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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 22, 20077 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at May 22, 2007, 10:01 AM CDT for 7 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2007, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2007, 3:14 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

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

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2007-05-22Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 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 221501
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1001 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN MUCH OF SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-222300-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0012.070522T1501Z-070523T0000Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LYON-
MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
1001 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

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

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

SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

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.

$$
RSR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 222014
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
314 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

.THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND GRADIENT HAS WEAKENED...PERMITTING THE
WINDS TO DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON.

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-222115-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-070523T0000Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LYON-
MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
314 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 20 TO 30 MPH IN MUCH OF
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA THIS AFTERNOON...BELOW WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$
RSR

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.