BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 917 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
.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
OCCURED WITH THIS STORM...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES MORE 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.
IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-261130-
/O.CON.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/
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
917 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING WHITEOUT
  CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY ON SATURDAY... EVEN AS SNOWFALL INTENSITY
  BEGINS TO DECREASE TONIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
  ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL
  SNOWFALL OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH SATURDAY
  WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AVERAGING
  25 TO 35 MPH...DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL
  CREATE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF NEAR ZERO THROUGH SATURDAY
  MORNING.
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.
&&
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 655 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

Expires:200912261200;;
FLUS43 KFSD 251255
HWOFSD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
0651 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-261200-
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-
0651 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WINTER WEATHER...
WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...WILL
PERSIST INTO TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 29
CORRIDOR. SOMEWHAT LESSER WINDS WILL BE FOUND TO THE EAST...BUT
WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL STILL BE PRESENT.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH TONIGHT WILL MAINLY RANGE FROM 6 TO
10 INCHES...WITH SOME ADDED LIGHT AMOUNTS ON SATURDAY. WITH THE
STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL...DRIFTS IN RURAL AREAS IN EXCESS OF
6 FEET ARE EXPECTED. WIND CHILLS FROM 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO
THIS MORNING WILL ADD TO THE LIFE THREATENING SITUATION SHOULD
YOU BECOME STRANDED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA CHRISTMAS
DAY THROUGH A GOOD PORTION OF SATURDAY...DUE TO A VERY SLOW
MOVEMENT...BRINGING BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...AND A
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT MOST AREAS. A MAXIMUM OF
16 TO 19 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA INTO
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. SUCH LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL AND STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE TO PRODUCE EXTREME DRIFTING
SNOW...WITH POTENTIAL FOR DRIFTS IN EXCESS OF 10 FEET TO CREATE
IMPASSABLE ROADWAYS. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY
TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY.
.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.
$$