZ003-SDZ039-040-230530- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140123T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KFSD.WC.Y.0009.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.W.0002.140122T2127Z-140123T1800Z/ DICKINSON-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS 327 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH...ARE LIKELY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE TONIGHT...AND TO AROUND 10 MPH THURSDAY MORNING. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...SLOWLY IMPROVING TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO BY NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ001-002-012>014-MNZ098-SDZ055-056-062-067-230530- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140123T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WC.Y.0009.140122T2127Z-140123T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-ROCK-LAKE-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON... HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LUVERNE...MADISON...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 327 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH...ARE LIKELY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE TONIGHT...AND TO AROUND 10 MPH THURSDAY MORNING. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE TONIGHT...WITH SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-230530- /O.UPG.KFSD.WC.Y.0009.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WC.W.0002.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140123T0000Z/ 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 327 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH...ARE LIKELY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE TONIGHT...AND TO AROUND 10 MPH THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...SLOWLY IMPROVING TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO BY NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 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. && $$ IAZ020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-050-052>054-057>061-063>066- 068>071-230530- /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE- GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK- CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 327 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH...ARE LIKELY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE TONIGHT...AND TO AROUND 10 MPH THURSDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 20 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...BEFORE SLOWLY IMPROVING THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ CHENARD
044 WWUS43 KFSD 222358 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 558 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-230800- /O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140123T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0002.140123T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 558 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA WITH IMPROVING VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...SLOWLY IMPROVING TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO BY NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ003-SDZ039-040-230800- /O.CON.KFSD.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ DICKINSON-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS 558 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE TONIGHT...AND TO AROUND 10 MPH THURSDAY MORNING. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...SLOWLY IMPROVING TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO BY NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IAZ001-002-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-050- 052>071-230800- /O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN- MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA- CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON... HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...LUVERNE... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...GREGORY... BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 558 PM CST WED JAN 22 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE TONIGHT...AND TO AROUND 10 MPH THURSDAY MORNING. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE TONIGHT...WITH SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 3:27 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 21 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.