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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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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