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Winter Weather Advisory 13, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 18, 2020, 3:00 PM CST for 4 counties in South Dakota; 5 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 19, 2020, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2020, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2020, 2:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2020, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Ida County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Bon Homme County, SD, Clay County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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 Feb 18, 11:25 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 11:25 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 3:49 AM CST, 11 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 349 AM CST Tue Feb 18 2020 IAZ020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-063-068>071-191000- Plymouth-Woodbury-Dixon-Dakota-Gregory-Charles Mix-Bon Homme- Yankton-Clay-Union- 349 AM CST Tue Feb 18 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest Iowa, west central Iowa, northeast Nebraska, south central South Dakota, and southeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Light snow may develop across the area tonight with up to a half to one inch of accumulation by early Wednesday morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Light snow chances will continue into Wednesday. Snowfall totals by Wednesday afternoon will average around an inch, though up to 2 inches near the Nebraska border. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. IAZ001>003-012>014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- SDZ038>040-052>062-064>067-191000- Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Cherokee-Buena Vista- Ida-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-Pipestone-Rock- Beadle-Kingsbury-Brookings-Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-Brule- Aurora-Davison-Hanson-McCook-Minnehaha-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner- 349 AM CST Tue Feb 18 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest Iowa, west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, central South Dakota, east central South Dakota, south central South Dakota, and southeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Very cold temperatures will result in wind chills of 10 below to 20 below zero for tonight into Wednesday morning, and 10 below to 25 below zero on Wednesday night into Thursday morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 18, 9:01 AM CST, 5 hours 59 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.