Winter Storm Warning for Sioux Falls Friday-Saturday

Early Friday morning (November 28), the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Winter Storm Warning for parts of southeast South Dakota, parts of Iowa, and Minnesota. This Winter Storm Warning includes the cities of Sioux Falls, Yankton, Vermilion, and Sioux City, IA. The warning is in effect from noon Friday through midnight Saturday.

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The NWS says, "The majority of southeast South Dakota will receive 4 to 7 inches of snowfall today through Saturday. Heavier amounts of 5 to 12 inches are expected further east and southeast in southwest Minnesota, northwest Iowa, and northeast Nebraska. Some locations in northwest Iowa, especially southeast of Sioux City, Le Mars, and Spencer, could exceed a foot of snowfall. A light glaze of ice from freezing drizzle on Friday afternoon and night is also expected near the Missouri River Valley and US Highway 20. After periods of moderate to heavy snowfall today, Saturday snowfall should be lighter, but possibly also blowing and drifting."

For Sioux Falls, the snow is expected to start after 12 PM Friday and continue through Saturday evening, with five to eight inches possible in town.

Travel could be very difficult while the snow is falling, especially late Friday afternoon and evening.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
252 AM CST Fri Nov 28 2025

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SDZ071-281800-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0003.251128T1800Z-251130T0600Z/
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Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-Pipestone-
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Including the cities of Le Mars, Pipestone, Hull, Luverne,
Inwood, Hartley, Hawarden, Holstein, Sioux City, Alcester,
Spencer, Orange City, Sheldon, Windom, Sanborn, Arnolds Park,
North Sioux City, Ida Grove, Elk Point, Lakefield, Cherokee, Rock
Rapids, Rock Valley, Milford, Slayton, Storm Lake, Battle Creek,
Sibley, Spirit Lake, Worthington, Jefferson, Mountain Lake,
Fulda, George, Beresford, South Sioux City, Sioux Center,
Jackson, and Larchwood
252 AM CST Fri Nov 28 2025

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow
  accumulations between 7 and 12 inches. Ice accumulations around a
  light glaze south of Interstate 90 toward US Highway 20.

* WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest
  Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and southeast South Dakota.

* WHEN...From noon today to midnight CST Saturday Night.

* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The
  hazardous conditions could impact the Friday evening commute.

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 for
the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.