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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

October 5, 200515 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Oct 5, 2005, 4:18 AM CDT for 15 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Oct 5, 2005, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2005, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 5, 2005, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 5, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Miner County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
487 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KFSD 050918
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
418 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CREATE GUSTY WEST WINDS ACROSS
THE REGION. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR WEST OF A LINE
FROM DE SMET TO YANKTON.

SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-068-069-051730-
/X.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.051005T1700Z-051006T0300Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...
PLANKINTON...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR...PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL...YANKTON
418 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35
MPH BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO
BE COMMON THROUGH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH.  WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$
BT
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 051629
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1129 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL CAUSE GUSTY
WEST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR WEST OF A LINE FROM DE SMET TO
YANKTON.

SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-068-069-060030-
/X.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.051005T1700Z-051006T0300Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...
PLANKINTON...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
LAKE ANDES...ARMOUR...PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL...YANKTON
1129 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO BE
COMMON...ESPECIALLY FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO PICKSTOWN AND SOUTHWEST.
WINDS WILL DECREASE VERY SLOWLY LATER TONIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH.  WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$
WILLIAMS
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 052002
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
302 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

.STRONG WEST WINDS WILL SLIGHTLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS LOW
PRESSURE MOVES VERY SLOWLY OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. WHILE WINDY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WINDS
SHOULD DROP A LITTLE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING.

WINDY CONDITIONS AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO PREVENT
FREEZING CONDITIONS OVER MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT...DESPITE
TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. THIS WILL ALSO
PREVENT WIDESPREAD FROST. HOWEVER...SLIGHTLY DRIER AND COLDER
AIR...AND PERHAPS MORE BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER...WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO A LITTLE BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT IN
THE AREA FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO PICKSTOWN AND SOUTHWEST INTO GREGORY COUNTY.


SDZ050-057-063-060000-
/X.NEW.KFSD.FZ.W.0001.051006T0700Z-051006T1400Z/
/X.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051006T0000Z/
GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN...
WAGNER...LAKE ANDES
302 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

WEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 40 MPH INTO THE START OF THE
EVENING...THEN DECREASE A LITTLE AROUND SUNSET.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND FREEZING A COUPLE
HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW FREEZING AROUND
DAYBREAK. 
 
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION
UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

SDZ038-039-052>054-058>060-064-065-068-069-060000-
/X.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051006T0000Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...PLANKINTON...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...
EMERY...ARMOUR...PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL...YANKTON
302 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

WEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 40 MPH INTO THE START OF THE
EVENING...THEN DECREASE A LITTLE AROUND SUNSET.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH.  WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$
WILLIAMS
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 052009 CCA
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
302 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

.STRONG WEST WINDS WILL SLIGHTLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS LOW
PRESSURE MOVES VERY SLOWLY OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. WHILE WINDY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT...WINDS
SHOULD DROP A LITTLE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING.

WINDY CONDITIONS AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO PREVENT
FREEZING CONDITIONS OVER MOST OF THE AREA TONIGHT...DESPITE
TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. THIS WILL ALSO
PREVENT WIDESPREAD FROST. HOWEVER...SLIGHTLY DRIER AND COLDER
AIR...AND PERHAPS MORE BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER...WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO A LITTLE BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT IN
THE AREA FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO PICKSTOWN AND SOUTHWEST INTO GREGORY
COUNTY.


SDZ050-057-063-060000-
/X.NEW.KFSD.FZ.W.0001.051006T0700Z-051006T1400Z/
/X.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051006T0000Z/
GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN...
WAGNER...LAKE ANDES
302 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

WEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 40 MPH INTO THE START OF THE
EVENING...THEN DECREASE A LITTLE AROUND SUNSET.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND FREEZING A COUPLE
HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN TO A FEW DEGREES BELOW FREEZING AROUND
DAYBREAK. 
 
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION
UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

SDZ038-039-052>054-058>060-064-065-068-069-060000-
/X.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051006T0000Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...PLANKINTON...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...
EMERY...ARMOUR...PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL...YANKTON
302 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 40 MPH INTO THE START OF THE 
EVENING...THEN DECREASE A LITTLE AROUND SUNSET.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH.  WINDS OF
THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE
CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$
WILLIAMS
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 060008
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
708 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

.WINDY CONDITIONS AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...ARE EXPECTED TO PREVENT
WIDESPREAD FROST FROM THE JAMES VALLEY EASTWARD TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. SLIGHTLY DRIER
AND COLDER AIR...AND PERHAPS MORE BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER...WILL
ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO A LITTLE BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT IN
THE AREA FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO PICKSTOWN...AND SOUTHWEST INTO GREGORY
COUNTY...AND A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA LATE
TONIGHT.

SDZ050-057-063-060815-
/X.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051006T0000Z/
/X.CON.KFSD.FZ.W.0001.051006T0700Z-051006T1400Z/
GREGORY-BRULE-CHARLES MIX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...CHAMBERLAIN...
WAGNER...LAKE ANDES
708 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER
WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

DESPITE THE BREEZY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT...A VERY COLD AIRMASS OVER
THE AREA WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO AROUND FREEZING BY 2 AM.
TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT A FEW DEGREES BELOW FREEZING AROUND
DAYBREAK.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

$$

SDZ038-039-052>054-058>060-064-065-068-069-060115-
/X.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051006T0000Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...PLANKINTON...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...
EMERY...ARMOUR...PARKSTON...OLIVET...TYNDALL...YANKTON
708 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER
WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 3:02 PM CDTFreeze WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix, Gregory13 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.