HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 633 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
0601 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
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0601 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WINTER WEATHER...
NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 29 THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END BY MID-DAY HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA
AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THIS
AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AND CREATE
TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND
BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15
TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL GENERALLY
REMAIN BETWEEN FIFTEEN AND TWENTY FIVE DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM FIVE TO FIFTEEN DEGREES
BELOW ZERO.
.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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WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Issue Date: 410 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST THU DEC 10 2009

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES
TODAY...TAKING WITH IT THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. LEFT BEHIND WILL BE A
VERY COLD AIR MASS WITH NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS WIND
CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.
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LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-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...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
410 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY.
LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MORNING...WITH THE VISIBILITY FREQUENTLY REDUCED TO LESS THAN A
QUARTER MILE. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY EARLY
AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS GUSTING
AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AS COLD AS
25 BELOW ZERO. THE WIND WILL DECREASE BY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BUT REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF
20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG WIND WILL COMBINE
WITH COLD TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR
EXPOSED SKIN.  THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES
BELOW ZERO OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS.  THOSE
PLANNING TO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE
THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.
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