Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Dec 14, 2014, 3:22 PM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Dec 15, 2014, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 7 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
- Dec 14, 2014, 3:22 PM CST (21:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Lake County, SD, Moody County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 1:47 PM CST | ICE STORM 0.25 | Madison, SD | AT LEAST 1/4 INCH ICE ON BRANCHES AND WINDOWS. |
| Dec 15, 3:25 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Gregory, SD | STILL FLURRIES AND BLOWING SNOW NOW. |
| Dec 15, 3:30 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Platte, SD | STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY NOW. |
| Dec 15, 7:38 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Brookings, SD | |
| Dec 15, 7:40 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Ivanhoe, MN | |
| Dec 15, 7:50 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Marshall, MN | |
| Dec 15, 7:50 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Marshall, MN |
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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
304 WWUS43 KFSD 142122 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 322 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 SDZ050-063-150530- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T0600Z-141216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0005.141215T0600Z-141216T0000Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY 322 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MAINLY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL BUILD NORTH TONIGHT REACHING THE AREA AROUND 10 PM. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THEN QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM ABOUT 6AM THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL DECREASING IN INTENSITY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINOR...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ040-150530- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T1000Z-141216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0005.141215T1400Z-141216T0000Z/ BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BROOKINGS 322 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT BUT WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD TRANSITION TO SNOW AROUND NOON WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ056-150530- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T1400Z-141216T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0005.141215T1400Z-141216T0000Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...FLANDREAU 322 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT BUT WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD TRANSITION TO SNOW AROUND NOON WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ081-089-150530- /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T1400Z-141216T0000Z/ COTTONWOOD-NOBLES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON 322 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THEN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY LATE MONDAY MORNING. BY EARLY AFTERNOON A CHANGE TO SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH DIMINISHING INTENSITY ON MONDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ055-150530- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T1400Z-141216T0000Z/ LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MADISON 322 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP AND BEGIN TO MIX OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF LATER MONDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ052-057-058-064-150530- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T0600Z-141216T0000Z/ JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 322 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...PRECIPITATION COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS RAIN AND SLEET...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...BRIEFLY HEAVY DURING THE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF DURING THE EARLY EVENING. SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINOR...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ039-053-054-059-060-065-068-150530- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T1000Z-141216T0000Z/ KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 322 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP AND BEGIN TO MIX OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY ABOUT NOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF LATER MONDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 14...TO 3 TO 5 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ098-SDZ061-062-066-069-150530- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T1400Z-141216T0000Z/ ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...YANKTON 322 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF IN THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
7 follow-up statements
037 WWUS43 KFSD 150307 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 907 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 SDZ050-063-151100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.141215T0600Z-141216T0000Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY 907 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...AN AREA OF RAIN WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE WARNING AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THEN QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM ABOUT 6AM THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL DECREASING IN INTENSITY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINOR...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ040-056-151100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.141215T1400Z-141216T0000Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS... FLANDREAU 907 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT BUT WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD TRANSITION TO SNOW AROUND NOON WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ001-SDZ067-151100- /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T1400Z-141216T0000Z/ LYON IA-LINCOLN SD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 907 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING THE MID- TO LATE MORNING HOURS. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF IN THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A GLAZE TO UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ052-057-058-064-151100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T0600Z-141216T0000Z/ JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 907 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...PRECIPITATION COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS RAIN AND SLEET...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW IN THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE...BRIEFLY HEAVY DURING THE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF DURING THE EARLY EVENING. SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINOR...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ039-053-054-059-060-065-068-151100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T1000Z-141216T0000Z/ KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 907 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...RAIN WILL DEVELOP AND BEGIN TO MIX OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY ABOUT NOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF LATER MONDAY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 14...TO 3 TO 5 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ081-089-098-SDZ055-061-062-066-069-151100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T1400Z-141216T0000Z/ COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-ROCK-LAKE-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... LUVERNE...MADISON...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...YANKTON 907 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... * TIMING...RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING... BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF IN THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DUX
323 WWUS43 KFSD 151008 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 408 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 SDZ055-151815- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T1400Z-141216T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0005.141215T1400Z-141216T0300Z/ LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MADISON 408 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ040-056-151815- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0005.141215T1400Z-141216T0300Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS... FLANDREAU 408 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN OR DRIZZLE DEVELOPING IN THE PRE DAWN HOURS WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD START TO CHANGE TO SNOW IN THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON... WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY MID EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ050-063-151815- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY 408 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE PRE DAWN HOURS WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM ABOUT 7 OR 8 AM THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL DECREASING IN INTENSITY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...A MINOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE WILL OCCUR THROUGH VERY EARLY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038-151500- /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T1008Z-141215T1500Z/ BEADLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HURON 408 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN THE PRE DAWN HOURS WILL MIX WITH SLEET BRIEFLY...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW BY MID MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ081-089-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-069-151815- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.141215T1400Z-141216T0300Z/ LYON IA-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD- YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...LUVERNE... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 408 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING...MIXING BRIEFLY WITH SLEET...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ052-057-058-064-151815- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 408 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...MIXING BRIEFLY WITH SLEET BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW EARLY TO MID MORNING. SNOW WILL BE MOST PREVALENT DURING THE MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF LATE. PATCHY OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINOR...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ039-053-054-059-060-065-068-151815- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 408 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN IN THE PREDAWN HOURS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO MIX OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW LATE MORNING TO AROUND NOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 14...TO 3 TO 5 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
839 WWUS43 KFSD 151459 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 859 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 SDZ050-063-152300- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY 859 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE PRE DAWN HOURS WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FROM ABOUT 7 OR 8 AM THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOWFALL DECREASING IN INTENSITY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...A MINOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE WILL OCCUR THROUGH VERY EARLY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ040-055-056-152300- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-141216T0300Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS... MADISON...FLANDREAU 859 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN OR DRIZZLE DEVELOPING IN THE PRE DAWN HOURS WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD START TO CHANGE TO SNOW IN THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON... WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY BY MID EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038-152300- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ BEADLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HURON 859 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE THIS MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ052-057-058-064-152300- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 859 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...MIXING BRIEFLY WITH SLEET BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW EARLY TO MID MORNING. SNOW WILL BE MOST PREVALENT DURING THE MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...TAPERING OFF LATE. PATCHY OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MINOR...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ039-053-054-059-060-065-068-152300- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 859 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RAIN IN THE PREDAWN HOURS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO MIX OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW LATE MORNING TO AROUND NOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 INCHES NEAR HIGHWAY 14...TO 3 TO 5 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ081-089-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-069-152300- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0300Z/ LYON IA-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD- YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...LUVERNE... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 859 AM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING...MIXING BRIEFLY WITH SLEET...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SCHUMACHER
389 WWUS43 KFSD 152050 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 250 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 SDZ050-063-160000- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY 250 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH TOWARDS 6 PM. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ040-055-056-160300- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-141216T0300Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS... MADISON...FLANDREAU 250 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY BY MID EVENING. AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE THIS EVENING THERE MAY BE A THREAT EARLY OF FALLING TREE BRANCHES WHERE THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WERE HEAVIEST. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ052-057-058-064-160000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 250 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 6 PM. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ039-053-054-059-060-065-068-160000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 250 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 6 PM. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ081-089-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-069-160300- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0300Z/ LYON IA-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD- YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...LUVERNE... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 250 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SDZ038-160000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ BEADLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HURON 250 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY ABOUT SUNSET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
381 WWUS43 KFSD 152356 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 556 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 SDZ050-063-160100- /O.EXP.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ GREGORY-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY 556 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ SDZ052-057-058-064-160100- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 556 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ SDZ038-160100- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0000Z/ BEADLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HURON 556 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ040-055-056-160300- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-141216T0300Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS... MADISON...FLANDREAU 556 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THEN DIMINISH IN INTENSITY BY MID EVENING. AS NORTH WINDS INCREASE THIS EVENING THERE MAY BE A THREAT EARLY OF FALLING TREE BRANCHES WHERE THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WERE HEAVIEST. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ039-053-054-059-060-065-068-160300- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0300Z/ KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 556 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 9 PM. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ081-089-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-069-160300- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0300Z/ LYON IA-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD- YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...LUVERNE... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 556 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 9 PM. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
423 WWUS43 KFSD 160257 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 857 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 SDZ039-053-054-059-060-065-068-160400- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0300Z/ KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR 857 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE AREA. $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ040-055-056-160600- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-141216T0600Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS... MADISON...FLANDREAU 857 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...THEN TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS THERE MAY BE A THREAT OF FALLING TREE BRANCHES WHERE THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WERE HEAVIEST. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL PERIODICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AS LOW AS A MILE INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ081-089-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-069-160600- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0600Z/ LYON IA-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD- YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...LUVERNE... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 857 PM CST MON DEC 15 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 12 AM. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CREATE SOME VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
618 WWUS43 KFSD 160608 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1208 AM CST TUE DEC 16 2014 MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ040-055-056-160715- /O.EXP.KFSD.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-141216T0600Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS... MADISON...FLANDREAU 1208 AM CST TUE DEC 16 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... LINGERING AREAS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL BE TAPERING OFF THROUGH 2 AM ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS UNLIKELY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW...AND SOME VISIBILITY IN RURAL AREAS AS LOW AS AROUND 1 MILE WHILE LINGERING SNOW FALLS. $$ IAZ001-MNZ081-089-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-069-160715- /O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-141216T0600Z/ LYON IA-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD- YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...LUVERNE... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...YANKTON 1208 AM CST TUE DEC 16 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... AREAS OF LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL PRODUCE ONLY A DUSTING OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. $$
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 Dec 14, 2:49 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 2:49 PM CST, 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
249 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 248 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
LARGE...MOIST ALMOST SPRING LIKE SYSTEM REALLY GETTING WRAPPED UP
THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTH TEXAS. AT THE SURFACE THE COLD FRONT HAS
WORKED ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND WAS APPROACHING SIOUX FALLS
AT 2030Z. STARTING TO BECOME CONCERNED THAT THIS SURGE EAST OF THE
LOW LEVEL COLD AIR AND THE VERY WOUND UP NATURE OF THE UPPER LOW
WILL BRING A BIGGER THREAT FOR FREEZING PRECIPIATION THAN PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT. LATEST TREND IN THE 18Z NAM HINTS THAT THIS MAY BE THE CASE
AS THE WARM LAYER ALOFT STILL IN PLACE THROUGH 18Z OVER MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND FAR EASTERN SD. THIS CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE
THE FOCAL POINT WHERE THE WARM MOIST AIR ALOFT WRAPS BACK FROM THE
NORTHEAST OVER THE TOP OF THE COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE. WILL OPT
FOR A WARNING OVER A HANDFUL OF COUNTIES IN THIS AREA AS ICING
POTENTIAL LOOKS TO BE ABOUT 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH...AND POSSIBLY A
LITTLE MORE...COUPLED WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND NORTH WINDS LIKELY GUSTING TO ABOUT
35 TO 40 MPH. STILL SOME HOPE THAT SURFACE TEMPERATURES DOWN THE
INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR COULD STAY JUST A TOUCH ABOVE FREEZING BUT
THAT HOPE IS BEGINNING TO DWINDLE A BIT AS THIS COLDER AIR SURGES
EAST TODAY AND THE WARM LAYER ALOFT STAYS IN PLACE A BIT LONGER.
ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA WHERE THE INITIAL SURGE OF THE COLD FRONT ALOFT/PV ANOMOLY
SWINGS NORTH TONIGHT AND REALLY LOOKS TO INTERACT NICELY WITH THE
LOW LEVEL THERMAL GRADIENT THAT IS DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW. MODELS IN
VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WITH ONLY THE
ECMWF A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH ON THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION. SINCE THE ECMWF DYNAMICS ARE IN FAIRLY CLOSE
ALIGNMENT WITH THE OTHER MODELS WILL KEEP AXIS OF HIGHEST
PRECIPITATION PRETTY CLOSE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST.
ON A SIDE NOTE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TO HEAR A RUMBLE OF THUNDER
NEAR SIOUX CITY INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AS SOUNDINGS HINTING AT
JUST A TOUCH OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY EARLY THIS EVENING.
AS THE WAVE SHIFTS EAST ON MONDAY THE TROWAL COLLPASES AND THE MAJOR
THREAT FOR ICING WILL END. EXPECTING MAINLY A BRIEF ONE TO TWO HOUR
TRANSITION WINDOW FROM RAIN TO MINOR ICING TO SNOW OVER THE
REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST SD INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. THE SNOW WILL THEN
BUILD INTO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM ABOUT LAKE ANDES
TO BROOKINGS. OTHER THAN CHARLES MIX AND GREGORY COUNTIES AREAS TO
THE NORTH WILL SEE SOMETHING CLOSER TO 3 TO 5 INCHES.
.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 248 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
RELATIVELY QUIET PERIOD IN THE EXTENDED AS EARLY WEEK SYSTEM LIFTS
TO THE NORTHEAST AND SECOND SYSTEM DIVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES
REGION. THIS SYSTEM REMAINS CUT OFF FROM THE JET STREAM WHICH IS
CONCENTRATED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN US...SO SYSTEM IS RELATIVELY SLOW
TO MOVE. AS THE PATTERN GRADUALLY EVOLVES...EXPECT UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE TO BUILD ACROSS THE NORTH PLAINS LATE IN THE WEEK. MODELS
HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT ON LATE WEEK SYSTEM AS ENERGY
REMAINS CONCENTRATED SOUTH OF THE FORECDAST AREA UNDER THE JET. AS
SUCH...HAVE A DRY FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. IN
GENERAL...TEMPERATURES APPEAR TO BE FAIRLY SEASONAL...WITH THE
COOLEST TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT AS WEAK SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS INTO
THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. THEREAFTER...A GRADUAL WARMING TREND IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 547 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
IFR-LIFR CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE THROUGH THE PERIOD...THOUGH
BRIEF IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR-LOW END VFR IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN
AREAS WEST OF THE I-29 CORRIDOR. PRIMARILY LIGHT-MODERATE DRIZZLE
AND FOG THROUGH THE DAY WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO BONAFIDE RAIN
SPREADING OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. LOCATIONS WEST OF I-29 WILL SEE
THE RAIN BECOME A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN/SLEET AFTER 06Z AS
COLDER SURFACE AIR BEGINS TO UNDERCUT LINGERING WARM LAYER ALOFT.
EVENTUALLY THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH TO SNOW AS LAYERS
ALOFT COOL...HOWEVER THIS NOT LIKELY TO OCCUR AT KHON UNTIL AFTER
THIS TAF PERIOD.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR SDZ039-
053-054-059-060-065-068.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR SDZ040-056.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR SDZ055-
061-062-066-069.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY
FOR SDZ052-057-058-064.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST MONDAY
FOR SDZ050-063.
MN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR MNZ071-072-
080-097.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR MNZ081-
089-098.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...08
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...JHHazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 6:54 AM CST, 8 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 654 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 MNZ071-072-080-097-098-SDZ038>040-050-052>066-068-069-151300- LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY- BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON- 654 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HAZARDOUS WINTRY SCENARIO WILL EVOLVE TONIGHT ACROSS AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO MITCHELL TO LAKE ANDES...WHERE A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. LOWER BRULE AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE...WITH A MINOR ACCUMULATION OF SNOW BY DAYBREAK. IN ADDITION...A MINOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOWFALL DURING THE MORNING ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE ENDING...ALTHOUGH THE GREATEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED GENERALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL VARY FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH GREATEST AMOUNTS IN THE LOWER BRULE AND LOWER JAMES VALLEY LOCATIONS. DURING THE MORNING...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE JAMES VALLEY. AS NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO A GUSTY 20 TO 35 MPH... SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. IAZ001>003-012-013-020-MNZ081-089-090-NEZ013-014-SDZ067-070-071- 151300- LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-PLYMOUTH-COTTONWOOD- NOBLES-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA-LINCOLN SD-CLAY SD-UNION- 654 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS THROUGH MID MORNING IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STARTING AROUND LUNCHTIME ON MONDAY NEAR INTERSTATE 29 AND WORKING SLOWLY EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...RAIN WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW...WITH A PERIOD OF MIXED SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BY THE TIME SNOWFALL TAPERS OFF MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. IAZ014-021-022-031-032-151300- CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- 654 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES TOWARD CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...AND SPENCER THROUGH MID MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET EXPECTED DURING TRANSITION. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF LATER MONDAY NIGHT...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATION AN INCH OR LESS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 4:42 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more | 43 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.