WWUS43 KFSD 281913
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
113 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...A WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A
VARIETY OF WEATHER...

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF
COLORADO TODAY...TRACKING ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA...TO THE TRI
STATE AREA OF SOUTH DAKOTA...MINNESOTA AND IOWA INTO TONIGHT...
AND THEN PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN MAINLY RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH
ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN.

BY LATE EVENING COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WRAP AROUND THE
SYSTEM...WITH ANY LIQUID OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING BACK TO SNOW
FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL THEN
LINGER THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST
TO EAST DURING THE DAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PICK
UP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... AND
MAY RESULT IN VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN AND
WESTERN AREAS WHERE MORE SNOW WILL FALL.

IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ061-062-066-067-282015-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120228T1900Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...
CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...
LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
113 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE
AREA. ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY LINGER THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON CREATING A FEW SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS.

$$

SDZ038-039-052>054-290315-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD
113 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA
  THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL
  SNOW LATE THIS EVENING AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND A
  TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
  THROUGH TOMORROW WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
  TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE
  WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING
  VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-055-056-290315-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120229T1800Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU
113 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA
  THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL
  SNOW LATE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A
  TENTH OF AN INCH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. LATER TONIGHT AND
  WEDNESDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
  TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AT 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH WILL CAUSE AREAS
  OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GREATLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

SDZ050-057>060-063>065-290315-
/O.CON.KFSD.WW.Y.0009.120229T0000Z-120229T1800Z/
GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP
113 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY...

* TIMING...RAIN...WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN...WILL
  CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
  PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING AND
  WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM WILL RANGE
  FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE
  TO 25 TO 40 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY CAUSING BLOWING
  SNOW AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

CHENARD