826 WWUS43 KFSD 091643 WSWFSD URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 MNZ089-SDZ070-100045- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.IS.W.0001.130409T2300Z-130410T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ NOBLES-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WORTHINGTON...VERMILLION 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY BUT AFTER ABOUT 600 PM CDT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES AFTER ABOUT 1000 PM CDT AND COULD CHANGE TO ALL SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING...BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ IAZ002-003-012-013-020-MNZ090-NEZ013-SDZ071-100045- /O.NEW.KFSD.IS.W.0001.130409T2300Z-130410T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-JACKSON-DIXON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY... SANBORN...LE MARS...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER... JEFFERSON 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...AREAS OF DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY BUT AFTER ABOUT 600 PM CDT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES AFTER ABOUT 1000 PM CDT AND COULD CHANGE TO ALL SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH ABOUT AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ MNZ081-100045- /O.NEW.KFSD.IS.W.0001.130409T2300Z-130410T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T1200Z-130411T1800Z/ COTTONWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH THE DAY BUT AFTER ABOUT 600 PM CDT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES AFTER ABOUT 1000 PM CDT AND COULD CHANGE TO ALL SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH ABOUT AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ SDZ069-100045- /O.UPG.KFSD.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-130410T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KFSD.WS.A.0005.130410T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YANKTON 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TONIGHT AND SNOW FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BUT AFTER ABOUT 300 PM CDT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO ALL SLEET AFTER ABOUT 900 PM CDT AND COULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY SUNRISE. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-066-067-100045- /O.EXT.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1200Z/ LYON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. AFTER ABOUT 400 PM CDT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SLEET MAY MIX WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES AFTER ABOUT 1000 PM CDT AND COULD CHANGE TO ALL SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH ABOUT AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL SEE THE THREAT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. ONCE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW...THESE WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-100045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 10 TO 16 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS LINGERING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SDZ038>040-053>056-059>061-065-068-100045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T0600Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON- HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 7 TO 12 INCHES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND 10 TO 18 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ071-072-080-097-100045- /O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130411T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE 1143 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING BUT SHOULD RAPIDLY BECOME ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THURSDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AVERAGING 12 TO 18 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG HIGHWAY 14...IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MINOR ACCUMULATIONS LINGERING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ 08/SCHUMACHER