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Blizzard Warning 7, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 31, 20148 counties in South Dakota; Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this blizzard warning at Mar 31, 2014, 4:32 AM CDT for 8 counties in South Dakota; Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 31, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 3 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 31, 2014, 4:32 AM CDT (09:32 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 31, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 1, 2014, 1:11 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Miner County, SD, Sanborn County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 31, 7:00 PM CDTSNOW 1Iroquois, SD
Mar 31, 8:55 PM CDTSNOW 25 S Chamberlain, SD
Mar 31, 9:00 PM CDTSNOW 0.2Huron, 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 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2014-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2014-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

716 
WWUS43 KFSD 310932
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
432 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

SDZ038-052-053-057-058-311745-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0003.140331T1800Z-140401T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.140331T1800Z-140401T0600Z/
BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY
432 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM
CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME OF
  CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH
  THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS RUNNING ALONG A LINE FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO
  HURON. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SETTLE INTO A 30 TO
  45 MPH RANGE MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50
  MPH POSSIBLE IN BRULE AND AURORA COUNTIES ALONG INTERSTATE 90.
  THE WINDS WILL THEN VERY SLOWLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL
  CHANGE TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.
  ONCE THE SNOW OCCURS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL
  OCCUR...SUBSIDING AFTER EARLY EVENING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES
  WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN ANY AREAS OF MODERATE TO
  HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-SDZ040-311745-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0003.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...BROOKINGS
432 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT
TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...TONIGHT IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 2 INCHES. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST VERY LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON...THEN NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL THEN
  SETTLE INTO A 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE THIS
  AFTERNOON...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO
  EAST AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY
  MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. WHEN THIS OCCURS...WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN FALLING SNOW...EVEN THOUGH NOT A LOT OF
  SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER
  MIDNIGHT ALONG WITH DECREASING SNOW CHANCES...WHICH WILL SLOWLY
  IMPROVE TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ039-054-311745-
/O.UPG.KFSD.BZ.A.0003.140331T2100Z-140401T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.140331T2100Z-140401T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-MINER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
HOWARD
432 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM
CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME
  OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH
  THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN KINGSBURY COUNTY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TOWARD EVENING. THE
  WINDS WILL THEN SETTLE INTO A 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE THROUGH THE
  EVENING HOURS...SLOWLY DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN WILL
  CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW PERSISTING THIS
  EVENING...MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. WINDS OF THESE
  MAGNITUDES WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN ANY AREAS OF
  MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IN THE EVENING 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...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

$$

SDZ059-060-311745-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.140331T2100Z-140401T0600Z/
DAVISON-HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
432 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME OF
  CONCERN. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY THIS
  AFTERNOON...THEN NORTHWEST AND SETTLE INTO A 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES ARE
  LIKELY TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO AROUND A QUARTER
  MILE WHEN THE SNOW IS FALLING...CREATING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
  THIS CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 90.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ050-063-064-311745-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.140331T1800Z-140401T0600Z/
GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
432 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME OF
  CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST THIS
  AFTERNOON AND SETTLE INTO A 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE...WITH SOME GUSTS
  APPROACHING 50 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL GREATLY
  REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WHEN THE SNOW IS FALLING...TO A
  QUARTER MILE MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL
  IMPROVE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS THE SNOW DECREASES.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ097-SDZ055-056-311745-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
PIPESTONE-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIPESTONE...MADISON...FLANDREAU
432 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...TONIGHT IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TOWARD EVENING...
  THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND SETTLE INTO A 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE
  THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH NOT A LOT OF SNOW IS
  EXPECTED...WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL GREATLY REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...MAKING TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WHEN
  THE SNOWFALL ENDS. 

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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
538 
WWUS43 KFSD 311652
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1152 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

SDZ038-052-053-057-058-010100-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.140331T1800Z-140401T0600Z/
BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY
1152 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME OF 
  CONCERN. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES...
  WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS RUNNING ALONG A LINE FROM 
  CHAMBERLAIN TO HURON. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SETTLE INTO A 30 TO 45
  MPH RANGE MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH
  POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL THEN VERY SLOWLY DECREASE THIS EVENING.
  ONCE THE SNOW OCCURS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL
  OCCUR...SUBSIDING AFTER EARLY EVENING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES
  WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN ANY AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
  SNOWFALL IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-SDZ040-010100-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...BROOKINGS
1152 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...TONIGHT IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 2 INCHES.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST VERY LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON...THEN NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL THEN SETTLE
  INTO A 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE THIS
  AFTERNOON...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO SNOW FROM WEST TO
  EAST AS THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRESSES. THE SNOW MAY BECOME
  BRIEFLY MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. WHEN THIS OCCURS... WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN FALLING SNOW. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY
  DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG WITH DECREASING SNOW CHANCES...WHICH
  WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ039-054-010100-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.140331T2100Z-140401T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-MINER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
HOWARD
1152 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME 
  OF CONCERN. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES...
  WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN KINGSBURY COUNTY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TOWARD EVENING. THE WINDS
  WILL THEN SETTLE INTO A 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE THROUGH THE EVENING
  HOURS...SLOWLY DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL FORM LATER THIS
  AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW PERSISTING THIS EVENING...MODERATE TO BRIEFLY
  HEAVY AT TIMES. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS IN ANY AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ050-063-064-010100-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.140331T1800Z-140401T0600Z/
GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
1152 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME OF 
  CONCERN. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST THIS 
  AFTERNOON AND SETTLE INTO A 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE...WITH SOME 
  GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL 
  GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WHEN THE SNOW IS 
  FALLING...TO A QUARTER MILE MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. 
  CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS THE SNOW 
  DECREASES. 

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.

&&

$$

MNZ097-SDZ055-056-010100-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
PIPESTONE-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIPESTONE...MADISON...FLANDREAU
1152 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...TONIGHT IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TOWARD EVENING... 
  THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND SETTLE INTO A 30 TO 45 MPH 
  RANGE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH NOT A LOT OF SNOW 
  IS EXPECTED...WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL GREATLY REDUCE 
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...MAKING TRAVEL 
  DIFFICULT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WHEN 
  THE SNOWFALL ENDS. 

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.

&&

$$

SDZ059-060-010100-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.140331T2100Z-140401T0600Z/
DAVISON-HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
1152 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME OF 
  CONCERN. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME WESTERLY THIS 
  AFTERNOON...THEN NORTHWEST AND SETTLE INTO A 30 TO 45 MPH 
  RANGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS OF THESE 
  MAGNITUDES ARE LIKELY TO GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO 
  AROUND A QUARTER MILE WHEN THE SNOW IS FALLING...CREATING 
  TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. THIS CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 
  90. 

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.

&&

$$
208 
WWUS43 KFSD 312101
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
401 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

MNZ071-072-SDZ040-010515-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...BROOKINGS
401 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...TONIGHT IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 2 INCHES.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST THIS
  EVENING AND AVERAGE 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. RAIN CHANCES
  WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING WITH PRECIPITATION QUICKLY CHANGING TO
  SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. THE SNOW MAY BECOME BRIEFLY MODERATE TO
  HEAVY AT TIMES. WHEN THIS OCCURS...WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.
  THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG WITH DECREASING
  SNOW CHANCES...WHICH WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ038-052-053-057-058-010515-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/
BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY
401 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME OF 
  CONCERN. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES... 
  WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS RUNNING ALONG A LINE FROM 
  CHAMBERLAIN TO HURON. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 45 MPH
  RANGE...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE. THE WINDS
  WILL THEN VERY SLOWLY DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF
  MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR...SUBSIDING AROUND MID EVENING.
  WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN ANY
  AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ039-054-010515-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-MINER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
HOWARD
401 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME 
  OF CONCERN. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 2 TO 4 INCHES... 
  WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN KINGSBURY COUNTY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE THROUGH
  THE EVENING HOURS...SLOWLY DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL
  FORM LATER BY EARLY EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT
  TIMES BEFORE SUBSIDING LATE THIS EVENING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES
  WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN ANY AREAS OF MODERATE TO
  HEAVY SNOWFALL.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ050-063-064-010515-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/
GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
401 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME OF 
  CONCERN. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 45 MPH...WITH SOME
  GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH THROUGH LATE EVENING. WINDS OF THESE
  MAGNITUDES WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WHEN THE SNOW
  IS FALLING...TO A QUARTER MILE MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES.
  CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE EVENING AS THE SNOW DECREASES.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ097-SDZ055-056-010515-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.140401T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
PIPESTONE-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIPESTONE...MADISON...FLANDREAU
401 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...TONIGHT IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING
  AND OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH NOT A LOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WINDS OF
  THESE MAGNITUDES WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...TO A
  HALF MILE OR LESS...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. CONDITIONS WILL
  IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WHEN THE SNOWFALL ENDS.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ059-060-010515-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/
DAVISON-HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
401 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME OF 
  CONCERN. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE THROUGH
  THE EVENING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES ARE LIKELY TO GREATLY REDUCE
  VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE WHEN THE SNOW IS
  FALLING...CREATING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
  AFFECT INTERSTATE 90.

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.

&&

$$
254 
WWUS43 KFSD 010235
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
935 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

MNZ071-072-011045-
/O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL
935 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
7 AM CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING...TONIGHT IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN. A BAND OF SNOW
  WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. WHILE NOT MUCH
  ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT...STRONG
  NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.


* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED
  TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH NOT A LOT OF SNOW IS
  EXPECTED... WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL GREATLY REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...TO A HALF MILE OR LESS ESPECIALLY WHEN
  THE SNOW IS FALLING...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT. CONDITIONS WILL
  IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WHEN THE SNOWFALL ENDS.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ052-053-057-058-010345-
/O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/
JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY
935 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. 

PRECIPITATION HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS ACROSS THE AREA MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE
EVENING...BUT IN GENERAL...VISIBILITIES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE ONE
MILE. 

$$

SDZ050-063-064-010345-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/
GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
935 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE
AREA...HOWEVER...LITTLE ADDITIONAL BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED. 

$$

SDZ040-011045-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BROOKINGS
935 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...TONIGHT IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 2 INCHES.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT...AND WILL SLOWLY
  DECREASE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. FALLING SNOW WILL COMPLICATE
  CONDITIONS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO WHITE OUT THIS
  EVENING...HOWEVER...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER
  MIDNIGHT. AS THE WINDS SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT...TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE. 

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.

&&

$$

SDZ038-010600-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/
BEADLE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HURON
935 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING...THIS EVENING IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES... WITH
  THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF BEADLE COUNTY.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH
  RANGE...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
  SLOWLY CURTAIL THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. WINDS OF THESE
  MAGNITUDES WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ039-054-010600-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/
KINGSBURY-MINER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
HOWARD
935 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* TIMING... THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES... 
  WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN KINGSBURY COUNTY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. LINGERING SNOW
  ACROSS THE AREA IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DWINDLE THROUGH THE LATE
  EVENING HOURS. WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SNOWFALL WILL
  PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ097-SDZ055-056-011045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
PIPESTONE-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIPESTONE...MADISON...FLANDREAU
935 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

* TIMING...TONIGHT IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH NOT A LOT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...
  WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT
  TIMES...TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT.
  CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WHEN THE SNOWFALL
  ENDS.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ059-060-010600-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/
DAVISON-HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
935 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

* TIMING...THIS EVENING IS OF PRIMARY CONCERN. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 ARE EXPECTED
  TO SLOWLY DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON
  TUESDAY. THESE WINDS IN COMBINATION OF THE SNOW MAY PRODUCE
  PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. 

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.

&&

$$
457 
WWUS43 KFSD 010611
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
111 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014

SDZ040-011200-
/O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BROOKINGS
111 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* TIMING...THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY TRACE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
  EXPECTED. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...
  WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
  BLOWING SNOW IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS UNTIL ABOUT DAYBREAK.
  VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR SO AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ038-039-054-010715-
/O.EXP.KFSD.BZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-MINER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...HOWARD
111 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014

...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE PRE DAWN HOURS. BUT
OVERALL THE WINDS WILL BE SLOWLY DECREASING LIMITING THE BLOWING
SNOW POTENTIAL.

$$

SDZ055-010715-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MADISON
111 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE PRE DAWN HOURS. BUT
OVERALL THE WINDS WILL BE SLOWLY DECREASING LIMITING THE BLOWING
SNOW POTENTIAL.

$$

SDZ059-060-010715-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140401T0600Z/
DAVISON-HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
111 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

IT WILL BE WINDY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...AND A WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA.

$$

MNZ071-072-011200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL
111 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING...THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY TRACE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
  EXPECTED. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...
  WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
  BLOWING SNOW IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS UNTIL ABOUT DAYBREAK.
  VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR SO AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ097-SDZ056-011200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-140401T1200Z/
PIPESTONE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU
111 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING...THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT IS THE TIME FRAME OF CONCERN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ONLY TRACE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
  EXPECTED. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...
  WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
  BLOWING SNOW IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS UNTIL ABOUT DAYBREAK.
  VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR SO AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

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Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

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