Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Dec 15, 2015, 4:14 AM CST for 6 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Dec 15, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2015, 4:14 AM CST (10:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2015, 3:53 AM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
498 WWUS43 KFSD 151014 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 414 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 SDZ050-057-151815- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0004.151215T1500Z-151216T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0006.151215T1800Z-151216T1800Z/ GREGORY-BRULE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL 414 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLY LINGERING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WHILE MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL HAVE TAPERED OFF BY THIS TIME... LINGERING LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038-052-151815- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0004.151215T1500Z-151216T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0006.151215T2100Z-151216T2100Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA 414 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH SOME AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW LINGERING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. BY THIS TIME...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL HAVE ENDED WITH ONLY LIGHT SNOW LINGERING...BUT SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY...WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ039-040-151815- /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0006.151215T2100Z-151216T2100Z/ KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS 414 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE TODAY WILL MAKE WAY FOR SNOWFALL TO DEVELOP VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...WITH A POTENTIAL SECONDARY BURST OF SNOWFALL LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. MOST OF THE WIND WILL OCCUR AFTER THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...BUT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY...WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ071-072-097-SDZ054>056-060>062-065-066-068-069-151815- /O.EXB.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.151215T2100Z-151216T2100Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-PIPESTONE-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK- MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 414 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY EARLY EVENING. WHILE SNOW MAY TAPER OFF AT TIMES LATER IN THE EVENING...ANOTHER BURST OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH VISIBILITY PERHAPS AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ053-058-059-063-064-151815- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.151215T1800Z-151216T1800Z/ SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 414 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE SNOW WILL DECREASE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH BY LATE NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
243 WWUS43 KFSD 151643 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1043 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 SDZ050-057-160045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.151215T1800Z-151216T1800Z/ GREGORY-BRULE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL 1043 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLY LINGERING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WHILE MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL HAVE TAPERED OFF BY THIS TIME... LINGERING LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038>040-052-160045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.151215T2100Z-151216T2100Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA 1043 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MAKE WAY FOR SNOWFALL TO DEVELOP VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...WITH A POTENTIAL SECONDARY BURST OF SNOWFALL LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. MOST OF THE WIND WILL OCCUR AFTER THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...BUT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY...WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MNZ098-SDZ067-070-160045- /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.151215T2100Z-151216T2100Z/ ROCK-LINCOLN SD-CLAY SD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUVERNE...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...VERMILLION 1043 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON CREATING A FEW SLICK SPOTS. OTHERWISE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY EARLY EVENING. WHILE SNOW MAY TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING...ANOTHER BURST OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER WEDNESDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH VISIBILITY PERHAPS AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ053-058-059-063-064-160045- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.151215T1800Z-151216T1800Z/ SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1043 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON CREATING A FEW SLICK SPOTS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE SNOW WILL DECREASE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH BY LATE NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ071-072-097-SDZ054>056-060>062-065-066-068-069-160045- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.151215T2100Z-151216T2100Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-PIPESTONE-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK- MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 1043 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON CREATING A FEW SLICK SPOTS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY EARLY EVENING. WHILE SNOW MAY TAPER OFF AT TIMES LATER IN THE EVENING...ANOTHER BURST OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH VISIBILITY PERHAPS AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
414 WWUS43 KFSD 152047 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 247 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 SDZ050-057-160500- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151216T1800Z/ GREGORY-BRULE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL 247 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLY LINGERING WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. WHILE MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL HAVE TAPERED OFF BY THIS TIME... LINGERING LIGHT SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH VISIBILITY AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038>040-052-160500- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.151215T2100Z-151216T2100Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA 247 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MAKE WAY FOR SNOWFALL TO DEVELOP VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...WITH A POTENTIAL SECONDARY BURST OF SNOWFALL LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. MOST OF THE WIND WILL OCCUR AFTER THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...BUT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY...WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ053-058-059-063-064-160500- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151216T1800Z/ SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 247 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON CREATING A FEW SLICK SPOTS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE SNOW WILL DECREASE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH BY LATE NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ071-072-097-098-SDZ054>056-060>062-065>070-160500- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.151215T2100Z-151216T2100Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK- MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN... MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 247 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON CREATING A FEW SLICK SPOTS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY EARLY EVENING. WHILE SNOW MAY TAPER OFF AT TIMES LATER IN THE EVENING...ANOTHER BURST OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH VISIBILITY PERHAPS AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
276 WWUS43 KFSD 160405 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1005 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 SDZ050-057-161215- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151216T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151216T1800Z/ GREGORY-BRULE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL 1005 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WHILE THE SNOW WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH BY LATE NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ038-052-161215- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151216T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151216T2100Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA 1005 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WHILE THE SNOW WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH BY LATE NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES... ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH VISIBILITY PERHAPS AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ039-040-161215- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151216T2100Z/ KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS 1005 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. MOST OF THE WIND WILL OCCUR AFTER THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...BUT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY...WITH VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS A HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ053-058-059-063-064-161215- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151216T1800Z/ SANBORN-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOONSOCKET...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1005 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH BY LATE NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ071-072-097-098-SDZ054>056-060>062-065>070-161215- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151216T2100Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK- MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...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 1005 PM CST TUE DEC 15 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH VISIBILITY PERHAPS AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES OF FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
801 WWUS43 KFSD 160953 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 353 AM CST WED DEC 16 2015 SDZ039-040-161800- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-151216T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151216T2100Z/ KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON... BROOKINGS 353 AM CST WED DEC 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A BAND OF SNOW WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE REGION THROUGH MID MORNING. WHILE THE SNOW WILL DECREASE LATER THIS MORNING...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...MAINLY THROUGH MID MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING. SOME POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH VISIBILITY PERHAPS AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ038-052-161800- /O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151216T1800Z/ BEADLE-JERAULD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA 353 AM CST WED DEC 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...WHILE THE SNOW HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING. SOME POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE MORNING...WITH VISIBILITY PERHAPS AROUND ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SDZ050-053-057>059-063-064-161800- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151216T1800Z/ GREGORY-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WOONSOCKET... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 353 AM CST WED DEC 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...WHILE THE SNOW HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE AND INCH OR LESS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH BY MID MORNING. SOME POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE MORNING...WITH VISIBILITY PERHAPS AROUND ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MNZ071-072-097-098-SDZ054>056-060>062-065>070-161800- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-151216T2100Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK- MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...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 353 AM CST WED DEC 16 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...A BAND OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BECOME MAINLY SNOWFALL AND MAY BECOME LOCALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MID MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH BY MID TO LATE MORNING. SOME POCKETS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH VISIBILITY PERHAPS AROUND ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
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, 10:56 PM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 10:56 PM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1056 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 230 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015
DEEPENING TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL MOVE ON TO THE PLAINS
TOMORROW. AHEAD OF THIS EASTERLY FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE
NIGHT AS AN INVERTED TROUGH AT THE SURFACE DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN
CWA BY AFTERNOON. WITH A STRONG INVERSION IN PLACE AHEAD OF THIS
WAVE THROUGH THE NIGHT EXPECT SOME FOG AND DRIZZLE OR FREEZING
DRIZZLE TO DEVELOP. AT THIS TIME NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS
WITH ANY FREEZING DRIZZLE THAT CAN DEVELOP BUT THERE COULD BE A FEW
SLICK SPOTS IN PLACES IN THE MORNING...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE
29. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S IN CENTRAL SD TO THE LOWER 30S
IN NORTHWEST IOWA.
ON TUESDAY MORNING PRECIPITATION WILL TRY TO DEVELOP AS UPPER LEVEL
FORCING MOVES INTO THE AREA. AT THIS TIME NOT ANTICIPATING TOO MUCH
ACTIVITY IN THE MORNING OTHER THAN FAR SOUTH CENTRAL SD WHERE THE
SNOW COULD START BY MID MORNING. BY AFTERNOON THE FORCING INCREASES
SIGNIFICANTLY AS MID LEVEL FORCING RAMPS UP FROM ABOUT 21Z THROUGH
3Z AND LIFTS NORTH. A FAIRLY POTENT DRY SLOT IS ALSO
FORECAST TO LIFT NORTH INTO THE AREA AND COULD CHANGE PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS A BIT IN THE EAST WHERE DRYING COULD DECREASE AMOUNTS A BIT.
AMOUNTS MAY INCREASE JUST A TOUCH OVER THE WESTERN CWA IF THE EDGE
OF THE DRY SLOT CAN SET UP IN THE RIGHT PLACE. SOUNDINGS
INDICATING ABOUT 50 TO 100 J/KG CAPE FROM ABOUT 600MB UP SO MAY BE
A BIT OF INSTABILITY WITH THE BAND OF SNOW IN THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. SUSPECT THAT THIS WILL BE THE PERIOD WHEN SOME
OF THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION FALL. THE NAM HAS COME
AROUND CLOSER TO THE ECMWF AND GFS WITH REGARDS TO THE LOW LEVEL
WARM SECTOR SO THERE IS STILL THE EXPECTATION THAT SNOW WILL MIX
WITH RAIN...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. TO THE
WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN AS SNOW FOR
THE ENTIRE EVENT. THE SNOW AND RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER THROUGH
THE NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING AS THE FORCING WANES. SNOW
AMOUNTS ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH WITH THE HIGHER
AMOUNTS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
AS FOR HEADLINES WENT AHEAD AND LEFT THE FAR WESTERN CWA IN A WINTER
STORM WATCH AS AMOUNTS ARE STILL A BIT IN QUESTION AND STORM TOTAL
AMOUNTS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE TO 6 INCHES. ADDED AN
ADVISORY TO A FEW COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER WHERE
CONFIDENCE IN 3 TO 5 INCHES IS HIGHEST.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 230 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015
COLDER AIR BUILDING IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM WILL BE THE
PRIMARY FOCUS THROUGH THE LATTER PART OF THE WORK WEEK. DECENT
BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SO DO NOT
EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET THAT NIGHT. WILL SEE VERY LITTLE
TEMPERATURE RECOVERY THURSDAY THOUGH...MAYBE ONLY 4-6 DEGREES IN
MOST AREAS...AS 850MB TEMPS IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO WORK INTO THE
AREA. WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN ON THE BREEZY SIDE THOUGH...
RESULTING IN WIND CHILL READINGS OF ONLY 5-15F MUCH OF THE DAY. A
TOUCH COOLER FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY...THOUGH MANY AREAS
WILL START THE DAY WITH SUB-ZERO WIND CHILLS AS READINGS THURSDAY
NIGHT FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS OVER THE FRESH SNOW
COVER.
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PERSIST TOO LONG...AS
ONCE AGAIN A WARMER REGIME QUICKLY TAKES OVER AND BRINGS 850MB TEMPS
ABOVE ZERO BACK INTO THE REGION BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. SNOW COVER
FROM THE EARLY WEEK SYSTEM WILL...OF COURSE...IMPACT THE SPEED OF
WARMING AT THE SURFACE. BUT WITH A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA EXPECTED
TO SEE LESS THAN 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW...WOULD ANTICIPATE A FAIRLY
QUICK WARMUP WITH MOST AREAS LIKELY SEEING HIGHS ABOVE FREEZING BY
SUNDAY.
A LITTLE MODEL DISCREPANCY REGARDING THE STRENGTH OF AN UPPER TROUGH
SLATED TO SWING THROUGH THE PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY. GFS ON THE
WEAKER SIDE...KEEPING ANY PRECIP NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA...WHILE
14/12Z ECMWF IS A LITTLE STRONGER...AND THUS FARTHER SOUTH WITH THE
PRECIP THREAT. AT THIS RANGE...WILL STICK WITH PERSISTENCE OF THE
DRY THURSDAY-SUNDAY FORECAST...BUT WILL BEAR WATCHING TRENDS IN THE
COMING DAYS.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1052 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015
IFR CEILINGS WITH VFR TO MVFR VISIBILITIES THROUGH THIS
LATE EVENING...THEN DETERIORATING VISIBILITIES LATER AT NIGHT
WITH AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. AREAS OF DRIZZLE WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH SNOW THEN DEVELOPING FROM THE
SOUTHWEST BY AFTERNOON.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 9 AM CST TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR SDZ038-050-052-057.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM NOON TUESDAY TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY
FOR SDZ053-058-059-063-064.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...08
LONG TERM...JH
AVIATION...JMHazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 6:40 PM CST, 9 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 640 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ081-089-090-NEZ013-014- SDZ071-160045- LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA- UNION- 640 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SOME VERY LIGHT PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD FORM LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN COULD CHANGE OVER TO SOME LIGHT SNOW LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE VERY MINIMAL...GENERALLY A HALF INCH OR LESS. LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY IT WILL BE QUITE WINDY HOWEVER...WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS FROM THE WEST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MNZ072-080-097-098-SDZ062-066-067-069-070-160045- LYON MN-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-YANKTON- CLAY SD- 640 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SOME VERY LIGHT PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD FORM LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME... 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH THE THREE INCH AMOUNTS JUST WEST OF YANKTON...SIOUX FALLS...AND MARSHALL MINNESOTA. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY TO 25 TO 35 MPH. THIS COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. SDZ038-050-052-057-160045- BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE- 640 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SOME VERY LIGHT PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD FORM LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY...LASTING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THE SNOWFALL TO BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEREFORE A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR A POSSIBLE 6 TO 7 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MNZ071-SDZ039-040-053>056-058>061-063>065-068-160045- LINCOLN MN-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- 640 PM CST MON DEC 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SOME VERY LIGHT PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD FORM LATE TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO TUESDAY MORNING. NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...LASTING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES EXPECTED NEAR A LAKE ANDES...TO MITCHELL TO DE SMET SOUTH DAKOTA LINE. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW IN RURAL AREAS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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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.