Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Dec 24, 2015, 3:47 PM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota; 24 counties in South Dakota; Lyon County, Sioux County, Iowa. It took effect at Dec 25, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. 54 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 24, 2015, 3:47 PM CST (21:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 33 counties
Lyon County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, 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), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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 25, 11:20 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Yankton, SD | REPORTED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 25, 11:35 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Larchwood, IA | POOR VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADS ALSO REPORTED |
| Dec 26, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Vermillion, SD | |
| Dec 26, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Tyndall, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION TYNDALL. |
| Dec 26, 12:03 AM CST | SNOW 4.1 | 5 Wsw Rowena, SD | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 12:16 AM CST | SNOW 4.4 | 1 W Luverne, MN | HEAVY SNOW FALLING AT OBSERVATION TIME OBSERVER LOCATION LUVERNE. |
| Dec 26, 12:19 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 3 Ese Sioux Falls, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION SIOUX FALLS. |
| Dec 26, 12:45 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 1 Se Tea, SD | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 1:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 6 Sse Aurora, SD | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 1:20 AM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Mitchell, SD | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 1:39 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Wentworth, SD | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 1:58 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | 3 N Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 26, 4:39 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Avoca, MN | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 S Huron, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION HURON. |
| Dec 26, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.5 | 3 N Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 26, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Marshall, MN | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 6:32 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.5 | Luverne, MN | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 6:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Yankton, SD | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | White Lake, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION WHITE LAKE. |
| Dec 26, 7:11 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.1 | 2 N Chester, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION 2 N CHESTER. |
| Dec 26, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Pickstown, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION PICKSTOWN. |
| Dec 26, 7:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Alpena, SD | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 7:50 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Tyndall, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION TYNDALL. |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Orange City, IA | OBSERVER LOCATION ORANGE CITY. |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Alexandria, SD | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Gregory, SD | |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 1 Nnw Pipestone, MN | OBSERVER LOCATION 1 NNW PIPESTONE. |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 N Currie, MN | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OBSERVER LOCATION 4 N CURRIE. |
| Dec 26, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Colton, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION COLTON. |
| Dec 26, 8:09 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Dec 26, 8:20 AM CST | SNOW 4.9 | Howard, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION HOWARD. |
| Dec 26, 8:21 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Olivet, SD | |
| Dec 26, 8:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.8 | Luverne, MN | |
| Dec 26, 8:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Tyler, MN | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 8:39 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Lennox, SD | |
| Dec 26, 8:40 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 W Alexandria, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION 1 W ALEXANDRIA. |
| Dec 26, 9:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Marshall, MN | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 9:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Wessington Springs, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION WESSINGTON SPRINGS. |
| Dec 26, 9:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.1 | 4 Wsw Sioux Falls, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION 4 WSW SIOUX FALLS. |
| Dec 26, 9:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.5 | Brookings, SD | |
| Dec 26, 9:15 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 N Marshall, MN | OBSERVER LOCATION MARSHALL. |
| Dec 26, 9:20 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12.8 | Hartford, SD | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 9:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Hawarden, IA | |
| Dec 26, 9:30 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Westbrook, MN | |
| Dec 26, 9:58 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Mitchell, SD | |
| Dec 26, 10:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 2 Ese Yankton, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION 2 ESE YANKTON. |
| Dec 26, 10:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Platte, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION PLATTE. |
| Dec 26, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 9 | 1 Se Tea, SD | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 10:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 4 Sw Ward, SD | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Dec 26, 10:06 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9.8 | 2 S Mitchell, SD | OBSERVER LOCATION MITCHELL. |
| Dec 26, 10:34 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Worthington, MN | |
| Dec 26, 10:45 AM CST | SNOW 2.9 | 1 S Windom, MN | OBSERVER LOCATION WINDOM. |
| Dec 26, 11:38 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 5 W Sioux Falls, SD | |
| Dec 26, 12:36 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Alcester, SD | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
534 WWUS43 KFSD 242147 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 347 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015 SDZ050-052-057-058-063-250600- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.W.0007.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 347 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO ZERO TO 5 BELOW ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.N EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SDZ038-053-059-064-250600- /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ BEADLE-SANBORN-DAVISON-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 347 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 6 INCHES. LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS OF JUST OVER 6 INCHES COULD OCCUR. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH ON SATURDAY WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO AROUND ZERO SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ039-040-054>056- 060>062-065>067-250600- /O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LYON IA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK- MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... 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 347 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY MIDDAY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO 5 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY. 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. && $$
10 follow-up statements
062 WWUS43 KFSD 250331 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 931 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015 SDZ050-052-057-058-063-251145- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0007.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 931 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO BE 6 TO 8 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO ZERO TO 5 BELOW ON SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.N EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-053>056- 059>062-064>067-251145- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LYON IA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- MOODY-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER- LINCOLN SD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET... HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY... SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 931 PM CST THU DEC 24 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 5 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY MIDDAY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATER SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL FALL TO 5 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO BY LATE SATURDAY. 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. && $$
554 WWUS43 KFSD 250857 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 257 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 MNZ071-072-097-SDZ038>040-053>056-059>062-064-065-252100- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0007.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN- MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 257 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. 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. $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-252100- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0007.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY 257 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. 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. $$ IAZ002-003-012-NEZ013-SDZ068>071-252100- /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-DIXON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 257 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ IAZ001-MNZ080-081-089-090-098-SDZ066-067-252100- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LYON IA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-TURNER-LINCOLN SD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 257 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. 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. $$ DUX
888 WWUS43 KFSD 251717 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1117 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 MNZ071-072-097-SDZ038>040-050-052>065-260130- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0007.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 1117 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ IAZ001>003-012-MNZ080-081-089-090-098-NEZ013-SDZ066>071-260130- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- ROCK-DIXON-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...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...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 1117 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. 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. $$
909 WWUS43 KFSD 252208 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 408 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 IAZ001-MNZ080-081-089-098-SDZ066>069-260615- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0007.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LYON IA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-ROCK-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME- YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...LUVERNE...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 408 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA...EXPANDING INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS POSSIBLE AT THE ONSET. SNOW WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT INCREASING WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...WIND WILL GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH LATE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SWING AROUND TOWARD NORTH AND NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY...WHILE INCREASING TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY ON SATURDAY...WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. 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-SDZ038>040-050-052>065-260615- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0007.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP 408 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... HOWEVER...WINDS WILL BE INCREASING WITH CONDITIONS REMAINING DEGRADED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TOWARD NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL REACH A GUSTY 20 TO 35 MPH... PRODUCING VISIBILITY AROUND A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. 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. $$ IAZ013-014-260615- /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ O'BRIEN-CLAY IA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER 408 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A BRIEF MIX WITH SLEET OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE AT THE ONSET. SNOW WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY AND WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$ IAZ002-003-012-MNZ090-NEZ013-SDZ070-071-260615- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.151226T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-JACKSON-DIXON-CLAY SD-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 408 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE AT THE ONSET. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE PERSISTENT OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATE TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY...WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTH TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. 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. $$
158 WWUS43 KFSD 260348 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 948 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-097-098-SDZ038>040-050-052>069- 261200- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LYON IA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-PIPESTONE- ROCK-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 948 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... HOWEVER...WINDS WILL BE INCREASING WITH CONDITIONS REMAINING DEGRADED DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TOWARD NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL REACH A GUSTY 20 TO 35 MPH... PRODUCING VISIBILITY AROUND A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. 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. $$ IAZ020-NEZ014-261200- /O.EXA.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ PLYMOUTH-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 948 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL BE BRIEFLY HEAVY TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DIMINISH MIDDAY SATURDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY AND WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH LATE TONIGHT...THEN TREND TO NORTH AND NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO A GUSTY 25 TO 35 MPH DURING SATURDAY. EXPECT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES ON SATURDAY IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. 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. $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-MNZ090-NEZ013-SDZ070-071-261200- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-JACKSON-DIXON-CLAY SD- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...SPENCER...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 948 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...BRIEFLY HEAVY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL DIMINISHING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY AND WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH WINDS SATURDAY SHIFTING AROUND TO NORTH AT A GUSTY 25 TO 30 MPH. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$
530 WWUS43 KFSD 260724 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 124 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 IAZ012-SDZ070-071-261530- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ SIOUX-CLAY SD-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 124 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...BRIEFLY HEAVY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL DIMINISHING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY AND WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH WINDS SATURDAY SHIFTING AROUND TO NORTH AT A GUSTY 25 TO 30 MPH. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. 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 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. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-097-098-SDZ038>040-050-052>069- 261530- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LYON IA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-PIPESTONE- ROCK-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 124 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... HOWEVER...WINDS WILL BE INCREASING WITH CONDITIONS REMAINING DEGRADED DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TOWARD NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL REACH A GUSTY 20 TO 35 MPH... PRODUCING VISIBILITY AROUND A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. 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. $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-020-MNZ090-NEZ013-014-261530- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 124 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...BRIEFLY HEAVY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL DIMINISHING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SATURDAY AND WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH WINDS SATURDAY SHIFTING AROUND TO NORTH AT A GUSTY 25 TO 30 MPH. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. 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. $$
942 WWUS43 KFSD 260909 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 309 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 IAZ001-012-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-097-098-SDZ038>040-050-052>071- 261815- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LYON IA-SIOUX-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES- PIPESTONE-ROCK-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY... BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... 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 309 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH DAYBREAK SATURDAY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...AND COME TO AN END SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BE INCREASING WITH CONDITIONS REMAINING DEGRADED DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TOWARD NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL REACH A GUSTY 20 TO 35 MPH... PRODUCING VISIBILITY AROUND A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. 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. $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-020-MNZ090-NEZ013-014-261815- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 309 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID-MORNING SATURDAY. WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...INCREASING WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH WINDS SATURDAY SHIFTING AROUND TO NORTH AT A GUSTY 25 TO 30 MPH. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY. 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. $$
615 WWUS43 KFSD 261659 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1059 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 IAZ001-012-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-097-098-SDZ038>040-050-052>071- 270000- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ LYON IA-SIOUX-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES- PIPESTONE-ROCK-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY... BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... 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 1059 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...AND COME TO AN END SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH CONDITIONS REMAINING DEGRADED DUE TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TOWARD NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL REACH A GUSTY 20 TO 35 MPH... PRODUCING VISIBILITY AROUND A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. 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. $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-020-MNZ090-NEZ013-014-270000- /O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 1059 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING... WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...INCREASING WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 15 TO 20 MPH...WITH WINDS SATURDAY SHIFTING AROUND TO NORTH AT A GUSTY 25 TO 30 MPH. LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY. 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. $$
143 WWUS43 KFSD 262051 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 251 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 IAZ001-012-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-097-098-SDZ040-055-056-061-062- 065>071-270500- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.A.0006.151228T1200Z-151229T1800Z/ LYON IA-SIOUX-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES- PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-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...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS... MADISON...FLANDREAU...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 251 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A SECOND STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING IN INTENSITY TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE MUCH OF MONDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPERING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. 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. 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. && $$ SDZ038-039-053-054-059-060-262200- /O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY 251 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-020-MNZ090-NEZ013-014-270500- /O.CAN.KFSD.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.A.0006.151228T1200Z-151229T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY 251 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A SECOND STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING IN INTENSITY TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE MUCH OF MONDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPERING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-270000- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 251 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING... AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY AND HAMPER TRAVEL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. 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. $$ IAZ021-022-031-032-270500- /O.NEW.KFSD.WS.A.0006.151228T1200Z-151229T1800Z/ CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 251 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...A SECOND STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING IN INTENSITY TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE MUCH OF MONDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPERING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
668 WWUS43 KFSD 262342 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 542 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-270045- /O.EXP.KFSD.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 542 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING WHICH WILL ALSO CAUSE A DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ040-055-056-061-062-065>071-270745- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.A.0006.151228T1200Z-151229T1800Z/ 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-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY- 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... BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...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 542 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...A SECOND STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY NIGHT... BEFORE DECREASING IN INTENSITY TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. * WINDS / VISIBILITIES... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE MUCH OF MONDAY EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE MILE SIGNIFICANTLY HAMPERING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED FURTHER DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. 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. 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. && $$ HEITKAMP
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 24, 11:55 AM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 11:55 AM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1155 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 342 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015
PRIMARY CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM IS FOCUSED ON SNOW CHANCES DURING
THE DAYTIME HOURS OF THURSDAY. EARLY THIS MORNING...WATER VAPOR
INDICATED A COMPACT SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTING OUT OF NORTHERN
COLORADO. AREAS OF MODERATE SNOWS WERE ALREADY REPORTED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA/KANSAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAVE.
BY MID-MORNING THIS WAVE WILL BEGIN TO PIVOT SLIGHTLY TO THE
NORTH...TRENDING A BIT MORE BULLISH WITH QPF IN RECENT MODEL RUNS.
MODELS HAVE BEEN PLAYING CATCH-UP A BIT WITH THE INTENSITY OF THIS
WAVE...AND EARLY THIS MORNING IT SEEMS TO BE DIGGING SLIGHTLY
FURTHER SOUTH...WHICH COULD PIVOT AN AXIS OF SLIGHTLY HIGHER SNOW
TOTALS JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA BORDER. THAT SAID...SOUNDINGS SUGGEST
BRIEF SATURATION AS FAR NORTH AS THE I-90 CORRIDOR BY MID
MORNING...AS 700:600 MB FRONTOGENESIS AXIS MOVES ACROSS...WITH A FEW
HOURS OF MORE CONCENTRATED LIGHT SNOW ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE
HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR. CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE A FEW HOURS OF IMPACT TO
THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL AT MID-DAY...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING SOUTH
ON I-29. COULD SEE A QUICK INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IN THE SOUTHERN TIER
OF COUNTIES. WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING QUICKLY ABOVE FREEZING AFTER
THE SNOW DEPARTS...ROADS SHOULD QUICKLY TURN TO SLUSH.
THIS WAVE QUICKLY ZIPS EAST BY THE AFTERNOON...BUT WINDS WILL REMAIN
SOUTHERLY INTO CHRISTMAS EVE AND INTO THE EARLY HOURS OF CHRISTMAS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONALLY WARM WITH LOWS IN THE 20S FOR MOST
AREAS.
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 342 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015
MAIN FOCUS IN THE LONGER TERM CONTINUES TO BE SNOW POTENTIAL FOR
CHRISTMAS NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. LOOKS LIKE MOST OF CHRISTMAS DAY WILL
BE PRETTY UNEVENTFUL...BEFORE LIGHT SNOW BEGINS TO DEVELOP THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY BY
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING LIFT OVER THE
AREA AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE BEGINS TO EJECT OUT WESTERN
NEBRASKA BY AFTERNOON...WITH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY A JET
MAX STREAMING ACROSS THE REGION. ANY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN OUR
SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY LOOK TO BE LIGHT AT ONLY A COUPLE
OF TENTHS. HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 30S NORTH TO
UPPER 30S SOUTH.
BY FRIDAY EVENING LIFT INCREASES WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED
SHORTWAVE ENCROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND STRENGTHENING MIDLEVEL
FRONTOGENESIS ACROSS THE AREA. WITH THIS WILL SEE SNOW PICK UP FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THE EVENING. BY LATER IN THE NIGHT MODELS
POINTING TOWARD SATURATION BEING LOST IN THE DENDRITIC LAYER ACROSS
OUR SOUTHEAST AS DRYING OCCURS IN THE MIDLEVELS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS
SOME MODEL VARIATION ON THE DEGREE TO WHICH THIS HAPPENS...THEY ARE
ALL SHOWING IT. AT THE SAME TIME MODELS ARE STILL SHOWING A WARM
NOSE ALOFT DEVELOPING THROUGH NORTHEAST IOWA DURING THE LATTER HALF
OF THE NIGHT...THOUGH LESS AGGRESSIVELY THAN PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS.
WHAT ALL THIS MEANS IS THAT ANY SNOW THAT WOULD BE OCCURRING THROUGH
NORTHWEST IOWA WOULD CHANGE TO MIXED PRECIPITATION...THOUGH IF DRYING
ALOFT WERE TO OCCUR AS PROGGED THEN ANY PRECIPITATION WOULD MOST
LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE/FREEZING DRIZZLE DEPENDENT ON
SURFACE TEMPERATURES. THIS WOULD OF COURSE RESULT IN LOWER
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OVER THAT AREA. THIS DRY SLOT CONTINUES TO LIFT
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY...EFFECTIVELY
CUTTING OFF PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AS IT DOES SO. BACK TO THE NORTH
AND WEST WHERE THERMAL PROFILES ARE COLDER AND DEEPER MOISTURE WILL
REMAIN...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GREATER. WITH THE MAJORITY
OF THE SNOW FALLING DURING THE NIGHT TIME HOURS OF FRIDAY INTO EARLY
SATURDAY...LOOKING AT TOTALS RANGING FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO AROUND 5 INCHES THROUGH THE HIGHWAY 14
CORRIDOR. TO THE SOUTH OF THIS AREA WILL SEE AMOUNTS STEADILY LOWER
THANKS TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DRY SLOT...FROM AROUND 3 TO 4 INCHES
THROUGH THE MID MO RIVER VALLEY INTO THE EASTERN INTERSTATE 90
CORRIDOR...TO LESS THAN AN INCH FROM SIOUX CITY TO STORM LAKE.
RELATED TO THIS...WENT AHEAD AND EXPANDED OUR WINTER STORM WATCH
TO INCLUDE 4 MORE OF OUR FAR WESTERN COUNTIES. WITH SNOW
DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WILL HAVE
FALLING TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING WINDS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN
SOME AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.
WILL SEE A RESPITE IN THE WEATHER FOR SUNDAY...THEN THE ATTENTION
TURNS TO THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT MAY AFFECT OUR AREA LATER ON MONDAY AS
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EJECTS NORTHWARD DURING
THE PERIOD. THERE ARE VAST DIFFERENCES AMONG THE MODELS IN HANDLING
THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE GFS AND GEM COMPLETELY MISSING OUR
AREA...WHILE THE ECMWF PRODUCES A LOT OF QPF OVER OUR AREA ON MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT. WHICH SOLUTION VERIFIES REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
TEMPERATURES DO LOOK TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK HOWEVER.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1155 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015
MVFR-IFR CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA AT THE
START OF THE PERIOD...AS NORTHERN REACHES OF SNOW SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA AND IOWA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS
EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY LATE AFTERNOON AS SNOW EXITS TO THE EAST.
CONCERN FOR TONIGHT IS POTENTIAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF STRATUS
AND/OR FOG IN LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW. CONFIDENCE LOW IN MVFR-IFR
CONDITIONS REDEVELOPING...BUT WITH MORE THAN ONE MODEL INDICATING
THE POTENTIAL...WILL CARRY SCATTERED 800-1000FT CLOUDS IN THE TAFS
AT KFSD/KSUX LATER TONIGHT. LATE IN THE PERIOD WILL BEGIN TO SEE
MID LEVEL CLOUDS INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH...IN ADVANCE OF NEXT
SYSTEM WHICH WILL BRING DETERIORATING CONDITIONS TO THE REGION BY
FRIDAY EVENING.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...DUX
LONG TERM...JM
AVIATION...JHHazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 4:27 AM CST, 11 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 427 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015 IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ071-251030- OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION- 427 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW MAY DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY ON SATURDAY. LIGHT ICING AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ039-040-054>056- 060>062-065>070-251030- LYON IA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK- MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD- 427 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT VERY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOW MAY BEGIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END BY MID DAY SATURDAY...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-251030- BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS- 427 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOW MAY BEGIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW TO HEAVY SNOW INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END BY MID DAY SATURDAY...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 3:47 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 47 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.