Winter Storm Watches For Upper Mid West

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1014 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2007
.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WILL
BRING SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY. THESE WINDS WILL BRING MOIST AIR OVER THE COLD DOME
OF AIR WHICH IS ENTRENCHED OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. WIDESPREAD
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER THE REGION BY
SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE MISSOURI
RIVER IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE SNOW SHOULD DECREASE SLOWLY SATURDAY
NIGHT.
PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1014 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME STEADY AND MAY BECOME HEAVY
AT TIMES BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN
DECREASE.
NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH A
CHANCE ACCUMULATIONS WILL EXCEED THAT AMOUNT. STEADY NORTHEAST
WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING...BUT
SOME LOW LEVEL DRIFTING OF THE DRY SNOW IS EXPECTED. VISIBILITY
MAY LOWER TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AS THE SNOW INCREASES.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
...HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA SATURDAY ...
.A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA SATURDAY
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOWFALL OVER PARTS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA.
MONONA-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...
PENDER...NELIGH...PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON...
WEST POINT...COLUMBUS
1132 AM CST FRI DEC 7 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
LIGHT SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIX INCHES OR
MORE OF SNOW OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA BEFORE TAPERING OFF
TO FLURRIES SATURDAY NIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
FOBERT