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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
504 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

SDZ003>006-009-010-015>018-033>037-045-048-051-111115-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-
FAULK-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
504 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010 /404 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG...LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES...WILL AFFECT THE JAMES
RIVER VALLEY AND POINTS WEST DURING THE MORNING HOURS. VISIBILITY
WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

$$
TMT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
0426 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-111200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
0426 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIND AND FOG...
AREAS OF FOG WILL BE FOUND ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER
VALLEY THROUGH MID MORNING. LOCALLY DENSE FOG MAY REDUCE
VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS THROUGH 9 AM...AND MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY.

AREAS OF FOG ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND INTO THE HIGHWAY 75
CORRIDOR OF NORTHWEST IOWA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PATCHY
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE JAMES
RIVER VALLEY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AREAS OF FOG AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE
THURSDAY MORNING...FROM THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY EAST...INTO
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA.

A CHANCE OF SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY...MAINLY
ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR. WHILE SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS AT THIS TIME ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...AROUND AN INCH OR
TWO...INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY COULD
PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

$$
 JH


Short Term Forecast


SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
559 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-101400-
CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...
GWINNER...WAHPETON
559 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

.NOW...PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT THE VALLEY
CITY...LISBON...FARGO...WAHPETON...AND FERGUS FALLS AREA THROUGH
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BRIEF PERIODS OF VISIBILITY BELOW ONE
QUARTER MILE WILL OCCUR. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER 8 AM.

$$

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
521 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-101500-
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
521 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

.NOW...
LOCALLY DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...WESTWARD
INTO THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED
TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY ACROSS THE AREA. CONDITIONS SHOULD
BEGIN IMPROVING TOWARD 9 AM.

$$
 JH

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
457 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010

SDZ003>006-009-010-015>018-033>037-048-051-101430-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-
FAULK-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA...
ABERDEEN...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...
FAULKTON...REDFIELD...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...
MILLER...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
457 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010 /357 AM MST WED FEB 10 2010/

.NOW...
AREAS OF FOG WILL AFFECT THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD INTO
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. FOG WILL BE
LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES WITH VISIBILITY DROPPING TO AROUND ONE
QUARTER MILE...ESPECIALLY IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AND NEAR THE
MISSOURI RIVER. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS
MORNING AND BE PREPARED FOR QUICKLY CHANGING VISIBILITY.

$$
TMT

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