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Freezing Rain Advisory 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

February 9, 201512 counties in South Dakota; 10 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this freezing rain advisory at Feb 9, 2015, 3:25 PM CST for 12 counties in South Dakota; 10 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 10, 2015, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 9, 2015, 3:25 PM CST (21:25 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 10, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 10, 2015, 2:00 PM CST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD

All 30 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, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Beadle County, SD, Brookings 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, Union County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freezing rain 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Feb 9, 11:50 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 11:50 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 9, 12:58 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 3 more	12 hr

Nearby

Freezing Rain Advisories in South Dakota, 2015 Freezing Rain Advisories in Iowa, 2015 Freezing Rain Advisories in Minnesota, 2015 Every freezing rain advisory in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.