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Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

November 15, 20144 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter weather advisory at Nov 15, 2014, 3:24 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Nov 16, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2014, 3:24 PM CST (21:24 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 16, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 16, 2014, 9:36 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 45 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

189 
WWUS43 KFSD 152124
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
324 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

.OVERVIEW... WIDESPREAD MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH MOST
LOCATIONS RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY MORNING WILL BRING MUCH STRONGER
WINDS TO THE AREA WHICH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOWFALL FOR SUNDAY. PLEASE BE
PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-160530-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141115T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.141116T1800Z-141117T2100Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
324 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 3 PM CST
MONDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
SUNDAY TO 3 PM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL COME TO END BY LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE
  COMMON...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO AROUND A MILE. MUCH WORST
  VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
  MONDAY...AS NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH FREQUENTLY REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...POSSIBLY EVEN TO NEAR ZERO
  AT TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE
EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-
040-054>056-060>062-065>071-160530-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.141116T2100Z-141118T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141116T0300Z/
LYON IA-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-NOBLES-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...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...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
324 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. THEN
  NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SHARPLY INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
  CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL
  OCCUR. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
  MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. VISIBILITY
  RESTRICTIONS WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY...FREQUENTLY
  REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN TO NEAR ZERO
  AT TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE
EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ081-090-160530-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.141116T2100Z-141118T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141116T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
324 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 4 TO
  6 INCHES.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
  MPH BY LATE SUNDAY...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY WITH SOME
  GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE...POSSIBLY EVEN TO NEAR ZERO 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.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE
EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$
6 follow-up statements
061 
WWUS43 KFSD 160301
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
901 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-
040-054>056-060>062-065>071-161115-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141116T0300Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.141116T2100Z-141118T0000Z/
LYON IA-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-NOBLES-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...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...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
901 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO
6 PM CST MONDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...ACCUMULATING LIGHT SNOW IS RAPIDLY ENDING. NORTHWEST
  WINDS WILL SHARPLY INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONTINUING THROUGH
  MONDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE
  BEEN WIDESPREAD. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
  MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL
  FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...AND
  POSSIBLY EVEN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ081-090-161115-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141116T0600Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.141116T2100Z-141118T0000Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
901 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO
6 PM CST MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS
  THAN AN INCH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL
  AVERAGE FROM 4 TO NEAR 7 INCHES. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
  MPH BY LATE SUNDAY...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY WITH SOME
  GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
  A HALF MILE OR LESS...POSSIBLY EVEN TO NEAR ZERO 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.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-161115-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.141116T1800Z-141117T2100Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
901 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
3 PM CST MONDAY...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY MIDDAY
  SUNDAY...AND LINGER THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
  MPH BY MIDDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS WILL FREQUENTLY REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...POSSIBLY EVEN TO NEAR
  ZERO AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$
649 
WWUS43 KFSD 160555
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1155 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ081-090-161400-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-141116T0600Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.141116T2100Z-141118T0000Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
1155 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO
6 PM CST MONDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SHARPLY INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
  AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
  TONIGHT.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH LATE
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY...GUSTING TO AROUND 40 MPH AT
  TIMES...WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL FREQUENTLY REDUCE
  VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...POSSIBLY EVEN TO NEAR ZERO
  AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-161400-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.141116T1800Z-141117T2100Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
1155 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO
3 PM CST MONDAY...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...
  AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL
  FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...POSSIBLY
  EVEN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-
040-054>056-060>062-065>071-161400-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.141116T2100Z-141118T0000Z/
LYON IA-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-NOBLES-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...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...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1155 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO
6 PM CST MONDAY...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SHARPLY INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
  AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL
  FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...AND
  POSSIBLY EVEN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$
888 
WWUS43 KFSD 160950
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
350 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-161800-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.141116T1800Z-141117T2100Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
350 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
3 PM CST MONDAY...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY MIDDAY TODAY...
  AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL
  FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...
  POSSIBLY EVEN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>071-161800-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.141116T2100Z-141118T0000Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-
MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
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...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
350 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CST MONDAY...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL
  FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...AND
  POSSIBLY EVEN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$
262 
WWUS43 KFSD 161927
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
127 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-170330-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-141117T2100Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
127 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
MONDAY...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY MIDDAY TODAY... 
  AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS 
  AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. THIS WILL 
  FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS... 
  POSSIBLY EVEN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>071-170330-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.141116T2100Z-141118T0000Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-
MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
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...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
127 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
MONDAY...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
  AND PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH LATE 
  THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW. THIS 
  WILL FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS...
  AND POSSIBLY EVEN TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

&&

$$
980 
WWUS43 KFSD 162215
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
415 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-170615-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-141117T2100Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
415 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
MONDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT AND MONDAY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO
  30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. DUE TO FRESH SNOW
  COVER...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL RESULT...WITH
  VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN
  AREAS. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 20 BELOW
  ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS...AS THE INTENSITY OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY VARY GREATLY
OVER SHORT DISTANCES.

&&

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>071-170615-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-141118T0000Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-
MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
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...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
415 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
MONDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH
  MONDAY. THE STRONGEST OF THE WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING
  JUST BEHIND A FRONTAL PASSAGE...THEN AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND
  MONDAY.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO
  30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL
  LIKELY BE A LITTLE LIGHTER THAN THIS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. SPEEDS
  OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO
  THE FRESH SNOW COVER...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A HALF MILE
  OR LESS AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 20 BELOW
  ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS...AS THE INTENSITY OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY VARY GREATLY
OVER SHORT DISTANCES.

&&

$$
278 
WWUS43 KFSD 170336
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
936 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
171145-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-141118T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0022.141117T1600Z-141118T0000Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-LINCOLN MN-
LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE
936 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
TO 6 PM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE QUITE STRONG IN THE LATE
  MORNING AND AFTERNOON MONDAY. 

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO
  35 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. SPEEDS OF THIS
  MAGNITUDE WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO THE FRESH
  SNOW COVER...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT
  TIMES IN OPEN AREAS.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 10 BELOW AND 20 BELOW 
  ZERO BY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS...AS THE INTENSITY OF BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY VARY GREATLY
OVER SHORT DISTANCES.

&&

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-
065>071-170445-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-141118T0000Z/
LYON IA-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...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...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
936 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THERE STILL COULD BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY
REDUCING VISIBILITIES. BUT WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY REDUCTION IS NOT
EXPECTED. ONE MORE THING TO CONSIDER HOWEVER...IS THAT WIND CHILL
VALUES WILL BE AVERAGING 10 BELOW TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-170445-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-141117T2100Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
936 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THERE STILL COULD BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY
REDUCING VISIBILITIES. BUT WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY REDUCTION IS NOT
EXPECTED. ONE MORE THING TO CONSIDER HOWEVER...IS THAT WIND CHILL
VALUES WILL BE AVERAGING 10 BELOW TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

$$

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Nov 15, 3:18 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 3:18 PM CST, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
318 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 317 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

EVERYTHING PANNING OUT PRETTY MUCH AS EXPECTED WITH A WIDESPREAD 3
TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. SOME ENHANCED BANDING JUST NORTH OF SIOUX
FALLS EAST DOWN INTERSTATE 90 INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MAY HAVE
PRODUCED SOME ISOLATED 6 TO 6.5 INCH SPOTS. LUCKILY WITH THIS CASE
THE SNOW IS VERY LIGHT AND FLUFFY AND THERE IS LITTLE IF ANY WIND
THUS FAR SO NO MAJOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING. THERE IS STILL GOING TO
BE SOME BLOWING SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER BUT
NOT QUITE ENOUGH TO CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS. FORCING SHIFTS EAST THROUGH
THE EVENING AND BY ABOUT 8 PM MOST OF THE MEASURABLE SNOW WILL BE
EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 AND BY ABOUT 1 AM THE SNOW SHOULD BE OUT OF
THE CWA. COLDER AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND WITH SOME CLEARING EXPECTED SO
FAIRLY COLD OVERNIGHT.

SUNDAY AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON POSES A DIFFERENT PROBLEM
WHICH WILL BE BLOWING SNOW. IN THE MORNING WINDS WILL MAINLY BE FROM
THE WEST AS A VERY STRONG PV ANOMALY DROPS SOUTH INTO SOUTH DAKOTA.
AS THIS PV ANOMALY MOVES THROUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE QUITE A BIT AS STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION SWINGS
THROUGH. THIS WILL START TO CHURN UP THE LIGHT FLUFFY SNOW THATS
CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND AND SHOULD DROP VISIBILITIES PRETTY QUICKLY
AS GUSTS CLIMB UP CLOSE TO 40 MPH. DURING THE AFTERNOON THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 20S BUT
FALLING PRETTY QUICKLY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 317 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

STRONG FRONT AND PRESSURE RISE COUPLET WORKING THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA SHORTLY AFTER 00Z...AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED
BY PULSE OF STRONGER WINDS DURING THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS MAY
COME DOWN BRIEFLY...BUT CONTINUED COLD AIR ADVECTION OVERNIGHT
ALONG WITH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS IN THE MIXED LAYER WILL KEEP
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. IN FACT...ADDITIONAL
SUBSIDENCE WITH GRADIENT INCREASING FOR A TIME BEHIND THE UPPER
WAVE ALONG WITH SHALLOW MIXING ON MONDAY SHOULD BRING THE MORE
PERSISTENT AND GUSTY WINDS...AND LIKELY REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY.
THROUGH THE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY PERIOD...NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION WITH CHARACTER OF SNOW THAT COULD BE SOME PERIODS OF NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IF CAN AUGMENT WITH A FEW DAYTIME
FLURRIES...WHICH WOULD APPEAR PROBABLE GIVEN THE LOWER LEVEL LAPSE
RATES. BY LATER MONDAY...SURFACE GRADIENT WILL START TO DROP OFF
ENOUGH THAT WESTERN AREAS WILL IMPROVE BY MID AFTERNOON...AND BY
SUNSET IN THE EAST. OTHER FACET OF WINDS WILL COME WITH THE COLD
TEMPS...WITH WIND CHILLS LARGELY 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LOOKS TO BE A SOLID BET FOR A RECORD
LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON MONDAY.

ON MONDAY NIGHT...WITH SURFACE RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE AREA...
ENOUGH RELAXATION OF THE GRADIENT FROM AROUND I 29 WESTWARD ALONG
WITH CLEARING POTENTIAL TO ALLOW STRONGER COOLING THAN GUIDANCE
SUGGESTS...AND HAVE TAKEN A GOOD SOLID 4-7 DEGREES OFF VALUES FOR
OVERNIGHT LOWS. RETURN FLOW KICKS IN TUESDAY...AND WHILE WILL GET
OFF SURFACE TO WARM CONSIDERABLY...LIKELY WITH SNOWCOVER AND EARLY
INVERSION TO FIND LESS OF AN IMPACT ON WARMING SURFACE TEMPS...
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE DEGREE OF HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING IN AHEAD OF
NEXT NORTHWEST FLOW WAVE DURING THE PEAK OF THE DAY.

LONGER TERM WROUGHT WITH TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VARIOUS
SOLUTIONS...AND EVEN SOME DIFFERENCES ON EVOLVING THE LARGER
SCALE...UNDER A GRADUALLY DEAMPLIFYING PATTERN BY THE WEEKEND.
ECMWF SOMEWHAT OFF ON ITS OWN WITH STRENGTH AND PERSISTENCE OF
FEATURES BY LATE WEEK...AND HAVE ADJUSTED TOWARD MORE OF A MEAN
BETWEEN IT AND THE PUSHY GFS...ALONG WITH ENSEMBLE CLUSTERING
TOWARD SLOWER CHANGE.

LIKELY TO SEE A FEW MORE FLURRIES WITH NEXT SURGE ON LATER TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND WILL DRIVE TEMPS DOWN SEVERAL DEGREES
ONCE AGAIN. WINDS WILL PICK UP AGAIN LATER TUESDAY NIGHT WITH
STRONG COLD ADVECTION AND HEALTHY UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW. LIKELY NOT
AS STRONG AS WINDS FROM SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY...AND MODIFICATION OF
THE SNOWPACK SHOULD LESSEN THREAT FOR BLOWING SNOW.

HEADING TO THE CLOSE OF THE WEEK AND START OF THE WEEKEND...WILL
GET ANOTHER POTENTIAL WINDOW FOR MORE EXTREME OVERNIGHT COOLING
FOR THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN WATCHING A GRADUAL MODERATION THROUGH
SATURDAY. WOULD NOT BE SHOCKED TO FIND NEED TO ADD IN A LIGHT
PRECIP THREAT BY SATURDAY...GIVEN TRENDS TO SETTING UP WARM AIR
ADVECTION/CONFLUENCE NEAR THE AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1124 AM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

MVFR TO OCCASIONAL IFR CONDITIONS IN SNOW TODAY...WITH CONDITIONS
GRADUALLY IMPROVING THE THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WHILE MAINLY VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AFTER ABOUT 9Z TONIGHT IN MOST LOCATIONS
SOME PATCHY MVFR CEILINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE TOMORROW. BE PREPARED
FOR VERY STRONG WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR SDZ039-
     040-054>056-060>062-065>071.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>071.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SDZ038-
     050-052-053-057>059-063-064.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 3 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064.

MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR MNZ071-
     072-080-089-097-098.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR MNZ081-
     090.

IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR IAZ001-
     012-020-031.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR IAZ002-
     003-013-014-021-022-032.

NE...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR NEZ013-
     014.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     NEZ013-014.

&&

SHORT TERM...08
LONG TERM...CHAPMAN
AVIATION...08
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 4:49 AM CST, 10 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
449 AM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-161100-
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
449 AM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...THEN COME TO AN END
FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE
AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
MOVE INTO THE REGION WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF 10
BELOW ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 15, 12:17 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1217 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

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

1130 AM     SNOW             1 W LUVERNE             43.65N 96.23W
11/15/2014  M3.3 INCH        ROCK               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ADAMS
Local storm report, Nov 15, 1:03 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
103 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

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

0100 PM     SNOW             GREGORY                 43.23N 99.43W
11/15/2014  E5.0 INCH        GREGORY            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ADAMS
Local storm report, Nov 15, 1:08 PM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
108 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

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

0105 PM     SNOW             FLANDREAU               44.05N 96.60W
11/15/2014  M4.5 INCH        MOODY              SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

ADAMS
Local storm report, Nov 15, 1:39 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
139 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

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

0120 PM     SNOW             5 S CHAMBERLAIN         43.74N 99.32W
11/15/2014  M5.4 INCH        BRULE              SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

ADAMS
Local storm report, Nov 15, 1:44 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
144 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

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

0140 PM     SNOW             4 N CURRIE              44.13N 95.67W
11/15/2014  M3.5 INCH        MURRAY             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ADAMS
Local storm report, Nov 15, 3:04 PM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
304 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014

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

0250 PM     SNOW             LUVERNE                 43.65N 96.21W
11/15/2014  M5.1 INCH        ROCK               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

ADAMS

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.