Snow accumulated 3 to 4 inches near Interstate 90 in southwest Minnesota between midnight and daybreak on February 14th.
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Snow accumulated 3 to 4 inches near Interstate 90 in southwest Minnesota between midnight and daybreak on February 14th.
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 Feb 13, 11:02 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1102 PM CST THU FEB 13 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 955 PM CST THU FEB 13 2014 MINOR UPDATE TONIGHT TO SHOW MORE OF A BREAK BETWEEN POTENTIALLY A COUPLE DIFFERENT BANDS OF PRECIP OVERNIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY. FIRST HAS MOVED INTO THE HURON AREA AND EXTENDS UP INTO ND. NAM SHOWS THIS BAND WEAKENING SOME AS IT HEADS EAST-SOUTHEAST...AS IT CONTINUES TO RUN INTO PERSISTENT NORTHERLY FLOW OF DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR. SECOND BAND DEPICTED BY NAM DEVELOPING OVER THE LOWER MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY AS MID-UPPER LEVEL WAVE DIGS SOUTHEAST INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. THIS DOES NOT SEEM UNREASONABLE CONSIDERING SOME SLIGHT ENHANCEMENT IN CLOUD TOPS ON IR SATELLITE IN SOUTHERN CLOUD BAND ALONG SD/NE BORDER. THUS HAVE TWEAKED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS DOWN SLIGHTLY ALONG I-90 CORRIDOR... INCLUDING SIOUX FALLS...AND BUMPED UP A BIT IN OUR FAR SOUTH...NEAR AND EAST OF SIOUX CITY. NAM WOULD INDICATE EVEN GREATER DEGREE OF CHANGE THAN WAS MADE IN THIS UPDATE. NOT READY TO BUY INTO THE NAM SOLUTION COMPLETELY JUST YET...THOUGH QUICK GLANCE AT NEW COARSER RESOLUTION GFS HINTS AT SIMILAR WEAKENING OF NORTHERN BAND WHILE A SOUTHERN BAND TAKES OVER CLOSER TO I-80 CORRIDOR. WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE WATCHED FOR FURTHER REFINEMENT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 344 PM CST THU FEB 13 2014 WHILE STILL PRETTY BREEZY ACROSS THE AREA...HAVE SEEN STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH VISIBILITIES IMPROVING OVER SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...AND LET THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OVER THAT AREA EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 21Z. DO EXPECT WINDS TO CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE GRADIENT RELAXES IN RESPONSE TO SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION. OTHERWISE...OUR ATTENTION TURNS TO THE NEXT CLIPPER SYSTEM TO DROP ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. PRESENT WATER VAPOR IMAGE SHOWING THE SHORTWAVE LOCATED OVER EASTERN MONTANA...AND EXPECT LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA AFTER 03Z...WITH MAIN PERIOD OF ACTIVITY OCCURRING TOWARD 06Z THROUGH 10Z. WHILE THERE IS INITIALLY DRY AIR IN PLACE IN THE MID TO LOWER LEVELS...EXPECT THIS TO BE OVERCOME WITH DECENT UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS AND MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA. OF COURSE BETTER BAND OF SNOW WILL BE COLLOCATED WITH THIS FRONTAL BAND...THOUGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD REMAIN IN CHECK WITH THE BETTER UPPER LEVEL DIV Q LAGGING BEHIND THE OPTIMUM FRONTOGENESIS. AT THIS POINT...LOOKING AT THE HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ORIENTED FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST...RANGING FROM AROUND AN INCH AN A HALF IN THE HURON AREA TO JUST UNDER AN INCH THROUGH LOWER NORTHWESTERN IOWA. OUR AREAS OUTSIDE OF THIS BAND IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WILL RECEIVE A LITTLE LESS WITH JUST A FEW TENTHS. WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED LIGHT WINDS...NOT EXPECTING ANY ISSUES WITH BLOWING SNOW OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL OBVIOUSLY BE MUCH COLDER TONIGHT WITH THE STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND TODAYS FRONTAL PASSAGE...BOTTOMING OUT JUST ABOVE ZERO IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...TO AROUND 10 THROUGH THE MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR INTO LOWER NORTHWESTERN IOWA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...WITH ANY LINGERING LIGHT SNOW IN NORTHWEST IOWA ENDING EARLY...THEN DECREASING CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT...AND WITH 925 MB TEMPS RUNNING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO C HIGHS WILL REMAIN COLD...RANGING FROM JUST ABOVE 10 IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TO THE MID 20S THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 344 PM CST THU FEB 13 2014 TRANSIENT SHORTWAVE OFF THE PACIFIC COAST IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE EAST AFFECTING THE AREA ON SATURDAY. TOUGH CALL IN TERMS OF PRECIP AND PRECIP TYPE WITH WARM AIR JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST. NOT SURE WHETHER DYNAMICS OR DRY AIR WILL WIND OUT ACROSS THE WEST...BUT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE DYNAMICS WILL WIN OUT ALONG AND EAST OF I-29 WHERE THE DRY YET WARM LAYER IS NOT AS PRONOUNCED. WHERE WARM LAYER IS WARM ENOUGH...COULD SEE SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION INITIALLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW AS LAYER WET BULBS BELOW FREEZING. UPPER LEVEL DIV Q HANGS AROUND THROUGH THE MID DAY HOURS AS JET STREAK TO THE WEST WEAKENS THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME WEAK PRECIPITATION HANGING AROUND IN THE EAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. BEHIND THE WAVE SKIES SHOULD CLEAR PROMOTING NICE WARMING/MELTING. WITH THE CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...TEMPERATURES SHOULD RADIATE WELL SATURDAY NIGHT. CONSIDERED PUTTING FOG ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT WITH CLOUDS RETURNING DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE OVERNIGHT HELD OFF FOR NOW. NEXT WAVE AFFECTS THE AREA ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN SURFACE TROUGH PASSES TO THE NORTH...BUT WEAK MID LEVEL WAVE PASSES THROUGH THE AREA ALONG THE COLD FRONT. WITH CHANGING ENVIRONMENT...HARD TO SAY WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION WILL FALL SO KEPT IT SIMPLE FOR NOW WITH JUST RAIN/SNOW MENTION. ECMWF IS QUITE WINDY ON MONDAY WHILE THE GFS SUGGEST LIGHTER MORE WESTERLY FLOW. STILL APPEARS TO BE RELATIVELY MILD NEXT WEEK...HOWEVER...NOT AS STRONG OF A SIGNAL TO NUDGE TEMPERATURES UP SO KEPT GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES FOR NOW. MODELS STARTING TO HINT TOWARDS A STRONG SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM LATE NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THE ECMWF IS FURTHER NORTH AND WEST THAN THE GFS....BUT BOTH WOULD SUGGEST PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1102 PM CST THU FEB 13 2014 BAND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MVFR-LOCALLY IFR CEILINGS AND PERIODS OF IFR-LOCALLY LIFR VISIBILITY SHOULD OCCUR WITHIN HEAVIEST PORTION OF THE SNOWBAND...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT AREAS FROM KHON TO JUST NORTH OF KFSD PRIOR TO 12Z. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AFTER 10Z-12Z...TO VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST AREA BY 18Z. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && UPDATE...JH SHORT TERM...JM LONG TERM... AVIATION...JH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 709 PM CST THU FEB 13 2014 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-141200- 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- 709 PM CST THU FEB 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER... LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL STREAM SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. GREATEST ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR MORE IS MOST LIKELY FROM HURON AND MITCHELL...TO THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR AROUND BERESFORD...SIOUX FALLS AND BROOKINGS. MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA SHOULD SEE AMOUNTS FROM A HALF INCH TO AN INCH...WITH LESS THAN A HALF INCH EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND EAST OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...MAINLY NORTHEAST OF A HURON TO SIOUX CITY LINE. GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND AN INCH ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TOWARD THE IOWA GREAT LAKES AREA. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. .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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow accumulated 3 to 4 inches, with 3.9 inches reported at Luverne.
Snow accumulated 3 to 4 inches, with 3 inches reported near Worthington.
Snow accumulated 3 to 4 inches, with 4 inches falling near Jackson.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, February 2014
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: 501682, 501683, 501684.