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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 8, 201923 counties in South Dakota; Dickinson County, Lyon County, Osceola County, Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm watch at Apr 8, 2019, 3:46 AM CDT for 23 counties in South Dakota; Dickinson County, Lyon County, Osceola County, Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 10, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2019, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 10, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 10, 2019, 12:37 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD

All 34 counties

Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson 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, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 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 7, 10:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 10:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 4:39 AM CDT, 23 hours 7 minutes before

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Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in South Dakota, 2019 Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2019 Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2019 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.