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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

January 10, 202412 counties in South Dakota; 7 counties in Iowa; Jackson County, Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this winter storm watch at Jan 10, 2024, 3:12 PM CST for 12 counties in South Dakota; 7 counties in Iowa; Jackson County, Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 11, 2024, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2024, 3:12 PM CST (21:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2024, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 11, 2024, 3:08 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD

All 22 counties

Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Jackson County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Rock County, MN, Bon Homme County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 Jan 10, 11:27 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 11:27 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 4:19 AM CST, 10 hours 53 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 10, 3:12 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Bon Homme, Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Union, Yankton	51 hr
Jan 10, 3:12 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Gregory, Hanson, Hutchinson and 4 more	51 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in South Dakota, 2024 Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2024 Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2024 Every winter storm watch 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.