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AWUS83 KFSD 121709  
RWSSD  
SDZ001>074-121700-  
 
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SOUTH DAKOTA  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
1210 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2008  
 
OVERNIGHT...A WARM FRONT STRETCHING FROM DULUTH MINNESOTA TO EXTREME  
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WAS MOVING  
NORTHWESTWARD....HOWEVER BY LATE THIS MORNING...THE FRONT HAD AGAIN  
CHANGED DIRECTION AND WAS HEADING EASTWARD...NOW AS A COLD FRONT. THE  
FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA  
TO EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS. OTHERWISE ACROSS THE NIGHT TIME HOURS  
SOUTH DAKOTA SKIES WERE CLOUDY...WITH AREAS OF SNOW...SOME HEAVY OVER  
THE WEST...INCLUDING THE BLACK HILLS. OTHERWISE RAIN HAD BEEN FALLING  
ACROSS THE REST OF THE STATE.  
   
..SOME SNOWFALL REPORTS OVERNIGHT  
 
4.0 INCHES REPORTED 8 MILES TO THE WEST OF SPEARFISH.  
5.0 INCHES REPORTED 14 MI WNW OF LANDER IN HARDING COUNTY.  
6.0 INCHES REPORTED SOUTHEAST OF HARDING.  
6.0 INCHES REPORTED 1 SSE OF DEERFIELD RESERVOIR.  
8.3 INCHES REPORTED AT PACTOLA RESERVOIR.  
   
..SOME 24 HOUR RAINFALL REPORTS AS OF 10 AM CDT  
 
ORAL 0.77 INCHES.  
PACTOLA DAM 0.67 INCHES.  
HOOVER 0.52 INCHES.  
MISSION 0.40 INCHES.  
COTTONWOOD 0.76 INCHES.  
EDGEMONT 0.36 INCHES.  
PORCUPINE 0.86 INCHES.  
ELM SPRINGS 0.25 INCHES.  
BATH 1.36 INCHES.  
WILMONT 0.53 INCHES.  
VICTOR 0.56 INCHES.  
REDFIELD 1.48 INCHES.  
MURDO 0.44 INCHES.  
MILBANK 0.50 INCHES.  
BROWNS VALLEY 0.60 INCHES.  
ACADEMY 0.72 INCHES.  
CARTHAGE 0.54 INCHES.  
 
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT RANGED 30 DEGREES AT CUSTER AND SPEARFISH TO  
56 DEGREES AT SIOUX FALLS.  
 
ELLSWORTH AFB 32 DEGREES.  
BROOKINGS 54 DEGREES.  
MOBRIDGE 40 DEGREES.  
WINNER 43 DEGREES.  
 
FOR THE AREAS TO THE WEST OF THE FRONT THE WINDS WERE WEST TO NORTH AT  
10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. TO THE EAST OF THE FRONT THE WINDS  
WERE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AT 15 TO 30 MPH.  
 
AT 11 AM CDT...SKIES WERE CLOUDY ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA WITH AREAS OF RAIN  
MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM MCINTOSH TO CHERRY CREEK TO INTERIOR TO PINE  
RIDGE. OTHERWISE THE COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR ABERDEEN TO  
CHAMBERLAIN TO WINNER...AND MOVING EAST. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 30  
DEGREES AT SPEARFISH TO 67 DEGREES AT SIOUX FALLS.  
 
WINNER 44 DEGREES.  
ABERDEEN 63 DEGREES.  
CHAMBERLAIN 63 DEGREES.  
MITCHELL 64 DEGREES.  
RAPID CITY 34 DEGREES.  
 
TO THE WEST THE COLD FRONT THE WINDS WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 15M TO  
35 MPH. TO THE EAST OF THE FRONT THE WINDS WERE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH  
AT 15 TO 30 MPH.  
 
 
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