HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1247 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1245 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
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IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
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1245 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WINTER WEATHER...
SNOWFALL WITH THE ONGOING WINTER STORM WAS SLOWLY DECREASING
TODAY...BUT ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO OF NEW SNOW ARE STILL
POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
STILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THIS EVENING.
VISIBILITIES NEAR AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER...WHERE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED EARLIER...WERE SLOWLY IMPROVING.
HOWEVER...THE WIND WAS STILL CAUSING HEAVY DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH
WAS BLOCKING MANY ROADS.
IN PART OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...FROM MARSHALL TO PIPESTONE AND
LUVERNE...CONDITIONS WILL ACTUALLY WORSEN A LITTLE THIS
AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WERE KEEPING VISIBILITIES
GENERALLY GOOD...WITH SOME LOWERING IN LIGHT SNOW. A MODEST
INCREASE IN WINDS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO CAUSE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF THE HEAVY SNOW COVER BY MID AFTERNOON
.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.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 356 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH MID DAY TODAY...
.WHILE THE WINTER STORM IS BEGINNING TO WIND DOWN...ANY TRAVEL
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED ACROSS THE AREA.
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY WINDY
CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND THROUGH THE
MISSOURI VALLEY. WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THOSE
AREAS CREATING LIFE THREATENING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY
IN RURAL AREAS. 15 TO 25 MPH WINDS WILL BE FOUND OVER FAR EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
IOWA. WIDESPREAD TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES HAVE
OCCUR ED WITH THIS STORM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES EXPECTED.
INTERSTATE 29 IS CLOSED IN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA
BORDER TO THE IOWA BORDER AND INTERSTATE 90 IS CLOSED FROM
WYOMING TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER.
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TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...
PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...
EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
356 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY... EVEN AS SNOWFALL INTENSITY
GRADUALLY DECREASES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS
MORNING WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
THESE WINDS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE NEAR
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...THOUGH THESE CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SOME THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...CAUSING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS.
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES
ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR
VEHICLE.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
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