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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

January 1, 20144 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 1, 2014, 3:09 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 1, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2014, 3:09 PM CST (21:09 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 1, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 2, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 42 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, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 2014-01-01Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-01-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 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.

066 
WWUS43 KFSD 012109
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
309 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014

IAZ001>003-012>014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ038>040-052>056-059>062-067-020515-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.140102T0000Z-140102T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG
309 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...GENERALLY LIGHT NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS BELOW
  ZERO...COMBINED WITH THE LIGHT WINDS...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL
  VALUES AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ058-064>066-068>071-020515-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.140102T0600Z-140102T1800Z/
PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-AURORA-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY...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
309 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST THURSDAY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...GENERALLY LIGHT NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW AND
  TEENS BELOW ZERO...COMBINED WITH THE LIGHT WINDS...WILL RESULT IN
  WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 25 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
064 
WWUS43 KFSD 020338
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
938 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014

IAZ001>003-012>014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ038>040-052>056-059>062-067-021145-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140102T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG
938 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
THURSDAY...

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...GENERALLY LIGHT NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH 
  AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO...
  COMBINED WITH THE LIGHT WINDS...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL 
  VALUES AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ058-064>066-068>071-021145-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.140102T0600Z-140102T1800Z/
PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-AURORA-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY...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
938 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
THURSDAY...

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...GENERALLY LIGHT NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH 
  AT TIMES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS 
  BELOW AND TEENS BELOW ZERO...COMBINED WITH THE LIGHT WINDS...
  WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 25 BELOW ZERO AT 
  TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$
900 
WWUS43 KFSD 021030
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
430 AM CST THU JAN 2 2014

IAZ001>003-012>014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ038>040-052>056-059>062-067-021800-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140102T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG
430 AM CST THU JAN 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...GENERALLY LIGHT NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH 
  AT TIMES. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO...
   COMBINED WITH THE LIGHT WINDS...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL 
  VALUES AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ058-064>066-068>071-021800-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140102T1800Z/
PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-AURORA-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY...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
430 AM CST THU JAN 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...GENERALLY LIGHT NORTH WINDS UP TO 10 MPH 
  AT TIMES. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS 
  BELOW AND TEENS BELOW ZERO...COMBINED WITH THE LIGHT WINDS... 
  WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 25 BELOW ZERO AT 
  TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$

SCHUMACHER
776 
WWUS43 KFSD 021736
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1136 AM CST THU JAN 2 2014

IAZ001>003-012>014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ038>040-052>056-059>062-067-021845-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140102T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG
1136 AM CST THU JAN 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING AND WINDS BECOMING LIGHTER...THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES AND WIND
CHILLS WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE DAY. PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA MAY CONTINUE TO SEE WIND
CHILLS AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

$$

IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ058-064>066-068>071-021845-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140102T1800Z/
PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-AURORA-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY...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
1136 AM CST THU JAN 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING AND WINDS BECOMING LIGHTER...THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON. HOWEVER WIND CHILLS WILL
LIKELY REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE DAY.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Jan 1, 3:05 PM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 3:05 PM CST, 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
305 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 305 PM CST WED JAN 1 2014

A VERY COLD NIGHT IS IN STORE FOR THE AREA AS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS
CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE REGION. THERE MAY BE SOME BREAKS IN THE
CLOUDS FROM TIME TO TIME...BUT OVERALL EXPECTING A MOSTLY CLOUDY
NIGHT...WITH MORE WIDESPREAD CLEARING WORKING IN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
TOMORROW MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD WILL
LEAD TO DECREASING WINDS...SO DESPITE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WE SHOULD
STILL DECOUPLE AND GET QUITE COLD...JUST NOT AS LOW AS WE WOULD HAVE
WITH CLEAR SKIES. IN GENERAL DID NOT MAKE MANY ADJUSTMENTS TO
OVERNIGHT LOWS...DID RAISE THEM JUST A BIT IN THE WEST WHERE CLOUDS
SHOULD BE MORE ABUNDANT...AND LOWERED THEM A TOUCH IN THE EAST WHERE
SOME CLEARING IS MORE PROBABLE. OVERALL LOOKING AT THE TEENS BELOW
ZERO FOR A MAJORITY OF THE AREA. EVEN THOUGH WINDS SHOULD EB
LIGHT...DECIDED TO ISSUE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR EVERYWHERE BUT
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AS EVEN A 5 TO 8 MPH BREEZE...WHICH IS
POSSIBLE FROM TIME TO TIME EVEN WITH HIGH PRESSURE NEARBY...WOULD
REALLY TANK THE WIND CHILLS TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. SO WHILE NOT
EVERYWHERE WILL SEE CRITERIA AT ALL TIMES THROUGH THE NIGHT AND
MORNING HOURS...IT WILL STILL BE BITTERLY COLD. COULD CONTINUE TO
SEE SOME SCATTERED FLURRIES THIS EVENING AS A WEAK WAVE WORKS ACROSS
PROVIDING WEAK LIFT THROUGH THE SNOW GROWTH ZONE CLOUD LAYER.

ONE MORE WEAK WAVE RIDING SOUTHEAST IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL MOVE
ACROSS LATER TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. LIFT IS PRETTY
WEAK...BUT MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL SEE AN AREA OF
FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW WITH THIS FEATURE...AS IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH
LIFT TO GET SNOW IN THIS FAVORABLE THERMAL PROFILE. EXPECT THE
ACTIVITY TO GENERALLY STAY ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER...WITH
TIMING FROM ABOUT 1 AM TO 9 AM. NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING MORE THAN A
COATING...POSSIBLY UP TO A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH IN GREGORY COUNTY.
OTHERWISE TOMORROW WILL SEE LIGHT WINDS AND CLEARING SKIES WITH HIGH
PRESSURE OVERHEAD. DID NOT MAKE MANY CHANGES TO THE GOING HIGH
TEMPERATURE FORECAST...WITH READINGS LIKELY STAYING BELOW ZERO
ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA...AND SINGLE DIGITS
ABOVE ZERO ELSEWHERE.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 305 CST WED JAN 1 2014

THE INITIAL QUESTION FOR THURSDAY NIGHT IS HOW MUCH TEMPERATURES
WILL COOL EARLY BEFORE THEY LEVEL OFF AND RISE DURING THE NIGHT.
WITH THE WARMING...AND INCREASING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS...SPREADING
WEST TO EAST...THERE WILL PROBABLY BE AT MOST A DEGREE OR TWO DROP
FAR SOUTHWEST. THE FAR EAST MAY COOL IN THE AREA OF 5 TO 10
DEGREES WITH LOWS OF 10 BELOW IN PART OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. BY
DAYBREAK READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO THE ZERO EAST TO 20
ABOVE SOUTHWEST RANGE. AT THIS TIME WITH LITTLE LIFT AND THE AIR
EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY BELOW MID LEVELS...NO PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. A LITTLE CLEARING SHOULD TAKE PLACE
FRIDAY DAYTIME AS TEMPERATURES OF COURSE CONTINUE TO WARM...WITH
HIGHS IN THE 20S EAST TO AS WARM AS 40 FAR SOUTHWEST.

INCREASING SOUTHERLY TO EVENTUALLY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BE
PART OF THE WARMING PATTERN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WINDS WILL
BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING OF THE LOOSE SNOW COVER
WE NOW HAVE...ABOVE THE UNDERLYING CRUST WHICH WOULD TAKE A
HURRICANE TO MOVE. ANYWAY...THERE APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH OF THIS
LOOSE SNOW TO CAUSE THE REQUIRED RESTRICTION TO VISIBILITY FOR
CONTINUING THE BLOWING SNOW MENTION. BUFKIT MODEL SOUNDINGS SEEM TO BE
GIVING A PRETTY GOOD PICTURE OF THE LOW LEVEL WINDS LATELY IN
CONTRAST TO THE POORER JOB THEY DO ON LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES. THE
BLOWING SNOW PROBLEM SHOULD TEND TO BE MORE IN THE NORTHEAST HALF
OF THE AREA WITH STRONGER WINDS AND MORE LOOSE SNOW.

FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BRING THE NEXT COLD FRONT AND SOME POTENTIAL FOR
LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS. WILL DROP OFF THE BLOWING SNOW MENTION
IN THE EVENING FOR THE EAST...THEN BRING IT BACK FROM THE WEST
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS WINDS GET HEALTHY FROM THE
NORTHWEST. FRIDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE RELATIVELY
MILD...THEN SATURDAY WILL BRING STEADY OR FALLING READINGS DUE TO
THE FRONTAL TIMING. AFTER THE WARMING...THE COOLING SATURDAY DOES
NOT LOOK STRONG OR FAST ENOUGH TO PRODUCE THE DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS...BUT BE PATIENT AS MORE ARE ON THE WAY. A MODEST DECREASE
IN CLOUDS IS EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY...AND SATURDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE
PARTLY CLOUDY AND KIND OF COLD. IN THIS WINTER SO FAR...12 BELOW
TO 3 ABOVE QUALIFIES AS ONLY KIND OF COLD.

SUNDAY BRINGS THE APPROACH OF A WORSE ARCTIC BLAST. FIRST...THE
QUESTION IS WILL THERE BE A DECENT ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW
SHOWERS WITH THE WAVE BRINGING THIS ONE. HAVE GONE WITH THE
EXTENDED GUIDANCE FOR NOW WHICH SHOWS JUST A SMALL CHANCE WEST AND
SOUTH...BUT THE INCOMING WAVE LOOKS STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A
LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW...SO WE WILL BE REVISITING THIS ONE.
TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WILL STILL BE COLD...BUT IT WILL GET COLDER
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS THE BIG BLAST SPREADS IN. MODELS AND
NEIGHBORS ARE ALL CLOSE ON THIS THAT WE WILL BE DEALING WITH THE
MOST DANGEROUS COLD BLAST OF THE WINTER SO FAR WITH A POTENTIAL
FOR WIND CHILL WARNING CRITERIA EVEN SOUTHWEST...AND PERHAPS 50
BELOW WIND CHILLS NORTH. THIS STRONG AND DEEP BLAST SHOULD DRY OUT
THE AIR AND NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED MONDAY.

THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...WILL DEAL WITH RECOVERY FROM THIS FRIGID
BLAST...WARMING...PERHAPS...TO THE TEENS FOR HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY.
FOR THE TIME BEING...THESE DAYS SEEM DRY WITH NO REAL UPPER
SUPPORT OR MOISTURE AS THE WARMING STARTS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1122 AM CST WED JAN 1 2014

AREA OF FLURRIES AND LIGHT SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY INTO THE MVFR
RANGE WEST OF INTERSTATE 29...WITH PERIODS OF IFR VISIBILITY
POSSIBLE. THUS WILL INCLUDE THIS IN THE HON TAF INTO MID
AFTERNOON...WITH CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY EVENING. VFR
CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST AT FSD AND SUX. ANOTHER WEAK WAVE WILL
BRING MORE FLURRIES AND LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT REDUCING VISIBILITY BACK
INTO THE MVFR RANGE...BUT AT THIS TIME EXPECT THIS AREA TO REMAIN
WEST OF THE TAF SITES.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...CHENARD
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...CHENARD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 5:08 AM CST, 10 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
0508 AM CST WED JAN 01 2014

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-021200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
0508 AM CST WED JAN 01 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WINTER WEATHER...
LOCATIONS NEAR AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HURON TO SIOUX
FALLS...TO SPENCER IOWA...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WIND CHILL
READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE MORNING. AIR
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...AND
ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...THERE WILL STILL BE SOME WIND
CHILL EFFECT WITH READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO IN AREAS
ALONG AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

LINGERING LIGHT SNOW COULD STILL PRODUCE UP TO A HALF INCH OF
ACCUMULATION IN AREAS FROM SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE IOWA EARLY
THIS MORNING. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED WITH NO
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A PERIOD OF WIND CHILLS FROM 20 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL AGAIN
BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE WARMER AIR MAKES A BRIEF
RETURN TO THE REGION.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER
VALLEY FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN MOST
LOCATIONS ON SATURDAY. WITH FRESH SNOWFALL FROM EARLY THIS WEEK
ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW SHOULD BE
ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STRONG WINDS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

EVEN COLDER AIR IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THE REGION BY SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS COLD AIR WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BREEZY
CONDITIONS...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 30S AND 40S BELOW ZERO EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 1, 10:28 AM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1028 AM CST WED JAN 1 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     SNOW             1 WNW LAKEFIELD         43.68N 95.18W
01/01/2014  M5.0 INCH        JACKSON            MN   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION LAKEFIELD /LKFM5/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             2 NNE WORTHINGTON       43.65N 95.58W
01/01/2014  M4.0 INCH        NOBLES             MN   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION WORTHINGTON /WRNM5/
            SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

1000 PM     SNOW             DE SMET                 44.38N 97.55W
12/31/2013  M4.0 INCH        KINGSBURY          SD   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION HURON-33MI.E /DSMS2/
            SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0730 AM     SNOW             FLANDREAU               44.05N 96.60W
01/01/2014  M3.7 INCH        MOODY              SD   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION BROOKINGS-22MI.SSE
            /FLAS2/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0800 AM     SNOW             1 SW BROOKINGS          44.29N 96.80W
01/01/2014  M3.3 INCH        BROOKINGS          SD   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION 1 SW BROOKINGS /7018C/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             1 S MARSHALL            44.44N 95.79W
01/01/2014  M3.0 INCH        LYON               MN   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION 1 S MARSHALL /9760O/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             3 ESE SIOUX FALLS       43.53N 96.67W
01/01/2014  M2.6 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION SIOUX FALLS 5SE FSD
            ARPT /DEMS2/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             LESTER                  43.44N 96.33W
01/01/2014  M2.5 INCH        LYON               IA   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION LESTER /1111B/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

0630 AM     SNOW             2 ESE YANKTON           42.88N 97.36W
01/01/2014  M2.5 INCH        YANKTON            SD   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION 2 SE YANKTON /YTNS2/
            SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0655 AM     SNOW             CHAMBERLAIN             43.81N 99.33W
01/01/2014  M2.4 INCH        BRULE              SD   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION CHAMBERLAIN /6960C/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             WESSINGTON SPRINGS      44.08N 98.57W
01/01/2014  M2.3 INCH        JERAULD            SD   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION HURON-26MI.SW /WSPS2/
            SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0800 AM     SNOW             1 ENE WALL LAKE         43.53N 96.95W
01/01/2014  M2.3 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION 1 ENE WALL LAKE /7027C/
            SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             HOLSTEIN                42.49N 95.53W
01/01/2014  M2.1 INCH        IDA                IA   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION HOLSTEIN /HSTI4/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             8 SSW HERRICK           43.00N 99.23W
01/01/2014  M2.0 INCH        GREGORY            SD   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION 7 WNW NAPER /2253H/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             WHITE LAKE              43.73N 98.72W
01/01/2014  M2.0 INCH        AURORA             SD   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION MITCHELL-36MI.W
            /WITS2/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             3 N HORNICK             42.28N 96.10W
01/01/2014  M2.0 INCH        WOODBURY           IA   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION HOLLY SPRINGS 1NW
            /HLYI4/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0600 AM     SNOW             3 N SIOUX FALLS         43.59N 96.73W
01/01/2014  M1.9 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   ASOS

            ASOS STATION SIOUX FALLS, SD /FSD/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             7 SSW CHAMBERLAIN       43.71N 99.38W
01/01/2014  M1.9 INCH        BRULE              SD   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION 7 SSW CHAMBERLAIN /8211B/
            SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             WAKEFIELD               42.27N 96.87W
01/01/2014  M1.8 INCH        DIXON              NE   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION WAKEFIELD /WAKN1/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

0630 AM     SNOW             HOWARD                  44.02N 97.52W
01/01/2014  M1.7 INCH        MINER              SD   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION MADISON-21MI.W /HOWS2/
            SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0600 AM     SNOW             3 N MITCHELL            43.77N 98.04W
01/01/2014  M1.6 INCH        DAVISON            SD   ASOS

            ASOS STATION MITCHELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
            /MHE/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

1151 PM     SNOW             2 S MITCHELL            43.70N 98.04W
12/31/2013  M1.6 INCH        DAVISON            SD   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION MITCHELL /MCLS2/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

0600 AM     SNOW             1 WSW SERGEANT BLUFF    42.40N 96.38W
01/01/2014  M1.5 INCH        WOODBURY           IA   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION ANG BASE /SXGI4/ SNOW
            DURATION 24 HOURS

0600 AM     SNOW             1 W SERGEANT BLUFF      42.40N 96.38W
01/01/2014  M1.4 INCH        WOODBURY           IA   ASOS

            ASOS STATION SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT /SUX/
            SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             MARION                  43.42N 97.26W
01/01/2014  M1.4 INCH        TURNER             SD   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION SIOUX FALLS-27MI.WSW
            /MARS2/ SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             ORANGE CITY             43.00N 96.05W
01/01/2014  M1.3 INCH        SIOUX              IA   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION ORANGE CITY /ORCI4/
            SNOW DURATION 48 HOURS

0800 AM     SNOW             TYNDALL                 42.99N 97.86W
01/01/2014  M1.2 INCH        BON HOMME          SD   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION TYNDALL /TYNS2/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             SHELDON                 43.18N 95.85W
01/01/2014  M1.0 INCH        O'BRIEN            IA   COOP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER STATION SHELDON /SHDI4/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

0700 AM     SNOW             1 ESE ALTON             42.98N 95.99W
01/01/2014  M1.0 INCH        SIOUX              IA   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION ALTON /3380V/ SNOW DURATION
            48 HOURS

0840 AM     SNOW             6 NNE ELK POINT         42.76N 96.65W
01/01/2014  M0.3 INCH        UNION              SD   COCORAHS

            COCORAHS STATION 2 W WESTFIELD /7227C/ SNOW
            DURATION 48 HOURS

&&

NWS SIOUX FALLS SD
IRIS SYSTEM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 8:23 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryFSDBeadle, Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook and 3 more16 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in South Dakota, 2014Wind Chill Advisories in Iowa, 2014Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2014Every wind chill advisory 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.