634  
WWUS43 KABR 030140  
WSWABR  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
840 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-031145-  
/O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0002.260403T0600Z-260404T1800Z/  
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF IPSWICH, FAULKTON, ISABEL, EUREKA,  
HERREID, MCINTOSH, MOBRIDGE, AND GETTYSBURG  
840 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026 /740 PM MDT THU APR 2 2026/  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT  
MDT/ FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED.  
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 7 AND 14 INCHES AND ICE  
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH  
AS 35 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/  
SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. THE  
COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF  
BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN  
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CAN  
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.  
 
 
 
 
 
SDZ033>037-031145-  
/O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0002.260403T0600Z-260404T1800Z/  
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HIGHMORE, FORT PIERRE, ONIDA, PIERRE, AND  
MILLER  
840 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026 /740 PM MDT THU APR 2 2026/  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT  
MDT/ FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED.  
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES AND ICE  
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH  
AS 35 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...HAND, HUGHES, HYDE, STANLEY, AND SULLY COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/  
SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ARE LIKELY DUE TO THE ICE.  
TRAVEL COULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW  
AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY BRIEFLY  
REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE  
FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN  
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CAN  
BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.  
 
 
 
 
 
MNZ039-SDZ006>008-011-018-031145-  
/O.CON.KABR.WS.W.0002.260403T1200Z-260405T0000Z/  
TRAVERSE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SISSETON, BRITTON, WHEATON, WEBSTER,  
ABERDEEN, AND REDFIELD  
840 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM  
CDT SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED.  
TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 12 INCHES AND ICE  
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH  
AS 35 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH  
DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE COMBINATION OF  
FALLING SNOW AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT  
MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD  
IMPACT THE FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN  
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IN MINNESOTA, THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED AT 511MN.ORG, OR BY CALLING 5 1 1. IN  
SOUTH DAKOTA, THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING  
5 1 1.  
 
 
 
 
 
SDZ045-048-051-031145-  
/O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0013.260403T0600Z-260404T1800Z/  
JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MURDO, KENNEBEC, AND FORT THOMPSON  
840 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1  
PM CDT SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL  
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS  
AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...BUFFALO, JONES, AND LYMAN COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 PM CDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE COMBINATION OF  
FALLING SNOW AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT  
MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD  
IMPACT THE FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.  
 
 
 
 
 
MNZ046-SDZ019>023-031145-  
/O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0013.260403T1200Z-260405T0000Z/  
BIG STONE-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MILBANK, ORTONVILLE, HAYTI, WATERTOWN,  
CLARK, AND CLEAR LAKE  
840 PM CDT THU APR 2 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7  
PM CDT SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...MIXED PRECIPITATION AND PATCHY BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL  
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES AND ICE  
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH  
AS 35 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH  
DAKOTA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE COMBINATION OF  
FALLING SNOW AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW THAT  
MAY BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD  
IMPACT THE FRIDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. IN MINNESOTA, THE LATEST  
ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED AT 511MN.ORG, OR BY CALLING 5 1 1.  
IN SOUTH DAKOTA, THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE OBTAINED BY  
CALLING 5 1 1.  
 
 
 
 
 
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