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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 14, 20075 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at May 14, 2007, 9:29 AM CDT for 5 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2007, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2007, 3:55 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 193 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
193 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-651 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 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 KFSD 141429
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
929 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

.STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-142100-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0011.070514T1429Z-070514T2100Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
STORM LAKE...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
929 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
DECREASE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

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.

$$

JM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 142055
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
355 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-142200-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-070514T2100Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
STORM LAKE...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
355 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 



$$

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.