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Winter Weather Advisory 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

January 15, 20177 counties in South Dakota; 11 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 15, 2017, 4:41 AM CST for 7 counties in South Dakota; 11 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 16, 2017, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 15, 2017, 4:41 AM CST (10:41 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 16, 2017, 3:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 17, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD

All 23 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Rock County, MN, Bon Homme County, SD, Clay County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:40 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 weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Jan 15, 4:16 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 4:16 AM CST, 25 minutes before

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.