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Winter Storm Watch 10, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm watch at Apr 12, 2018, 3:45 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Apr 14, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2018, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2018, 3:25 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Ida County, IA, Woodbury County, IA
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Apr 12, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 12:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.