Blizzard Warning Causes Sioux Falls Public Schools to Cancel Afternoon and Evening Activities

The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning for the rest of Thursday afternoon and evening. blowing snow has mad travel very difficult in and around Sioux Falls. The deteriorating conditions have caused Sioux Falls public schools to cancel all afternoon and evening activities. The after-school program Kids Inc. will remain open as usual.

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From the National Weather Service:

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...
  DECREASING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A HALF AN INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL WILL BE
  POSSIBLE.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
  55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE ARE
  EXPECTED. THE LOWEST VISIBILITY WILL OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS...WHILE
  VISIBILITY IN TOWNS AND OTHER SHELTERED AREAS MAY OFTEN BE
  GREATER. SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE AFTER
  SUNSET WITH MAINLY BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH
  MIDNIGHT.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WARMER READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW
  ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL BACK INTO
  THE 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH
  FRIDAY MORNING.