447 FLUS43 KFSD 271020 HWOFSD HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 420 AM CST THU DEC 27 2012 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-281200- 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- 420 AM CST THU DEC 27 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER... SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FROM SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CHAMBERLAIN AND MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA...TO PIPESTONE AND TRACY MINNESOTA. ISOLATED AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM AROUND YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA...TO NEAR SHELDON AND SIBLEY IOWA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FRIDAY SHOULD BE UNDER AN INCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. $$