Alert archive / South Dakota / High Wind Warnings in 2007

High Wind Warning 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 11, 2007Lyon County, Iowa; Lincoln County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota; Rock County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this high wind warning at Aug 11, 2007, 2:51 AM CDT for Lyon County, Iowa; Lincoln County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota; Rock County, Minnesota. It was in force for 69 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2007, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Lyon County, IA, Rock County, MN, Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 2007-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 157 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-357 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KFSD 110751
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
251 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007


IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-067-110900-
/O.NEW.KFSD.HW.W.0005.070811T0751Z-070811T0900Z/
LYON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG
251 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING. 

OUTFLOW FROM DYING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CREATE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 110901
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
401 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007


IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ062-067-111015-
/O.EXP.KFSD.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070811T0900Z/
LYON-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG
401 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS HAS EXITED THE AREA.

$$

JM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Gregory28 min
Aug 10, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Gregory44 min
Aug 10, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix30 min
Aug 11, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix50 min
Aug 11, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Yankton24 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in South Dakota, 2007High Wind Warnings in Iowa, 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.