URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 934 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013 ...STRONG FALL STORM WILL BRING EARLY SNOW TO THE AREA... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS BRINGING THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE REGION. HEAVY SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AMID RATHER STRONG NORTH WINDS. SNOWFALL REPORTS ACROSS WESTERN CORSON COUNTY HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED 10 INCHES. THE SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS IS CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS SYSTEM IS ALSO BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE REGION...INCLUDING THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AS THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH SATURDAY...THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO WORK INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD SLOWLY BEGIN TO IMPROVE LATE IN THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SDZ003-015-033-045-051445- /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-131006T0000Z/ CORSON-DEWEY-STANLEY-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...TIMBER LAKE... FORT PIERRE...MURDO 934 PM CDT FRI OCT 4 2013 /834 PM MDT FRI OCT 4 2013/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SATURDAY... * TIMING...RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL BEGIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL LOWER VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA WILL RECEIVE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN ZERO OR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY ALSO CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREE BRANCHES THAT STILL CONTAIN FOLIAGE...AND POSSIBLY TO POWER POLES AND TRANSMISSION LINES. EXPECT POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 03:59:22 +0000
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