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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
603 AM CST FRI APR 4 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING
ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...PARTICULARLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE
BUFFALO RIDGE. AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH WILL
SPREAD ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA THIS
MORNING.  IT WILL START AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN...THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW.  A BAND OF UP TO TWO INCHES SNOWFALL
IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST IOWA...ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
SIOUX CITY TO SPENCER. DUE TO RECENT WARM GROUND
CONDITIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICING IS NOT ANTICIPATED...ALTHOUGH SOME
LESSER TRAVELED SPOTS COULD BECOME ICY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT.  SNOW WILL BE MOST LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND IOWA...
WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE AS FAR NORTH AS A LINE FROM
YANKTON TO JACKSON...AND PERHAPS A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM SIOUX CITY TO SPENCER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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