WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 600 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

...SOME HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING...
.WHILE THE WINTER STORM IS SLOWLY WINDING DOWN...ANY TRAVEL
THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE DIFFICULT. SOME LIGHT SNOW AND
PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS
WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE DRIFTING AND SOME BLOWING
SNOW...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WINDS OF
20 TO 35 MPH WILL SLOWLY DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH.
VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS CONTINUE TO BE NEAR A HALF MILE. DRIFTING
SNOW REMAINS A PROBLEM...WITH SOME ROADS STILL BLOCKED. WIDESPREAD
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED WITH
THIS STORM.
INTERSTATE 90 WAS CLOSED FROM WYOMING TO SIOUX FALLS.
IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-270600-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-091227T0600Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...
VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
600 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES
WILL LOWER TO A HALF MILE IN SOME OPEN AREAS.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE INCH IS
POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL
LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE IN OPEN
AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
PERIODS OF SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. SOME ROADS MAY BE
BLOCKED DUE TO DRIFTING.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1247 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

Expires:200912271200;;
FLUS43 KFSD 261847
HWOFSD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1245 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-271200-
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-
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.
&&
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.
$$