The weather service had a winter storm warning in effect for Sunday night in central and southwest South Dakota and a snow advisory for north central South Dakota.
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Wind advisories for gusts as high as 50 mph were issued for parts of the southern Rockies Tuesday while snow advisories were posted for parts of the northern Rockies.
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Thursday, a snow advisory was issued for the mountains of northern Montana above elevations of 5, 000 feet as an unseasonably cold air mass knifed southward from Canada.
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Snow advisories were issued Thursday for the San Juan Mountains in southeast Colorado as moist air drawn northward by a distant upper-level low-pressure system over northern Nevada was forced to ascend the sloping terrain.
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Prior to the 2008-09 winter storm season, there was the "'Lake-Effect Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory "', specific for when blowing snow another hazard expected in the advised area.
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Prior to the 2008-09 winter storm season, there was the "'Snow Advisory "', specific for when snow was the only hazard expected in the advised area, the "'Sleet Advisory "', specific for when sleet was the only hazard expected in the advised area, the "'Blowing Snow Advisory "', specific for when blowing snow was the only hazard expected in the advised area, and the "'Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory "', specific for when snow and blowing snow were the only hazards expected in the advised area.
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Prior to the 2008-09 winter storm season, there was the "'Snow Advisory "', specific for when snow was the only hazard expected in the advised area, the "'Sleet Advisory "', specific for when sleet was the only hazard expected in the advised area, the "'Blowing Snow Advisory "', specific for when blowing snow was the only hazard expected in the advised area, and the "'Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory "', specific for when snow and blowing snow were the only hazards expected in the advised area.
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Prior to the 2008-09 winter storm season, there was the "'Snow Advisory "', specific for when snow was the only hazard expected in the advised area, the "'Sleet Advisory "', specific for when sleet was the only hazard expected in the advised area, the "'Blowing Snow Advisory "', specific for when blowing snow was the only hazard expected in the advised area, and the "'Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory "', specific for when snow and blowing snow were the only hazards expected in the advised area.
