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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

January 15, 201420 counties in South Dakota; 11 counties in Iowa; Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this high wind warning at Jan 15, 2014, 2:50 PM CST for 20 counties in South Dakota; 11 counties in Iowa; Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jan 16, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 20 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
Jan 15, 2014, 2:50 PM CST (20:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 16, 2014, 9:00 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 33 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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
Jan 16, 6:09 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 611 Wsw Orange City, IAMESONET STATION 1 WSW ORANGE CITY /RTNI4/
Jan 16, 10:46 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 593 S Chamberlain, SDASOS STATION CHAMBERLAIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /9V9/
Jan 16, 10:52 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 622 Nnw Huron, SDASOS STATION HURON REGIONAL AIRPORT /HON/
Jan 16, 10:55 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 591 Ese Gregory, SDMESONET STATION 1 ESE GREGORY /K9D1/
Jan 16, 10:58 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 623 N Mitchell, SDASOS STATION MITCHELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /MHE/
Jan 16, 11:35 AM CSTHIGH SUST WINDS 462 N Yankton, SD
Jan 16, 11:35 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 631 Se Parkston, SDMESONET STATION 1 SE PARKSTON /K8V3/
Jan 16, 11:41 AM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 613 W Geddes, SDMESONET STATION LAKE ANDES RAWS /RLAS2/
Jan 16, 11:50 AM CSTHIGH SUST WINDS 472 Nnw Huron, SD
Jan 16, 11:53 AM CSTHIGH SUST WINDS 523 N Mitchell, SD
Jan 16, 12:00 PM CSTBLIZZARDHuron, SDVISIBILITY REPORTED BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE SINCE 1050 AM.
Jan 16, 12:01 PM CSTBLIZZARD5 Ne Salem, SDNEAR ZERO VISIBILITY REPORTED.
Jan 16, 12:15 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 622 N Yankton, SDAWOS STATION CHAN GURNEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /YKN/
Jan 16, 12:20 PM CSTBLIZZARD1 Se Tea, SDCOMPLETE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
Jan 16, 12:24 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 643 N Mitchell, SDASOS STATION MITCHELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /MHE/
Jan 16, 12:51 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 611 W Sergeant Bluff, IAASOS STATION SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT /SUX/
Jan 16, 12:52 PM CSTHIGH SUST WINDS 491 W Sergeant Bluff, IA
Jan 16, 12:55 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 581 Ssw Vermillion, SDMESONET STATION 1 SSW VERMILLION /KVMR/
Jan 16, 1:10 PM CSTBLIZZARDRock Rapids, IAWHITE OUT CONDITIONS REPORTED
Jan 16, 1:28 PM CSTNON-TSTM WND GST 631 W Sergeant Bluff, IAASOS STATION SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT /SUX/

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 12:00Z on 2014-01-15Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2014-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2225 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
383 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

976 
WWUS73 KFSD 152050
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
250 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-054>056-152200-
/O.CAN.KFSD.HW.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU
250 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014

...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WATCH. 

VERY STRONG WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY.
HOWEVER THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO...CREATING PERIODS OF WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. THUS THE HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A
BLIZZARD WARNING.

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-052-053-
057>071-160500-
/O.UPG.KFSD.HW.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.HW.W.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-
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...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...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
250 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY.
THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND INCREASE
  SIGNIFICANTLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
  IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY...EXPANDING
  EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS
  WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE
  25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS
  WILL LIKELY INCREASE FURTHER...AVERAGING 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
  60 TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE
  STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY FROM MITCHELL AND SIOUX FALLS AREAS INTO
  NORTHWEST IOWA IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE
  AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH COULD QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO
  A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$
6 follow-up statements
143 
WWUS73 KFSD 160346
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
946 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-052-053-
057>071-161200-
/O.CON.KFSD.HW.W.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-
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...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...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
946 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST
THURSDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND 
  INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS 
  ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BY DAYBREAK 
  THURSDAY...EXPANDING EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE 
  MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
  AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BY THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE FURTHER...AVERAGING 35 TO
  45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SNOW
  SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY FROM
  MITCHELL AND SIOUX FALLS INTO NORTHWEST IOWA IN THE LATE MORNING
  AND AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH
  COULD QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE FOR
  BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME IN OPEN AREAS. IF TRAVELING IN RURAL
  AREAS...BE PREPARED FOR ABRUPT CHANGES IN VISIBILITY WITH SNOW
  SHOWERS LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

SCHUMACHER
173 
WWUS73 KFSD 161105
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
505 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014

SDZ038-054-161915-
/O.EXA.KFSD.HW.W.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/
BEADLE-MINER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...HOWARD
505 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
  HOURS.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED
  THROUGH THE DAY...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH. SCATTERED SNOW
  SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF
  BLOWING SNOW...WHICH COULD QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS
  THAN A HALF MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME IN OPEN AREAS. IF
  TRAVELING IN RURAL AREAS...BE PREPARED FOR ABRUPT CHANGES IN
  VISIBILITY WITH SNOW SHOWERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-052-053-
057>071-161915-
/O.CON.KFSD.HW.W.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-
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...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...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
505 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 45 MPH WITH
  GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH LIKELY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL
  ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS TODAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE
  JAMES RIVER. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH COULD
  QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE FOR BRIEF
  PERIODS OF TIME IN OPEN AREAS. IF TRAVELING IN RURAL AREAS...BE
  PREPARED FOR ABRUPT CHANGES IN VISIBILITY WITH SNOW SHOWERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

CHENARD
131 
WWUS73 KFSD 161617
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1017 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014

IAZ001>003-012>014-SDZ038-054-061-062-067-161730-
/O.CAN.KFSD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-BEADLE-MINER-MCCOOK-
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...HURON...HOWARD...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
1017 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. VERY
STRONG WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE GREATER
THAN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED...WITH AMOUNTS TO AROUND AN INCH NOW
EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

IAZ020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-052-053-057>060-063>066-
068>071-170030-
/O.CON.KFSD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0300Z/
PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-
JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-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...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...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
1017 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS 
  EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 45 MPH WITH
  GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH LIKELY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL
  ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS TODAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF
  THE JAMES RIVER. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH
  COULD QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE FOR
  BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME IN OPEN AREAS. IF TRAVELING IN RURAL
  AREAS...BE PREPARED FOR ABRUPT CHANGES IN VISIBILITY WITH SNOW
  SHOWERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$
201 
WWUS73 KFSD 162102
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
302 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014

IAZ020-021-162215-
/O.CAN.KFSD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0300Z/
PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE
302 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. VERY
STRONG WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING HOURS.
HOWEVER...SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA WAS GREATER THAN PREVIOUSLY
ANTICIPATED...RESULTING IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO
BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

IAZ022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-052-053-057>060-063>066-068>071-
170300-
/O.CON.KFSD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0300Z/
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...
HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...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
302 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS 
  EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 45 MPH WITH
  GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AT TIMES. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL
  ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER.
  THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH COULD QUICKLY REDUCE
  THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME IN
  OPEN AREAS. IF TRAVELING IN RURAL AREAS...BE PREPARED FOR ABRUPT
  CHANGES IN VISIBILITY WITH SNOW SHOWERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$
680 
WWUS73 KFSD 170119
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
719 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014

SDZ050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-170230-
/O.CAN.KFSD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0300Z/
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR
719 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO AROUND
10 MPH BY FRIDAY MORNING.

$$

IAZ022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ066-069>071-170300-
/O.CON.KFSD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0300Z/
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-TURNER-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...
HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...
HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
719 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE MORE
  HOURS.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL
  GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
  WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS AND CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING
  SNOW...WHICH COULD QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A
  MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME IN OPEN AREAS. IF TRAVELING IN
  RURAL AREAS...BE PREPARED FOR ABRUPT CHANGES IN VISIBILITY WITH
  SNOW SHOWERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$
521 
WWUS73 KFSD 170301
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
901 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014

IAZ022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ066-069>071-170415-
/O.EXP.KFSD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140117T0300Z/
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-TURNER-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...
HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...
HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
901 PM CST THU JAN 16 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 10 TO
20 MPH BY FRIDAY MORNING.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 2:50 PM CSTBlizzard WarningFSDBeadle, Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook and 3 more33 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in South Dakota, 2014High Wind Warnings in Iowa, 2014High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 2014Every high wind 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.