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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

January 7, 202417 counties in South Dakota; 9 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm warning at Jan 7, 2024, 2:58 AM CST for 17 counties in South Dakota; 9 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 8, 2024, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 42 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 7, 2024, 2:58 AM CST (08:58 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 8, 2024, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 9, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD

All 34 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee 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, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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 warning 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 warning went out at Jan 7, 2:39 AM CST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 2:39 AM CST, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 9:09 PM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 2:58 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Clay, Jerauld and 10 more	63 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in South Dakota, 2024 Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2024 Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2024 Every winter storm warning in 2024

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.