URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID - TopicsExpress



          

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1003 PM MDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST WYOMING WILL CONTINUE PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT. NEAR RECORD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING...THE BLACK HILLS AREA...AND MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VERY STRONG NORTHEWEST WINDS ARE IMPACTING THE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS AND THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BLACK HILLS. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS WITH THE WET HEAVY SNOW HAS TRIGGERED NO TRAVEL ADVISORIES THROUGHOUT WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. MANY POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES ARE DOWN ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA DUE TO THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS. SDZ012-013-025-026-030-031-042-072>074-WYZ071-051215- /O.CON.KUNR.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131005T1500Z/ BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY- CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-SHANNON- STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-NORTHEASTERN CROOK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...SPEARFISH... RAPID CITY...FOLSOM...WALL...PINE RIDGE...KYLE...STURGIS... UNION CENTER...HERMOSA...COLONY 1003 PM MDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * MAIN HAZARD...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN FOOTHILLS FROM SPEARFISH TO NEAR RAPID CITY. VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO BRING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACT...THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES BRANCHES THAT STILL CONTAIN FOLIAGE. POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW... AND STRONG WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 04:45:34 +0000

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