Freezing rain and freezing drizzle produced light ice accumulations and some icy roads in northwest Iowa during the morning of November 19th.
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The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
Freezing rain and freezing drizzle produced light ice accumulations and some icy roads in northwest Iowa during the morning of November 19th.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Nov 19, 3:20 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 0406 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-201200- AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA- CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE- DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN- LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN- SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON- 0406 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE 3 TO 6 INCHES TODAY FROM WESSINGTON SPRINGS TO DE SMET AND NORTH...INCLUDING THE HURON AREA. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND PRODUCE WINTER STORM CONDITIONS. A NARROW AREA OF 2 TO 3 INCH SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE WINTER STORM AREA...INCLUDING FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA TO MARSHALL MINNESOTA AND NORTH. THERE WILL ALSO BE BLOWING SNOW IN THIS AREA. STILL FURTHER SOUTH...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL DROP OFF QUICKLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. WILLIAMS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Freezing rain and freezing drizzle produced ice accumulations of less than a tenth of an inch. Icy roads led to a few accidents.
Freezing rain and freezing drizzle produced ice accumulations of less than a tenth of an inch. Icy roads led to a few accidents.
Freezing rain and freezing drizzle produced ice accumulations of less than a tenth of an inch. Icy roads led to a few accidents.
Freezing rain and freezing drizzle produced ice accumulations of less than a tenth of an inch. Icy roads led to a few accidents.
Freezing rain and freezing drizzle produced ice accumulations of less than a tenth of an inch. Icy roads led to a few accidents.
Freezing rain and freezing drizzle produced ice accumulations of less than a tenth of an inch. Icy roads led to a few accidents.
Freezing rain and freezing drizzle produced ice accumulations of less than a tenth of an inch. Icy roads led to a few accidents.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, November 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 354976, 354977, 354978, 354979, 354980, 354981, 354982.