URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 328 PM MDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS BRINGING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION AND STRONG WINDS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REGION. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING...THE BLACK HILLS AREA...AND MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...VERY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON THE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS AND THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BLACK HILLS...PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN MANY AREAS. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS WITH THE WET AND HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ALONG WITH DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. SDZ012-013-025-026-030-031-042-072>074-WYZ071-050530-/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 328 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 02:17:24 +0000
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