Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this winter storm warning at Dec 14, 2015, 2:45 PM CST for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 15, 2015, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 26 hr. 25 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, 2015, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2015, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2015, 11:17 AM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
All 28 counties
Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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, 6:21 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Kennebec, SD | STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 15, 7:45 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Ree Heights, SD | STILL SNOWING. |
| Dec 16, 12:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Aberdeen, SD | MIDNIGHT TOTAL SNOWFALL BEFORE SNOW BEGAN TO DRIFT |
| Dec 16, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Westport, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 5 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 5:35 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Redfield, SD | SNOWFALL SO FAR |
| Dec 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Roy Lake State Park, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 6 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Pierre, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 6 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 6:05 AM CST | SNOW 5.7 | Aberdeen, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 6 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 19 Nnw Highmore, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 7 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Turton, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 7 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.8 | Roscoe, SD | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.6 | Selby, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 7 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 12 Nne Java, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 7 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 4 Ese Herreid, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 7 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Presho, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 7 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 11 | 6 E Hayes, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 7 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Big Stone City, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR |
| Dec 16, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Milbank, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 730 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.6 | Watertown, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 8 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Doland, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 8 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Mobridge, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 8 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Eureka, SD | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 16, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 12 Wnw Frederick, SD | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
| Dec 16, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 15 Nnw Gettysburg, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 830 AM CST |
| Dec 16, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Murdo, SD | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 9 AM CST |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
289 WWUS43 KABR 142045 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 245 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... .A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE UP INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AND ORIENTATE SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY REGION TUESDAY NIGHT. ELSEWHERE...THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL OF ONE OR MORE BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SDZ033-035-045-048-051-150445- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0003.151215T1200Z-151217T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WS.W.0003.151215T1500Z-151216T1800Z/ STANLEY-HUGHES-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...PIERRE...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 245 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 /145 PM MST MON DEC 14 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TUESDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TUESDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY LATE MORNING TUESDAY * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS PROBABLE...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...FALLING SNOW FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONDITIONS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ SDZ003-004-009-015-016-034-036-037-150445- /O.EXT.KABR.WS.A.0003.151215T1500Z-151216T1800Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-POTTER-SULLY-HYDE-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE... TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...ONIDA...HIGHMORE...MILLER 245 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 /145 PM MST MON DEC 14 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING BY MID DAY ON TUESDAY AND ENDING BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-017>021-150445- /O.EXT.KABR.WS.A.0003.151215T2100Z-151217T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY- FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...EUREKA... ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK 245 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING BY LATE AFTERNOON TUESDAY AND ENDING BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ NWS ABR
8 follow-up statements
756 WWUS43 KABR 150218 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 818 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... .A WINTER STORM MOVING TOWARD THE REGION WILL BRING SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THAT SNOW MAY PROVE HEAVY...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. SDZ033-035-045-048-051-151200- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.151215T1500Z-151216T1800Z/ STANLEY-HUGHES-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...PIERRE...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 818 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 /718 PM MST MON DEC 14 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TUESDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY LATE MORNING TUESDAY * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS PROBABLE...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...FALLING SNOW FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONDITIONS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ003-004-009-015-016-034-036-037-151200- /O.CON.KABR.WS.A.0003.151215T1500Z-151216T1800Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-POTTER-SULLY-HYDE-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE... TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...ONIDA...HIGHMORE...MILLER 818 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 /718 PM MST MON DEC 14 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING BY MID DAY ON TUESDAY AND ENDING BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-017>021-151200- /O.CON.KABR.WS.A.0003.151215T2100Z-151217T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY- FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...EUREKA... ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK 818 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING BY LATE AFTERNOON TUESDAY AND ENDING BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
868 WWUS43 KABR 150954 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 354 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...EXPECT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE TEMPERATURES COOL ENOUGH FOR A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...PERSISTING INTO WEDNESDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE AS THE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHWARDS. SDZ003-004-009-015-016-034-036-037-151800- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0003.151215T1500Z-151216T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KABR.WS.W.0003.151215T1800Z-151217T0000Z/ CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-POTTER-SULLY-HYDE-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE... TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...ONIDA...HIGHMORE...MILLER 354 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 /254 AM MST TUE DEC 15 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH MID DAY TODAY. SNOW WILL THEN DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-017>021-151800- /O.UPG.KABR.WS.A.0003.151215T2100Z-151217T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KABR.WS.W.0003.151215T1800Z-151217T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY- FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...EUREKA... ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK 354 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EXPECT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. SNOW WILL THEN DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ022-023-151800- /O.EXB.KABR.WS.W.0003.151215T1800Z-151217T0000Z/ HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 354 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. SNOW WILL THEN DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. && $$ SDZ033-035-045-048-051-151800- /O.EXT.KABR.WS.W.0003.151215T1500Z-151217T0000Z/ STANLEY-HUGHES-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...PIERRE...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 354 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 /254 AM MST TUE DEC 15 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BY LATE MORNING TUESDAY * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS PROBABLE...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID DAY BEFORE SNOW BEGINS TO FALL. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONDITIONS AND REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ CONNELLY
145 WWUS43 KABR 151734 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1134 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING INTO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...EXPECT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TO CONTINUE BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...PERSISTING INTO WEDNESDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE AS THE SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHWARD. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-034-036-037-160145- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.151215T1800Z-151217T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-SULLY-HYDE-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE...ONIDA...HIGHMORE...MILLER 1134 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 /1034 AM MST TUE DEC 15 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * EXPECT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH MID DAY TODAY. SNOW WILL THEN DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM THIS EVENING AND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES...IN FALLING SNOW AND FROM BLOWING SNOW ON WEDNESDAY ONCE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ SDZ033-035-045-048-051-160145- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151217T0000Z/ STANLEY-HUGHES-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERRE...PIERRE...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 1134 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 /1034 AM MST TUE DEC 15 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW NOW THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS PROBABLE...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID DAY BEFORE SNOW BEGINS TO FALL. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONDITIONS AND REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NWS ABR
248 WWUS43 KABR 152033 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 233 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .EXPECT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TO CONTINUE BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT...PERSISTING INTO WEDNESDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY AS STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-160445- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151217T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES- LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER... MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 233 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 /133 PM MST TUE DEC 15 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. EXPECT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING...WHEN PRECIPITATION TYPE CHANGES TO SNOW...AND CONTINUES THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF WEDNESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN NOW AND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES TONIGHT IN FALLING SNOW...AND FROM BLOWING SNOW ON WEDNESDAY AS STRONG WINDS DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ NWS ABR
409 WWUS43 KABR 160153 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 753 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT...PERSISTING INTO WEDNESDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY AS STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-161000- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151217T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES- LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER... MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 753 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 /653 PM MST TUE DEC 15 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE...DIMINISHING AROUND 6 PM WEDNESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 7PM TONIGHT AND 3AM WEDNESDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$
722 WWUS43 KABR 160422 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1022 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH OVERNIGHT...PERSISTING INTO WEDNESDAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY AS STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP. SDZ045-048-051-161230- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151217T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WW.Y.0012.151216T0422Z-151217T0000Z/ JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1022 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE...DIMINISHING AROUND 6 PM WEDNESDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-161230- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151217T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER 1022 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 /922 PM MST TUE DEC 15 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE...DIMINISHING AROUND 6 PM WEDNESDAY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM WEDNESDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$
726 WWUS43 KABR 160947 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 347 AM CST WED DEC 16 2015 ...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY... WHILE A FEW POCKETS OF HEAVY SNOW PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...THE GENERAL TREND WILL BE FOR FALLING SNOW TO END BY MID DAY. WINDS HAVE BEEN INCREASING AND WILL TOP OUT AT AROUND 40 MPH. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-161800- /O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151217T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER 347 AM CST WED DEC 16 2015 /247 AM MST WED DEC 16 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING. * LOCALIZED AREAS OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ SDZ045-048-051-161800- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-151217T0000Z/ JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 347 AM CST WED DEC 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ CONNELLY
340 WWUS43 KABR 161717 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1117 AM CST WED DEC 16 2015 ...LIGHT SNOW WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY... MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-170000- /O.CAN.KABR.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151217T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KABR.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-151217T0000Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON... REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER 1117 AM CST WED DEC 16 2015 /1017 AM MST WED DEC 16 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH AND LIGHT FALLING SNOW WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ045-048-051-170000- /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-151217T0000Z/ JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1117 AM CST WED DEC 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ SD/MOHR
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 Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 14, 11:53 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 11:53 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1153 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1153 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE TODAY PERIOD FORECAST. DID GO AHEAD
AND EXTEND THE FOG/DRIZZLE PHENOMENA OUT THROUGH THE REST OF THE
TODAY PERIOD...PER SHORT RANGE MOISTURE AND BUFKIT SOUNDING PROGS.
IT ALSO APPEARS AS THOUGH A FEW FLAKES OF SNOW MAY BE FLYING OUT
THERE. UPDATES ARE OUT.
ALSO...SEE BELOW FOR AN UPDATED AVIATION FORECAST DISCUSSION.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 539 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015
SEE UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 359 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015
QUITE A VARIETY IN VSBY ACROSS THE CWA THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WITH OBS
AND WEB CAMS IN AND OUT OF FOG. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN SOME PATCHY
FREEZING DRIZZLE OFF AND ON SINCE LAST EVENING AS EVIDENCED BY WEB
CAMS AND RADAR RETURNS. WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF FOG AND FREEZING
DRIZZLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. POTENTIAL FOR THIS LOOKS TO
CONTINUE ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
MAIN FOCUS REMAINS ON THE SNOWSTORM EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE MODELS AND THEY
ARE ALL NOW IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OUR REGION BEING RIGHT IN
THE PATH OF THE SWATH OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. HAVE THEREFORE ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH BEGINNING 12Z TUESDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA AND
18Z FURTHER EAST. TIMING MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED A BIT AS THE EVENT
NEARS. LEFT OUT THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER FOR THE TIME BEING AS
CURRENT FORECAST SNOW TOTALS ARE NOT AS HIGH AS OTHER
AREAS...ALTHOUGH THIS CAN EASILY CHANGE. IN GENERAL...IT APPEARS 4
TO 9 INCHES ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE
CWA...WITH THE LOWEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CWA
WHICH INCLUDES EAST CENTRAL SD AND THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE
SOUTHWEST COUNTIES WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE PIERRE REGION AND ON INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 359 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015
THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BE EXITING THE REGION TO THE EAST WHEN THE
EXTENDED PERIOD BEGINS. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
REMAINS TIGHT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
TRACK ACROSS THE REGION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WILL SEE A
DECENT GRADIENT DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY BETWEEN THE EXITING HIGH AND
AN APPROACHING LOW. THE LOW TRACKS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH IT
STAYING WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA. THEREFORE...THE ENTIRE
EXTENDED PERIOD LOOKS DRY AT THIS TIME.
COLDER AIR WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD...AND WILL
LIKELY BE ENHANCED BY A NEW LAYER OF SNOW COVER. HIGHS IN THE TEENS
AND 20S WILL BE COMMON THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE CURRENT
SUPERBLEND IS HINTING AT A WARM UP BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
ON SUNDAY...BUT THIS WILL LIKELY BE LESS OF A WARM UP THAN CURRENTLY
NOTED DUE TO THE SNOW PACK.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 1153 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015
NO MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED WITH THE PERSISTENT LOW CLOUD/FOG
FORECAST. IFR CIGS AND MVFR VSBYS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF
THE TAF PERIOD. THE CIGS MAY BRIEFLY LIFT INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL AGAIN DROP BACK TO IFR TONIGHT. IFR VSBYS
IN FOG CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...AND THERE
IS A CHANCE FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO THE
AREA. SNOW MAY BE MOVING INTO THE KPIR TAF SITE BY THE END OF THIS
TAF PERIOD...THEN SPREADING INTO THE OTHER TAF SITES TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY
MORNING. DETAILS WILL BE DEFINED IN SUBSEQUENT TAF FORECASTS.
&&
.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>037-045-048-051.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SDZ005>008-010-011-017>021.
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MNZ039-046.
&&
UPDATE...DORN
SHORT TERM...TMT
LONG TERM...PARKIN
AVIATION...PARKINHazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 4:07 AM CST, 10 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 407 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015 MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-151015- TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES- LYMAN-BUFFALO- 407 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015 /307 AM MST MON DEC 14 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND ONCE AGAIN OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW TOTALS FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE REGION. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY MORNING BRINGING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TMT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 3:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 18 more | 24 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.