More Snow For Mid West, Yikes!

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
347 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008
.A STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES TODAY BEFORE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH KANSAS AND EASTERN
NEBRASKA ON THURSDAY...THEN FINALLY MOVING EAST ACROSS IOWA ON
FRIDAY. RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
FRIDAY...BUT THE MAJORITY OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE
THURSDAY NIGHT. AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO LIKELY AS WINDS
WILL BE GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH.
LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-
MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...
BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA..BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION
347 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING.
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND CONTINUING AS SNOW THROUGH THE DAY
FRIDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS NORTH
OR NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 14.
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.
.A STRONG EARLY SPRING STORM WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES TODAY BEFORE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH KANSAS AND EASTERN
NEBRASKA ON THURSDAY...THEN FINALLY MOVING EAST ACROSS IOWA ON
FRIDAY. RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
FRIDAY...BUT THE MAJORITY OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE
THURSDAY NIGHT. AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO LIKELY AS WINDS
WILL BE GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH.
LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-
MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...
BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA..BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION
1034 AM CDT WED APR 9 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND CONTINUING AS SNOW THROUGH THE DAY
FRIDAY. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS NORTH
OR NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH
OF HIGHWAY 14.
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.