HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 536 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
0535 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
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0535 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WINTER WEATHER...
SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. GREATEST SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...
WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEWCASTLE NEBRASKA TO LE
MARS TO SIOUX RAPIDS...WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS MAINLY SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 20 IN IOWA.  AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF NORTHWARD TO LESS
THAN AN INCH ALONG INTERSTATE 90.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER SYSTEM LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK TO
AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY.  AREAS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL SHOULD BEGIN TO BREAK OUT
MONDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING INTO MIDDAY TUESDAY. CONDITIONS WILL
BEGIN TO DEGRADE AT THE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS AND MOVES SOUTHEAST OF
THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL WILL
BECOME MORE FOCUSED...AND POTENTIALLY HEAVY AT TIMES...ACROSS
EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND
NORTHWEST IOWA...WHERE SNOWFALL COULD REACH TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 6
INCHES.  LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND WEST.
HOWEVER...WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM...WINDS WILL ALSO
INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY STARTING LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WIND WILL CREATE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...AND COULD LEAD TO NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING FALLING SNOW ACROSS NORTHWEST
IOWA. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO DIP TO DANGEROUSLY COLD 10 BELOW TO
20 BELOW READINGS ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
WHILE ADDITIONAL FALLING SNOW WILL BE LIMITED TO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE STRONG
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND
BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29.
.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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