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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

February 22, 201714 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this winter storm watch at Feb 22, 2017, 2:58 AM CST for 14 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 23, 2017, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 22, 2017, 2:58 AM CST (08:58 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2017, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 23, 2017, 3:22 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Big Stone County, MN, Buffalo County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Feb 21, 11:37 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 11:37 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 21, 7:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Campbell	54 min
Feb 22, 3:20 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Jones, Lyman	21 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in South Dakota, 2017 Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2017 Every winter storm watch in 2017

Sources

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