Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Mar 18, 2014, 4:39 AM CDT for 9 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Mar 18, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 28 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 18, 2014, 4:39 AM CDT (09:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2014, 7:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD, Sanborn County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 10:05 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Mar 18, 11:40 AM CDT | SNOW 3 | Carthage, SD | |
| Mar 18, 11:55 AM CDT | SNOW 1.8 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Mar 18, 12:00 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Corsica, SD | |
| Mar 18, 12:10 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Nw Mount Vernon, SD | |
| Mar 18, 12:15 PM CDT | SNOW 5.5 | Ene Badger, SD | |
| Mar 18, 1:00 PM CDT | SNOW 2.2 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Mar 18, 1:30 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | 2 S Winfred, SD | |
| Mar 18, 2:00 PM CDT | SNOW 4.2 | Letcher, SD | |
| Mar 18, 2:15 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | Lake Andes, SD | |
| Mar 18, 3:56 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | 2 N Fedora, SD | |
| Mar 18, 3:56 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 Ne Mount Vernon, SD | |
| Mar 18, 3:56 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 3 Nw Lake Thompson Stat, SD | |
| Mar 18, 3:56 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 2 E Badger, SD | |
| Mar 18, 4:36 PM CDT | SNOW 4.8 | S Artesian, SD | |
| Mar 18, 4:37 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Ne Corsica, SD | |
| Mar 18, 4:44 PM CDT | SNOW 4 | Wagner, SD | STILL SNOW AT TIME OF REPORT |
| Mar 18, 4:44 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Lake Andes, SD | |
| Mar 18, 5:02 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | 7 S Platte, SD | |
| Mar 18, 5:10 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 9 Ese Stickney, SD | |
| Mar 18, 5:15 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | 5 Nw Carthage, SD | |
| Mar 18, 5:20 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | 3 S Oldham, SD | |
| Mar 18, 5:20 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 W Sinai, SD | |
| Mar 18, 5:20 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | Oldham, SD | |
| Mar 18, 5:30 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | 3 N Brookings, SD | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF REPORT |
| Mar 18, 5:30 PM CDT | SNOW 5 | 2 Nne Howard, SD | |
| Mar 18, 5:30 PM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 S Oldham, SD | |
| Mar 18, 6:20 PM CDT | SNOW 3.4 | 2 S Mitchell, 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
587 WWUS43 KFSD 180939 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 SDZ039-040-054-055-181745- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0002.140318T1600Z-140319T0300Z/ KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN PICK UP IN INTENSITY BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WHEN IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ071-072-181745- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0001.140318T1200Z-140319T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.140318T1700Z-140319T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND NOON. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-181745- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.140318T1500Z-140319T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE 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. && $$ SDZ038-053-059-181745- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0002.140318T1500Z-140319T0000Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ060-061-065-068-181745- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.140318T1700Z-140319T0000Z/ HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE TOWARD INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE 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. && $$ MNZ080-097-SDZ056-181745- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.140318T1700Z-140319T0600Z/ MURRAY-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ081-089-090-098-SDZ062-181745- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.140318T2000Z-140319T0600Z/ COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS 439 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MINNEHAHA AND COTTONWOOD COUNTIES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
437 WWUS43 KFSD 181437 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 937 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 SDZ038-182245- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0002.140318T1500Z-140319T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.140318T1500Z-140319T0000Z/ BEADLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HURON 937 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF BEADLE COUNTY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE LAT MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ052-057-181545- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.140318T1500Z-140319T0000Z/ JERAULD-BRULE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL 937 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WHILE LIGHT SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED EAST OF THE AREA WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN TWO INCHES. $$ SDZ053-059-182245- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.140318T1500Z-140319T0000Z/ SANBORN-DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL 937 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING..THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ039-040-054-055-182245- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.140318T1600Z-140319T0300Z/ KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON 937 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN PICK UP IN INTENSITY BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WHEN IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ050-058-063-064-182245- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.140318T1500Z-140319T0000Z/ GREGORY-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 937 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON....BEFORE DECREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ060-061-065-068-182245- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.140318T1700Z-140319T0000Z/ HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 937 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A NARROW BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON....BEFORE DECREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE TOWARD INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE 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. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ056-182245- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.140318T1700Z-140319T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 937 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW SNOW WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ081-089-090-098-SDZ062-182245- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.140318T2000Z-140319T0600Z/ COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS 937 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A BRIEF MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MINNEHAHA AND COTTONWOOD COUNTIES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE 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. && $$
063 WWUS43 KFSD 181513 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1013 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 SDZ063-064-182315- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1013 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW...WHICH MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN CHARLES MIX INTO DOUGLAS COUNTY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW HALF A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ053-059-182315- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ SANBORN-DAVISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL 1013 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING..THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ039-040-054-055-182315- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.140318T1600Z-140319T0300Z/ KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON 1013 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN PICK UP IN INTENSITY BY EARLY AFTERNOON...WHEN IT WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038-050-058-182315- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ BEADLE-GREGORY-AURORA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY 1013 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON....BEFORE DECREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE 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. && $$ SDZ060-061-065-068-182315- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.140318T1700Z-140319T0000Z/ HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 1013 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A NARROW BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STATIONARY ACROSS THE AREA. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON....BEFORE DECREASING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE TOWARD INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ056-182315- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.140318T1700Z-140319T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 1013 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW SNOW WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE 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. && $$ MNZ081-089-090-098-SDZ062-182315- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.140318T2000Z-140319T0600Z/ COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS 1013 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A BRIEF MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MINNEHAHA AND COTTONWOOD COUNTIES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
588 WWUS43 KFSD 182042 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 342 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 SDZ053-059-063-064-190000- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ SANBORN-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 342 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW HALF A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ039-040-054-055-190300- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140319T0300Z/ KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON 342 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BEFORE DECREASING IN INTENSITY. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038-050-058-190000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ BEADLE-GREGORY-AURORA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY 342 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE 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. && $$ SDZ060-061-065-068-190000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 342 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT WORKS EAST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS JUST TO THE EAST OF MITCHELL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ056-190445- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 342 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED....WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14 NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE 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. && $$ MNZ081-089-090-098-SDZ062-190445- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0600Z/ COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS 342 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MINNEHAHA COUNTIES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
106 WWUS43 KFSD 190004 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 704 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 SDZ039-040-054-055-190115- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140319T0300Z/ KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON 704 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVIER SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. $$ SDZ053-059-063-064-190115- /O.EXP.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ SANBORN-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 704 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HEAVIER SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. $$ SDZ060-061-065-068-190115- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 704 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE HEAVIER SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. $$ SDZ038-050-058-190115- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-140319T0000Z/ BEADLE-GREGORY-AURORA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY 704 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE HEAVIER SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ056-190600- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 704 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED....WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14 NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW ONE HALF MILE 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. && $$ MNZ081-089-090-098-SDZ062-190600- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-140319T0600Z/ COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS 704 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MINNEHAHA COUNTIES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SNOW IS FALLING. VISIBILITY COULD BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 18, 4:27 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 4:27 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
427 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 426 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014
COMPLEX FORECAST TODAY AS PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE MODELS HAVE
SHIFTED FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW. THIS
MAKES SENSE TO SOME EXTENT WITH SOME OF THE CONCERNS VOICED
YESTERDAY. LOOKING UPSTREAM AT THE 0Z SOUNDINGS FROM
LBF/OAX/TOP/DDC AND SGF SHOWS ALMOST NO MOISTURE BELOW 500MB AT
ANY SITE. THIS IS LIKELY WHY THE ECHOES THAT SKIRTED ACROSS THE
CWA OVERNIGHT PRODUCED NOTHING. MINIMAL INSTABILITY AT OR ABOVE
650MB WITH NO MOISTURE BELOW USUALLY DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR
PRECIPITATION AT THE SURFACE. THIS THEN PLAYS INTO THE
PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AS THE MAIN WAVE WORKS INTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WHILE PREVIOUS RUNS WANTED TO COLLAPSE THE
SNOW BAND SOUTHEASTWARD AS THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT MOVED ONTO THE
PLAINS THE LATEST RUNS...ESPECIALLY THE HIGHER RESOLUTION
MODELS...WANT TO REALLY FOCUS EVERYTHING IN THE WESTERN CWA
THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THUS WENT AHEAD
AND SLOWED DOWN THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA AND
BACKED OFF ON START TIMES OF THE VARIOUS ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS.
WENT AHEAD AND ADDED BEADLE/SANBORN AND DAVISON INTO THE WARNING
BUT A LITTLE WORRIED THAT WE MAY SEE A LOT OF 3 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS
AS THE DRY AIR MAY BE MORE OF A PLAYER. WILL BE INTERESTING TO
SEE. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT IS AN IMPRESSIVE WAVE WITH AN IMPRESSIVE
MID LEVEL FRONT JUST A BIT LACKING IN THE MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY. GENERALLY HAVE THE WEST DROPPING OFF AT 0Z...THEN 3Z
IN THE CENTRAL CWA AND 6Z IN THE EAST.
WILL CONTINUE SNOW IN THE FAR EASTERN CWA THROUGH THE EVENING.
REALLY TOUGH CALL ON LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRECIPITATION OVER
THE EASTERN CWA AS THE MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT THAT A NEW BAND COULD
DEVELOP AS THE MAIN WAVE SWINGS NORTHEAST BUT WITH SUCH POOR
MOISTURE BELOW ABOUT 700MB BY THE TIME THE WAVE INCORPORATES SOME OF
THE BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA THE
LIFT WILL LIKELY BE TO THE EAST OF THE AREA.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 426 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014
SURFACE GRADIENT SHOULD WEAKEN FAIRLY QUICKLY ON WEDNESDAY AS THE
STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SCOOTS INTO THE GREAT LAKES...HOWEVER...
COLD ADVECTION IN THE WAKE WILL CONTINUE TO MIX A STRONGER
GRADIENT ALOFT TO THE SURFACE TO KEEP SOME BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS
GOING. TOUGH TO GET A FEEL FOR MAX TEMP POTENTIAL...AS WILL BE
HUGELY DEPENDENT ON FINAL SNOWFALL FROM TODAY. WITH FAIRLY LITTLE
EXPECTED IN THE FAR SOUTH/SOUTHEAST...HAVE THOSE AREAS CLOSER TO
MAX 925 HPA MIXING POTENTIAL...AND TAPERED THAT OFF TO ABOUT 2/3
OF THE WAY TOWARD ISOTHERMAL TOWARD HEAVIER SNOW BAND FOR THE MID
TO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
QUITE COLD ALOFT...ESPECIALLY BY AFTERNOON AS SECONDARY WAVE DROPS
SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH ON EXISTENCE TO HIT
POPS VERY HARD MAINLY LATER INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT WILL MAINTAIN A
LOW CHANCE LEVEL MENTION AT THIS TIME. WOULD BELIEVE MOST PRECIP
TO BE IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW...AND SHOWERY IN NATURE...WHICH
WOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO BE SOMEWHAT WARMER FOR HIGHS THAN MIGHT THINK
FOR MENTION OF SNOW. WILL KEEP AS MAINLY RAIN IN THE FAR SOUTH
PART OF THE AREA...WITH BROAD MIX BETWEEN...TO COVER POTENTIAL FOR
SLIGHTLY WARMER MIXED LAYER TO ALTER TYPE.
WARM ADVECTION WILL COMMENCE AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY
ACROSS THE AREA...IN ADVANCE OF ANOTHER CLIPPER WAVE ON FRIDAY.
GRADIENT WILL BE FAIRLY WEAK WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WHICH COULD BE A
GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR DECENT RADIATIVE COOLING...AND WILL HAVE TO
KEEP FOG/STRATUS POTENTIAL IN MIND FOR LATER IN THAT NIGHT.
THURSDAY WILL BE THE SHORT WAVE RIDGE DAY...AND TEMPS ALOFT SURGE
NICELY ACROSS THE AREA. MIXING WOULD BRING SOME LOWER 60S
POTENTIAL BACK...BUT UNSURE EXACTLY HOW MUCH SNOWCOVER MIGHT
REMAIN BY LATER IN THE DAY FOR THOSE DEEPER LOCATIONS. DID NUDGE A
FEW TEMPS HIGHER THROUGH THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY...BUT AGAIN DID
KEEP THREAT OF STRATUS/FOG IN MIND BEFORE WARMING TOO SHARPLY.
BY THURSDAY NIGHT...WAVE WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS... AND LOOKS AS IF PRECIPITATION WILL GLANCE THROUGH AT
LEAST THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA. TEMPS QUITE WARM ALOFT
WITH POSITION TO THE SOUTH OF THE CLIPPER TRACK...SO MAINLY HAVE
A RAIN MENTION...WITH LATER NIGHT COOLING PERHAPS MIXING SOME SNOW
INTO THE FAR NORTH. AS TEMPS FALL ON FRIDAY BEHIND CLIPPER
WAVE...COULD SEE A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW OR RAIN/SNOW MIX ALONG WITH
FRONTAL SQUEEZE...BUT AGAIN A MAJORITY OF DEEPER FORCING WITH
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO GLANCE THE NORTHEAST CWA.
BEHIND CLIPPER...A CHILLY 1035 PLUS HPA SURFACE RIDGE WILL
DOMINATE THE WEEKEND WEATHER...WITH WINDS BRISK LEADING INTO THE
PERIOD ON FRIDAY NIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S TO
MID 30S COMMON SATURDAY...AND SOME WARM ADVECTION BY SUNDAY SHOULD
PUSH TEMPS WELL INTO THE 40S WEST.
ANOTHER CLIPPER WAVE WILL DIG INTO THE PLAINS ON SUNDAY NIGHT...
AND THIS ONE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BETTER THERMAL GRADIENT TO WORK ON
ACROSS OUR CWA...ESPECIALLY IF WAVE DIGS A BIT MORE THAN
OPERATIONAL MODELS CURRENTLY INDICATE...AS MOST OF THESE WAVES
HAVE DONE THIS PATTERN OVER THE WINTER.
ALMOST HATE TO APPEND THIS...BUT EVEN COLDER AIR WILL SPILL IN
BEHIND THE SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY WAVE THROUGH MIDWEEK. EXAMINING A
HISTORICAL COMPARISON IN TERMS OF THE ECMWF ENSEMBLE 850 HPA
TEMPERATURE FORECAST...THE ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEAN TEMPERATURE FORECAST
ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IS NOT FAR OFF THE RECORD COLDEST. SHOULD
MAKE NOTE THAT OPERATIONAL GFS IS NOT A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1054 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014
VFR OVER AREA THROUGH 10Z WILL LOWER FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER 10Z
TO CEILINGS 1-3K FEET AND VISIBILITIES BELOW 3SM IN SNOW...
PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF -RA. THIS LOWERING WILL REACH THE MIDDLE
OF THE AREA MML/FSD/YKN LINE AROUND 18Z...AND THE SPW/SUX LINE
AROUND 23Z. FROM 18/22Z-19/06Z CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE FROM
THE NORTHWEST TO CEILINGS 2-4K FEET AND VISIBILITIES P6SM. SURFACE
WIND GUSTS ABOVE 25 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO
EAST FROM 12Z TO 19/00Z. THESE STRONG GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
19/06Z OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE AREA.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR SDZ060-061-065-068.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SDZ039-040-054-055.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY FOR SDZ062.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY
FOR SDZ056.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR SDZ038-053-059.
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY FOR MNZ081-089-090-098.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY
FOR MNZ071-072-080-097.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...08
LONG TERM...CHAPMAN
AVIATION...Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 5:56 PM CDT, 10 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 556 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-181200- 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- 556 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER... RAIN WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW LATE TONIGHT WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER...AND POSSIBLY EAST TO THE BROOKINGS AREA IN THE NORTH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY 7 AM SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH... BUT SNOW MAY BE INCREASING RAPIDLY AT THAT TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A BAND OF SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND EAST OF THE JAMES VALLEY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA FROM DE SMET TO BROOKINGS TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA. AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS TO THE SOUTH...TAPERING OFF TO LESS THAN 2 INCHES IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. WINDS TUESDAY WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST TO A GUSTY 25 TO 40 MPH. WHILE BLOWING SNOW SHOULD NOT BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SOME VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES...WHICH COULD TAKE VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS FOR SHORT PERIODS DURING THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL. THE SNOW SHOULD END RAPIDLY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING. .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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:39 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory and 1 more | 14 hr |
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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.