URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
328 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013
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LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-
JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-
MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ROCK RAPIDS…GEORGE…INWOOD…
LARCHWOOD…SIBLEY…ORANGE CITY…SIOUX CENTER…LE MARS…
TYLER…HENDRICKS…LAKE BENTON…IVANHOE…MARSHALL…SLAYTON…
FULDA…WINDOM…MOUNTAIN LAKE…WORTHINGTON…JACKSON…
LAKEFIELD…PIPESTONE…LUVERNE…WAKEFIELD…PONCA…ALLEN…
BROOKINGS…MADISON…FLANDREAU…ALEXANDRIA…EMERY…SALEM…
CANISTOTA…BRIDGEWATER…MONTROSE…SIOUX FALLS…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
328 AM CDT WED APR 17 2013
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 AM CDT FRIDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 1 AM CDT FRIDAY.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY. RAIN OR SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY BUT AMOUNTS SHOULD
BE LIMITED WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. A
BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING BUT SIGNIFICANT ICING IS NOT EXPECTED.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES WILL
OCCUR WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY…NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE
TO 20 TO 35 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY.
THIS WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW…PRIMARILY WHILE SNOW IS
FALLING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES
IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
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.
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