HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 505 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009

Expires:200912271200;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
0459 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
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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-
0459 AM 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...
WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE LINGERING AFFECTS OF A POTENT
WINTER STORM WITH PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW TODAY. AREAS ALONG AND
WEST OF A YANKTON TO BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA LINE...WILL STILL
EXPERIENCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY UNTIL ABOUT NOON.
THEN THE WIND SHOULD EASE DOWN A BIT IN THE AFTERNOON ALLOWING
VISIBILITIES TO IMPROVE IN THOSE AREAS. GENERALLY ALONG THE I 29
CORRIDOR...THERE WILL STILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE
DAY WITH BREEZY WINDS. HOWEVER IN MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST IOWA...LESS WIND WILL BE FOUND...BUT STILL ACCUMULATING
SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL MAKE TRAVEL A NUISANCE.
.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.
$$

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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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...FLANDREAU...
SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
356 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE AREAS OF
REDUCED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING 10
TO 20 MPH...DIMINISHING SLOWLY SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS ALONG
WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
$$

BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 331 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...CONDITIONS WORSENING RAPIDLY AGAIN TONIGHT WITH SEVERE
CHRISTMAS WINTER STORM...
.THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM AND ANY TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN MANY
AREAS. DO NOT BE LULLED INTO COMPLACENCY BY THE LULL THAT EXISTED
FOR MUCH OF TODAY. LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTH UP THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY WILL BRING THE MAIN PART OF THE STORM QUICKLY INTO THE AREA
THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
INCREASING WINDS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THEN A FOOT ARE
STILL EXPECTED EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER...WITH 6 INCHES TO A FOOT
ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OVER 16
INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN PARTS O NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE
FALLING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING BLIZZARD
OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
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CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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
331 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE STEADILY FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING
AFTER A RELATIVE QUIET PERIOD OF DAYTIME WEATHER. WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY LATE TONIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
LIKELY. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT
WITH ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVEN
THOUGH SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY DECREASE FRIDAY
NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM A LITTLE OVER 12
INCHES NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND IN EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...TO AROUND 7 INCHES FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO
GREGORY SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH HIGHER DRIFTS.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE TONIGHT...REACHING SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH THESE
WINDS CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD
VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...CHRISTMAS TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY A SIGNIFICANT
WINTER STORM...
.THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SYSTEM AND ANY TRAVEL FROM TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY WILL BE TREACHEROUS...IF NOT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN
MANY AREAS. THIS IS A PROLONGED WINTER WEATHER EVENT. AFTER A
RELATIVE LULL TODAY...THE STORM WILL REALLY BEGIN TO ORGANIZE
TONIGHT...WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTHWARD UP THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE LOW WILL THEN MEANDER AROUND IOWA FRIDAY
AND FRIDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MOVING SLIGHTLY EASTWARD ON SATURDAY.
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE TODAY...TOPPING
OUT ON CHRISTMAS DAY AVERAGING 25 TO 40 MPH. WIDESPREAD SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF MORE THEN A FOOT WILL OCCUR BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. COUPLED WITH THE WIND...5 TO 10 FOOT DRIFTS ARE NOT OUT
OF THE QUESTION IN RURAL AREAS.
ALSO...A LAYER OF ICE EXISTS UNDER THE FRESH BED OF SNOW. THIS
WILL CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED
SURFACES.
STAY ALERT FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS WHICH MAY HAVE TO BE UPGRADED
FURTHER TO INCLUDE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
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BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...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
400 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY.
* TIMING...A RELATIVE QUIET TIME WILL BE IN STORE TODAY...WITH
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW GIVING MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THERE
WILL EVEN BE A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE
29. BUT AS THE BULK OF THE STORM ORGANIZES...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...LASTING THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTALS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
COMMON BY SATURDAY. 5 TO 10 FOOT DRIFTS ARE POSSIBLE IN RURAL AREAS.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY
INCREASE TODAY...TOPPING OUT ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT
AT 25 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE VISIBILITIES OF ZERO AT TIMES
IN RURAL AREAS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE
AT TIMES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP
AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY.
$$