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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm watch at Jan 26, 2019, 2:29 PM CST for Brookings County, Kingsbury County, South Dakota; 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 27, 2019, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2019, 2:29 PM CST (20:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2019, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2019, 3:34 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jan 26, 11:20 AM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 11:20 AM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 4:18 AM CST, 10 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 418 AM CST Sat Jan 26 2019 IAZ003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ039-040-055-056-271030- Dickinson-Lincoln MN-Lyon MN-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson- Pipestone-Rock-Kingsbury-Brookings-Lake-Moody- 418 AM CST Sat Jan 26 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota and east central South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A period of light snow will be possible this morning and again late tonight. Only a dusting of accumulation is expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Moderate accumulations of snow are expected for Sunday afternoon through early Monday. In addition, increasing winds will result in areas of blowing snow. Bitterly cold air will move into the region for Tuesday through Thursday of next week. Dangerous night time wind chills of 40 to 50 below zero will possible on Tuesday night and Wednesday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. IAZ001-002-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-050-052>054- 057>071-271030- Lyon IA-Osceola-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay IA-Plymouth-Cherokee-Buena Vista- Woodbury-Ida-Dixon-Dakota-Beadle-Gregory-Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Brule- Aurora-Davison-Hanson-McCook-Minnehaha-Charles Mix-Douglas- Hutchinson-Turner-Lincoln SD-Bon Homme-Yankton-Clay SD-Union- 418 AM CST Sat Jan 26 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Iowa, west central Iowa, northeast Nebraska, central South Dakota, east central South Dakota, south central South Dakota and southeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. A period of light snow will be possible this morning and again tonight. Only a dusting of accumulation is expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Light accumulations of snow are possible for Sunday afternoon through early Monday. Bitterly cold air will move into the region for Tuesday through Thursday of next week. Dangerous night time wind chills of 30 to 40 below zero will possible on Tuesday night and Wednesday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2:21 PM CST | High Wind Watch | FSD | Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:29 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Beadle, Brookings, Davison, Hanson, Kingsbury, Lake and 7 more | 46 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2019Winter Storm Watches in South Dakota, 2019Every winter storm watch in 2019
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.