Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Apr 2, 2014, 3:42 PM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa; 15 counties in South Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 3, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr. 50 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
- Apr 2, 2014, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 29 counties
Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux 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, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 6:00 PM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | Menno, SD | COOP OBSERVER STATION MENNO /MNOS2/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 3, 6:50 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Westbrook, MN | |
| Apr 3, 7:00 PM CDT | SNOW 0.2 | Iroquois, SD | |
| Apr 3, 7:00 PM CDT | SNOW 0.2 | Iroquois, SD | COOP OBSERVER STATION HURON-18MI.E /IRQS2/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 3, 8:00 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Luverne, MN | |
| Apr 3, 8:00 PM CDT | SNOW 2.6 | Wsw Valley Springs, SD | |
| Apr 3, 8:00 PM CDT | SNOW 3.2 | 2 Ne Lakefield, MN | |
| Apr 3, 8:15 PM CDT | SNOW 3.2 | Pipestone, MN | |
| Apr 3, 8:20 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | Beresford, SD | |
| Apr 3, 8:30 PM CDT | SNOW 0.8 | Yankton, SD | |
| Apr 3, 8:35 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Rock Rapids, IA | |
| Apr 3, 8:45 PM CDT | SNOW 0.5 | Marshall, MN | |
| Apr 3, 9:00 PM CDT | SNOW 2.5 | 3 N Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Apr 3, 9:00 PM CDT | SNOW 3.9 | Sibley, IA | |
| Apr 3, 9:10 PM CDT | SNOW 1.5 | Slayton, MN | |
| Apr 3, 9:43 PM CDT | SNOW 2.3 | North Sioux City, SD | |
| Apr 3, 10:45 PM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Sibley, IA | |
| Apr 4, 12:43 AM CDT | SNOW 4.4 | Luverne, MN | |
| Apr 4, 12:55 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Sibley, IA | |
| Apr 4, 12:58 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Rock Rapids, IA | |
| Apr 4, 1:50 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | Spirit Lake, IA | |
| Apr 4, 1:50 AM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | Lake Park, IA | |
| Apr 4, 2:58 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Jackson, MN | |
| Apr 4, 3:22 AM CDT | SNOW 3.8 | North Sioux City, SD | |
| Apr 4, 5:15 AM CDT | SNOW 4.6 | Orange City, IA | |
| Apr 4, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.6 | 3 N Sioux Falls, SD | COOP OBSERVER STATION SIOUX FALLS NWS WFO AP /FSDS2/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.6 | 4 Ese Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Apr 4, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5.4 | Brunsville, IA | |
| Apr 4, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Sioux Center, IA | |
| Apr 4, 6:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | Le Mars, IA | |
| Apr 4, 6:30 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 2 Ese Yankton, SD | COOP OBSERVER STATION 2 SE YANKTON /YTNS2/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | 2 N Chester, SD | TRACE SNOWFALL MEASURED SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 2 N CHESTER |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 0 | Se Marion, SD | TRACE OF SNOWFALL |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 2 Ssw Gayville, SD | COCORAHS STATION 2 SSW GAYVILLE /7133C/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.3 | 1 S Marshall, MN | COCORAHS STATION 1 S MARSHALL /9760O/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1.8 | 3 Ne Crooks, SD | COCORAHS STATION 2 NE CROOKS /8380B/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2.6 | 4 Sw Sioux Falls, SD | COCORAHS STATION 4 SW SIOUX FALLS /6971S/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.4 | 3 Ese Sioux Falls, SD | COCORAHS STATION 3 ESE SIOUX FALLS /7127C/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | 5 N Sioux City, IA | |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4 | 1 Ese Alton, IA | COCORAHS STATION ALTON /3380V/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 4.6 | Orange City, IA | COOP OBSERVER STATION ORANGE CITY /ORCI4/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 5 | 1 Nne Rock Valley, IA | COOP OBSERVER STATION ROCK VALLEY /RKVI4/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6 | Lester, IA | COCORAHS STATION LESTER /1111B/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6.5 | Sheldon, IA | COOP OBSERVER STATION SHELDON /SHDI4/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 6.7 | 1 Wnw Lakefield, MN | COOP OBSERVER STATION LAKEFIELD /LKFM5/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 7 | 7 Wsw Fairview, SD | COCORAHS STATION 7 WSW FAIRVIEW /9585B/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 7.8 | 4 Nne Sibley, IA | COOP OBSERVER STATION 5 NNE SIBLEY /SIBI4/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Sutherland, IA | |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 8 | Westbrook, MN | |
| Apr 4, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 9 | 2 Nne Worthington, MN | COOP OBSERVER STATION WORTHINGTON /WRNM5/ SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
152 WWUS43 KFSD 022042 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 342 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 MNZ071-072-097-098-SDZ040-056-062-066-067-030445- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.140403T1800Z-140404T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T1800Z-140404T1200Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS... FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 342 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE QUICKLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW FROM EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT 300 PM THROUGH 1000 PM. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WHICH MAY CAUSE A MESSY LATE EVENING COMMUTE HOME THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CREATE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...EVEN WITH THE WET NATURE OF THE STORM. 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. && $$ SDZ039-054-055-060-061-065-068-069-030445- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.140403T1200Z-140404T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T1800Z-140404T1200Z/ KINGSBURY-MINER-LAKE-HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... HOWARD...MADISON...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 342 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE QUICKLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOWFALL WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT 200 PM THROUGH 800 PM. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WHICH MAY CAUSE A MESSY LATE EVENING COMMUTE HOME THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CREATE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...EVEN WITH THE WET NATURE OF THE STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ001-002-012-MNZ080-081-089-090-030445- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.140403T1800Z-140404T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 342 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE QUICKLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT 500 PM THROUGH 1200 AM. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WHICH MAY CAUSE A MESSY LATE EVENING COMMUTE HOME THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CREATE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...EVEN WITH THE WET NATURE OF THE STORM. 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. && $$ SDZ038-053-058-059-063-064-030445- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.140403T1200Z-140404T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140403T1500Z-140404T1200Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES... MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 342 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE THREAT FOR SNOW WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH MODERATE SNOW LIKELY INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND WILL LIKELY BE EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY A PERIOD OR TWO OF BRIEF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ070-071-030445- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.140403T1800Z-140404T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 342 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW ON THURSDAY MORNING WILL GRADUALLY BECOME ALL SNOW LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OF THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A 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. && $$ IAZ003-013-014-030445- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0002.140404T0000Z-140404T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140404T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER 342 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...A CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SLEET ON THURSDAY MORNING WILL BECOME MAINLY A CHANCE FOR RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. BY THURSDAY EVENING ANY RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW...WHICH WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS OF THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ052-030445- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140403T1500Z-140404T1200Z/ JERAULD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA 342 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...THE THREAT FOR SNOW WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH MODERATE SNOW LIKELY INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND WILL LIKELY BE EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY A PERIOD OR TWO OF BRIEF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF 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. && $$ IAZ020-NEZ013-014-030445- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ PLYMOUTH-DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 342 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...A CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SLEET ON THURSDAY MORNING WILL BECOME MAINLY A CHANCE FOR RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. BY THURSDAY EVENING ANY RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW...WHICH WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS OF THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ021-022-031-032-030445- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140404T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 342 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...A CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SLEET ON THURSDAY MORNING WILL BECOME MAINLY A CHANCE FOR RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. BY THURSDAY EVENING ANY RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW...WHICH WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS OF THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A 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. && $$
9 follow-up statements
331 WWUS43 KFSD 030238 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 938 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 MNZ071-072-097-098-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>069-031045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T1800Z-140404T1200Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 938 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE QUICKLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW FROM EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT 400 PM THROUGH 1100 PM. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WHICH MAY CAUSE A MESSY LATE EVENING COMMUTE HOME THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CREATE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...EVEN WITH THE WET NATURE OF THE STORM. 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. && $$ IAZ001-002-012-MNZ080-081-089-090-031045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 938 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE QUICKLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW MID AFTERNOON THURSDAY. THE SNOWFALL WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT 500 PM THROUGH 1200 AM. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WHICH MAY CAUSE A MESSY LATE EVENING COMMUTE HOME THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CREATE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...EVEN WITH THE WET NATURE OF THE STORM. 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. && $$ SDZ038-052-053-058-059-063-064-031045- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140403T1500Z-140404T1200Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 938 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...THE THREAT FOR SNOW WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH MODERATE SNOW LIKELY INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND WILL LIKELY BE EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY A PERIOD OR TWO OF BRIEF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ020-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-031045- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ PLYMOUTH-DIXON-DAKOTA-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 938 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...A CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SLEET ON THURSDAY MORNING WILL BECOME MAINLY A CHANCE FOR RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. BY THURSDAY EVENING ANY RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW...WHICH WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS OF THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A 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. && $$ IAZ003-013-014-021-022-031-032-031045- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140404T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 938 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...A CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SLEET ON THURSDAY MORNING WILL BECOME MAINLY A CHANCE FOR RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. BY THURSDAY EVENING ANY RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW...WHICH WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS OF THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
772 WWUS43 KFSD 030852 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 352 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 IAZ003-013-031700- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140404T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140404T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN 352 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...AREAS OF RAIN WILL INCREASE TODAY AND GRADUALLY BECOME STEADY AND MIXED WITH SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL SNOW BY EVENING...WITH THE SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE STEADILY FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE STRONG INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF 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. && $$ IAZ020-SDZ070-071-031700- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ PLYMOUTH-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 352 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...AREAS OF RAIN WILL INCREASE TODAY AND GRADUALLY BECOME STEADY AND MIXED WITH SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH THE SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE STEADILY FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE STRONG INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ071-072-097-098-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>069-031700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T1800Z-140404T1200Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 352 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL INCREASE STEADILY THIS MORNING WITH THE PRECIPITATION QUICKLY BECOMING ALL SNOW LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT 400 PM THROUGH 1100 PM. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WHICH MAY CAUSE A MESSY LATE EVENING COMMUTE HOME THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...EVEN WITH THE WET NATURE OF THE STORM. 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. && $$ IAZ001-002-012-MNZ080-081-089-090-031700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 352 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL INCREASE STEADILY THIS MORNING WITH THE PRECIPITATION BECOMING ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT 500 PM THROUGH 1200 AM. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WHICH MAY CAUSE A MESSY LATE EVENING COMMUTE HOME THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...EVEN WITH THE WET NATURE OF THE STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038-052-053-058-059-063-064-031700- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140403T1500Z-140404T1200Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 352 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE STEADILY THIS MORNING WITH MODERATE SNOW LIKELY INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND WILL LIKELY BE EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY A PERIOD OR TWO OF BRIEF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF 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. && $$ NEZ013-014-031700- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 352 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN DEVELOPING THIS MORNING SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW LINGERING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ014-021-022-031-032-031700- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140404T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 352 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF RAIN TODAY WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A 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. && $$
964 WWUS43 KFSD 031646 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1146 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 SDZ039-040-054-055-060-061-065-068-040100- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T1800Z-140404T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140403T1800Z-140404T1200Z/ KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 1146 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY THIS EVENING...AND LAST THAT WAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ038-052-053-058-059-063-064-031800- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1146 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. FORECAST TRENDS INDICATE LESS SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO THE MIDDLE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN 2 INCHES...WITH LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HURON TO PLATTE. $$ MNZ071-072-097-098-SDZ056-062-066-067-069-040100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T1800Z-140404T1200Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 1146 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE THROUGH MIDDAY WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP INTO A BAND OF SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM 300 PM THROUGH 1100 PM. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ001-002-012-MNZ080-081-089-090-040100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 1146 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE THROUGH MIDDAY WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP INTO A BAND OF SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FROM 500 PM THROUGH 100 AM. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY... WHICH COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$ IAZ020-SDZ070-071-040100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ PLYMOUTH-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1146 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...AND COULD MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...WITH MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE STEADILY BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE STRONG INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ003-013-040100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140404T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN 1146 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...AND COULD MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...WITH MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE STEADILY THROUGH MID MORNING FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING... CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ NEZ013-014-040100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 1146 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...AND COULD MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...WITH MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE STEADILY BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING... CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ014-021-022-031-032-040100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140404T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 1146 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TOWARD EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...THEN STEADILY DECREASE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING... CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 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. && $$
144 WWUS43 KFSD 032020 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 320 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 SDZ039-054-060-032130- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ KINGSBURY-MINER-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... HOWARD...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY 320 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE STILL ANTICIPATED THROUGH THIS EVENING...ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOW EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN TWO INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MNZ071-072-097-098-SDZ056-062-066-067-069-040430- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 320 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...LINGERING INTO FRIDAY MORNING EAST OF HIGHWAY 75. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$ IAZ001-002-012-MNZ080-081-089-090-040430- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 320 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ020-SDZ070-071-040430- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ PLYMOUTH-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 320 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TOWARD EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE STRONG INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ IAZ003-013-040430- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140404T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN 320 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ040-055-061-065-068-040430- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ BROOKINGS-LAKE-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 320 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE EAST OF BROOKINGS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 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. && $$ NEZ013-014-040430- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140403T2100Z-140404T1200Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 320 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ014-021-022-031-032-040430- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140404T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 320 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING... CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 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. && $$
169 WWUS43 KFSD 032250 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 550 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 SDZ040-055-061-065-068-040000- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ BROOKINGS-LAKE-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKINGS...MADISON...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO... TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 550 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A VERY DISTINCT BACK EDGE TO THE SNOWFALL HAS DEVELOPED WITH MOST OF THE SNOW EAST OF A BROOKINGS TO TYNDALL LINE. THEREFORE ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING. $$ MNZ071-072-097-098-SDZ056-062-066-067-069-040700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 550 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...LINGERING INTO FRIDAY MORNING EAST OF HIGHWAY 75. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR VERMILLION TO LE MARS AND CANTON TO NEAR WINDOM. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$ IAZ001-002-012-MNZ080-081-089-090-040700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 550 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 9 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ020-SDZ070-071-040700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ PLYMOUTH-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 550 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE STRONG INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ IAZ003-013-040700- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.140404T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN 550 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ013-014-040700- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 550 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ IAZ014-021-022-031-032-040700- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.140404T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 550 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING... CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
327 WWUS43 KFSD 040036 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 736 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 MNZ072-097-040845- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ LYON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE 736 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT SHOULD TAPER OFF PRETTY QUICKLY AROUND MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING... CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ MNZ071-SDZ056-040145- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ LINCOLN-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...FLANDREAU 736 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. MOST OF THE SNOW HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA. ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$ MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-040845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 736 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT... LINGERING INTO FRIDAY MORNING EAST OF HIGHWAY 75. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR VERMILLION TO LE MARS AND CANTON TO NEAR WINDOM. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$ IAZ001-002-012-MNZ080-081-089-090-040845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 736 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ020-SDZ070-071-040845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ PLYMOUTH-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 736 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE STRONG INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ IAZ003-013-040845- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN 736 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ013-014-040845- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 736 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ IAZ014-021-022-031-032-040845- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 736 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING... CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
054 WWUS43 KFSD 040114 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 814 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-040900- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T0900Z/ ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 814 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOWFALL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WHILE SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM AROUND CANTON TO LUVERNE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...AND MAY CAUSE SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. 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. && $$ IAZ001-002-012-MNZ080-081-089-090-040915- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 814 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN THE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ020-SDZ070-071-040915- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ PLYMOUTH-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 814 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE STRONG INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ IAZ003-013-040915- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN 814 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ013-014-040915- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 814 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...OCCASIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 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. && $$ IAZ014-021-022-031-032-040915- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 814 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING... CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ072-097-040915- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ LYON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE 814 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...BUT SHOULD TAPER OFF PRETTY QUICKLY AROUND MIDNIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING... CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 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. && $$
180 WWUS43 KFSD 040901 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 401 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 IAZ001-012-020-SDZ070-071-041015- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 401 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. PERIODS OF FLURRIES AND A FEW POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING. $$ IAZ031-MNZ072-097-NEZ013-014-041015- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ WOODBURY-LYON-PIPESTONE-DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 401 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. PERIODS OF FLURRIES AND A FEW POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING. $$ MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-069-041015- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T0900Z/ ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 401 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. PERIODS OF FLURRIES AND A FEW POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING. $$ IAZ002-MNZ080-081-089-090-041200- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ OSCEOLA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 401 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 7 AM. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. VISIBILITY AS LOW AS A HALF MILE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE SNOW. DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE NOT EXPECTED AFTER THE SNOW ENDS...ALTHOUGH DRIFTING OF SNOW IS LIKELY. 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. && $$ IAZ003-013-041200- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN 401 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 7 AM. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. VISIBILITY AS LOW AS A HALF MILE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE SNOW. DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE NOT EXPECTED AFTER THE SNOW ENDS...ALTHOUGH DRIFTING OF SNOW IS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ014-021-022-032-041200- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 401 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 7 AM. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. VISIBILITY AS LOW AS A HALF MILE IS POSSIBLE DURING THE SNOW. DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY ARE NOT EXPECTED AFTER THE SNOW ENDS...ALTHOUGH SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW IS LIKELY. 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. && $$
488 WWUS43 KFSD 041149 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 649 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 IAZ002-MNZ080-081-089-090-041300- /O.EXP.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ OSCEOLA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 649 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. SCATTERED FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING. AREA ROADS MAY STILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...SO USE CAUTION IF OUT TRAVELING THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ALTHOUGH GIVEN THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ IAZ003-013-041300- /O.EXP.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN 649 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. SCATTERED FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING. AREA ROADS MAY STILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...SO USE CAUTION IF OUT TRAVELING THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ALTHOUGH GIVEN THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ IAZ014-021-022-032-041300- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-140404T1200Z/ CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 649 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. SCATTERED FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING. AREA ROADS MAY STILL BE SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...SO USE CAUTION IF OUT TRAVELING THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ALTHOUGH GIVEN THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$
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 Apr 2, 12:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 12:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1220 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 435 AM CDT WED APR 2 2014
THE MAIN PROBLEM FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT IS DEALING THE THE RICH
MOISTURE INFLOW COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH AHEAD OF THURSDAYS MAIN
SYSTEM...AND HOW THAT WILL COME OUT IN THE FORM OF PRECIPITATION
TODAY AND TONIGHT. CURRENT INCREASE IN RADAR RETURNS IN CENTRAL NE
SUGGESTS WE CAN KEEP SOME CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING MAINLY
OVER OUR WESTERN EDGE OF THE FORECAST AREA. DURING THE DAY...A BAND
OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS GOING TO TRY TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY EAST
SOUTHEAST FROM THIS AREA AS THIS MOISTURE COMES STREAMING UP TO
THE AREA...INITIALLY ALOFT OF COURSE. THEN...THERE ARE QUESTIONS
ABOUT HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION WILL REACH THE SURFACE AS THIS BAND
MOVES NORTH NORTHEAST INTO AND OVER THE AREA. GETTING A FEW
HUNDREDTHS THIS AFTERNOON SEEMS REASONABLE FOR NOW WITH THE
PRECIPITATION TRENDING TO RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA WITH THE
WARMING LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES...AND THE LACK OF THE DYNAMIC
COOLING THAT WILL COME WITH THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION THURSDAY.
THE PRECIPITATION MAY BE MOSTLY SNOW NORTHWEST/FAR NORTH...BUT ITS
LIGHT NATURE AND THE DAYTIME OCCURRENCE SUGGEST LITTLE
ACCUMULATION. HIGH TEMPERATURE SHOULD RANGE FROM THE MID 30S NORTH
AND WEST TO THE MID 40S SOUTHEAST...THE RAPID CLOUD INCREASE
HOLDING READINGS BELOW WHAT THEY WOULD BE WITH MORE SUNSHINE.
TONIGHT...THE STRONG MOISTURE INFLOW GETS DOWN INTO THE LOWER
LEVELS. THE STRONG AND DEEP MOISTURE INFLOW WITH THE WEAK DYNAMIC
SUPPORT PRESENT A QPF PROBLEM...IN ADDITION TO TEMPERATURES AND
PRECIPITATION TYPE. HPC QPF GRIDS SEEM OVERDONE FOR TONIGHT WITH
INITIAL SUPPORT SEEMINGLY PASSING TO THE NORTHEAST...AND INSTABILITY
NOT STREAMING UP QUITE SOON ENOUGH FOR DECENT CONVECTION. THE AREA
MAY ACQUIRE MORE OF A DRIZZLE ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER...LIGHT
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION MAY ALSO DEVELOP BELOW THE MID LEVELS SINCE
THE MOISTURE STREAMING UP WILL BE SO DEEP...SO AM GOING WITH A
SIMPLE RAIN/SNOW ASSORTMENT INSTEAD OF ANY DRIZZLE. AS FOR PRECIP
TYPE...GENERALLY RAIN SOUTHEAST HALF AND A MIXTURE NORTHWEST. ANY
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FAR NORTH/WEST SHOULD BE MINIMAL...A HALF INCH OR
LESS...WITH THE EXPECTED LIGHT NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD HOLD TO FREEZING OR ABOVE AND EASTERLY WINDS
WILL START A TREND TOT HE NORTHEAST...WITH THE TREND FASTEST OUT
WEST AS THE MAJOR SYSTEM DEVELOPS TO THE SOUTH.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 435 AM CDT WED APR 2 2014
ALL EYES ARE FOCUSED ON WHAT COULD BE A PRETTY POTENT SPRING STORM
MOVING OUT INTO THE PLAINS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SO FAR...THE
GENERAL MODEL CONSENSUS PER THE UPPER QG FORCING IS TAKING THE
MAIN PART OF THE WAVE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL NEB ON THURSDAY...THEN
LIFTING IT NORTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL IA AND SOUTHEAST MN
THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. FURTHERMORE...THERE IS CONSENSUS
IN BRINGING A STRONG JET STREAK NOSING INTO OUR AREA FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHICH WILL LIKELY
HELP WITH BROAD ASCENT IN THE LEFT EXIT REGION...GENERALLY ALONG
AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.
FOR MESOSCALE FEATURES...UNLIKE MONDAYS EVENT...MOST WORRISOME IS
THE DEGREE OF VERY STRONG MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS WHICH IS TAKING
SHAPE AND JUXTAPOSED UNDERNEATH SOME LESS STABLE AIR AFTER LOOKING
AT THE 600MB EPV*. INCREDIBLY...THIS IS SHOWN IN THE SAME AREAS
AND TIME FRAMES ON BOTH THE NAM AND GFS. THESE TWO FEATURES NOSE
INTO OUR FORECAST AREA NEAR BON HOMME COUNTY BY MIDDAY THURSDAY...
THEN EXTEND NORTHEASTWARD FROM NEAR YANKTON TO MARSHALL BY LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE MID LEVEL DYNAMICS THEN NUDGES JUST A BIT
EASTWARD THURSDAY NIGHT...AND BY 09Z FRIDAY THE FRONTOGENESIS AND
EPV* EXTENDS FROM MARSHALL TO THE HEART OF NORTHWEST IA. AS WE
KNOW IN THE SPRING...AND ALSO CONSIDERING THE JET STREAK MENTIONED
ABOVE...THIS COULD REALLY BRING A BOUT OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
FOR UP TO 6 HOURS. INTERESTINGLY...THE 06Z NAM APPEARS TO HAVE
CAUGHT ONTO THIS UNLIKE ITS 00Z COUNTERPART...IN PAINTING A QPF
MAXIMUM IN OUR WESTERN/CENTRAL ZONES...ARCHING UP TO NEAR MARSHALL
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS QPF MAXIMA IS ALSO SHOWN ON
THE GEM GLOBAL AND GFS VERY NEAR THE SAME AREAS. SO RIGHT
NOW...HAVE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND EXTENDING ROUGHLY 30 MILES EAST
AND WEST OF AN AXIS EXTENDING FROM TYNDALL SD...NORTHEASTWARD TO
MARSHALL MN. IN THESE AREAS...HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR 6 TO 9 INCHES
OF SNOW...NOTING ALSO THAT THE EVENT LOOKS FAIRLY PROLONGED AS THE
SURFACE AND UPPER LOW DEEPEN TO OUR EAST. LOOKING AT THE LIMITING
STREAMLINES AT 850MB SHOWS A MASSIVE WESTWARD FETCH OF MOISTURE...
LINGERING CLEAR INTO FRIDAY MORNING EVEN IN OUR WESTERN ZONES. A
DEEP DENDRITIC LAYER IS DEFINITELY LACKING WITH THIS EVENT...
MAINLY CONFINED TO NEAR 600MB. HOWEVER WITH TEMPERATURES JUST
BELOW FREEZING JUST OFF THE SURFACE...THE SECONDARY DENDRITIC
LAYER MAY KICK IN TO PRODUCE SOME LARGE SPRING LIKE SNOW FLAKES.
LASTLY..THE TROWAL FROM 300 TO 305K IS STRONG...SIMILAR TO MONDAYS
EVENT...AND NUDGES SLOWLY EASTWARD FROM THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY
THURSDAY EVENING...INTO OUR FAR EASTERN ZONES BY EARLY FRIDAY.
LOTS OF THINGS TO CONSIDER.
NOW SYNOPTICALLY...SOME OF OUR SOUTHEAST ZONES IN NORTHWEST IA
INCLUDING THE IA GREAT LAKES MAY ALSO GET SOME FAIRLY HEAVY SNOW.
HPC PICKED UP ON THIS AS THAT AREA IS REALLY IN THE BEST LOCATION
OF THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE JET STREAK THURSDAY NIGHT...AND
SNOW WILL LINGER IN THOSE AREAS WELL INTO MIDDAY FRIDAY. FOR THIS
REASON KEPT THE WATCH GOING IN EXTREME NORTHWEST IA. BUT WITH THE
AFOREMENTIONED MESOSCALE FEATURES...NEEDED TO EXPAND THE WATCH
WESTWARD TO INCLUDE NEARLY ALL OF OUR WESTERN ZONES. REMEMBER LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE IS NOT LACKING WITH THIS EVENT...ALREADY GETTING
PRIMED TONIGHT SO PRECIPITATION COULD BE WIDESPREAD AS RAIN
CHANGES TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST. ONE MORE THING TO KEEP AN EYE IS
ANY NORTHWESTWARD DRIFT IN THE OVERALL PATTERN. THIS IS ANOTHER
REASON WE PUT MOST OF OUR WESTERN ZONES IN A WATCH...AS MANY TIMES
THE MODELS WILL ADJUST NORTHWESTWARD WITH SOUTHERN STREAM
SYSTEMS...AND THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A STRONG NORTHERN STREAM
WAVE TO PUSH IT FURTHER SOUTH. SO BANKING ON THE UPPER FORCING TO
EITHER STAY PUT...OR ADJUST NORTHWESTWARD. A FURTHER NORTHWEST
SCENARIO WOULD GIVE NORTHWEST IA MORE RAIN AND LESS SNOW WITH
WARMER TEMPERATURES BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. IT COULD ALSO
PUSH THE HEAVIEST SNOW BAND WESTWARD.
FURTHER OUT IN THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST...BASICALLY
REVEALS A COOL PATTERN...WITH TEMPERATURES LIKELY REMAINING BELOW
NORMAL SOME. AFTER A RATHER ZONAL FLOW ALOFT ON SATURDAY...A
STRONG UPPER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS SUNDAY...THEN DEEPENS FURTHER EARLY NEXT WEEK AS IT MOVES
NORTHEAST UP THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. SO WHAT THIS MEANS FOR US IS
THAT THE UPPER FLOW WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY...PERSISTENTLY
DRAINING IN SOME COOL AIR...BUT NOT OBSCENELY COLD AIR. MUCH
HARDER TO PREDICT IS THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES. IT APPEARS THAT
THERE IS ONE SHORT WAVE AFTER ANOTHER ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY GIVING
LIGHT PRECIP CHANCES DOTTED AROUND THE FORECAST AREA. THESE LIGHT
RAIN OR SNOW CHANCES WILL BE FINE TUNED IN THE FUTURE BUT RIGHT
NOW IT APPEARS THAT ANY PRECIP WILL NOT BE A BIG DEAL.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1220 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT TAF SITES LATE WED NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY. FOR THIS TAF PD...CIGS WILL BEGIN TO LOWER LATER TONIGHT
AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS MOSTLY AS RA IN SUX AND A RA/SN MIX AT
FSD. PRECIP WILL BEGIN AROUND 02Z AT SUX THEN SPREAD NORTH TO FSD
CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME.
BEYOND 18Z THURS...IFR/LIFR WILL PERSIST IN SNOW THAT WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER 00Z FRI.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SDZ038-039-053>055-058>061-063>065-068-069.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SDZ040-056-062-066-067-070-071.
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098.
IA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR IAZ001-002-012.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR IAZ003-013-014.
NE...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...
LONG TERM...MJ
AVIATION...SALLYHazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 5:32 AM CDT, 10 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 0532 AM CDT WED APR 02 2014 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-031200- 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- 0532 AM CDT WED APR 02 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THE AREAS THE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE IS SIOUX CITY AND STORM LAKE IOWA...AS WELL AS AROUND CHAMBERLAIN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING TIME FRAME. SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD TO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. RAIN WILL THEN CHANGEOVER TO SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF I 29 DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY SETUP IN THE WATCH AREA...ACCUMULATING TO ABOUT 6 TO 9 INCHES. BUT AT THIS TIME...THE EXACT AREA OF WHERE THIS BAND OF SNOW WILL OCCUR IS A QUESTION MARK. OUTSIDE OF THIS HEAVY SNOW BAND...THERE IS STILL A POTENTIAL FOR 5 TO 7 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA. ELSEWHERE AROUND CHAMBERLAIN...SIOUX CITY AND STORM LAKE...SOMEWHAT LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES COULD OCCUR. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AND AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. THIS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW. THE SYSTEM WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ON FRIDAY. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 2 more | 39 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in South Dakota, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2014Every winter storm 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.