Alert archive / South Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2006

Wind Advisory 21, NWS Aberdeen, SD

October 12, 200613 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind advisory at Oct 12, 2006, 10:29 AM CDT for 13 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2006, 10:29 AM CDT (15:29 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 12:00Z on 2006-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2006-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 288 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KABR 121529
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1029 AM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION COMBINED WITH
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES...WILL LEAD
TO VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY. WIND GUSTS
AT TIMES COULD BE AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-017>023-122330-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0021.061012T1529Z-061013T0000Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY-
FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...EUREKA...
ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE
1029 AM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...WILL
BE FOUND ON THE BACKSIDE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH
ONCE THE SUN BEGINS TO SET. 

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH
PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLE. THOSE PULLING TRAILERS ALSO NEED
TO EXERCISE CAUTION. SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS OUTSIDE OR BRING THEM
INDOORS.

$$

HINTZ
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KABR 122029
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
329 PM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION COMBINED WITH
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES...WILL LEAD
TO VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY. WIND GUSTS
AT TIMES COULD BE AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-017>023-130000-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-061013T0000Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY-
FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...EUREKA...
ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE
329 PM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

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

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

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH...WILL
BE FOUND ON THE BACKSIDE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER LOCATED
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. LOOK FOR DIMINISHING WINDS
SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. 

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH
PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLE. THOSE PULLING TRAILERS ALSO NEED
TO EXERCISE CAUTION. SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS OUTSIDE OR BRING THEM
INDOORS.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KABR 130006
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
706 PM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-017>023-130115-
/O.EXP.KABR.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-061013T0000Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY-
FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...EUREKA...
ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE
706 PM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO AROUND 15
MPH OVERNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS IN THE WIND ADVISORY CATEGORY ARE NO
LONGER EXPECTED...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

$$

PARKIN

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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.