Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
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 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.
- 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
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.