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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 6, 2007Deuel County, Grant County, Roberts County, South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this high wind warning at May 6, 2007, 8:34 AM CDT for Deuel County, Grant County, Roberts County, South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2007, 8:34 AM CDT (13:34 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:38 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2007-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KABR 061334
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
834 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

.STRONG WINDS AR OCCURING THIS MORNING BEHIND A LINE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS.

MNZ039-046-SDZ008-021-023-061700-
/O.NEW.KABR.HW.W.0002.070506T1334Z-070506T1700Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-ROBERTS-GRANT-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...SISSETON...
MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE
834 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. 

VERY STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS
AFTERNOON. 

HIGH WINDS CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.  USE EXTRA
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND SLOW DOWN.  SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS
OUTDOORS OR BRING THEM INDOORS.

$$

KEEFE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Spink23 min
May 5, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningABRSpink23 min
May 5, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown22 min
May 5, 10:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRClark, Day6 hr
May 5, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand38 min
May 5, 10:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRMarshall6 hr
May 5, 11:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRBrown, Spink6 hr
May 6, 12:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRFaulk, Hand6 hr
May 6, 4:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRClark, Day6 hr
May 6, 4:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRMarshall6 hr
May 6, 4:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRBrown, Spink7 hr
May 6, 4:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRBuffalo, Faulk, Hand8 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in South Dakota, 2007High Wind Warnings in Minnesota, 2007Every high wind warning in 2007

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.