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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

December 22, 20074 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Dec 22, 2007, 7:14 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2007, 7:14 AM CST (13:14 UTC)
Expired
Dec 22, 2007, 12:21 PM CST
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, Plymouth County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Clay County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:20 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-12-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-12-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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 221314
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
714 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007


IAZ002-003-013-014-020>022-031-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-NEZ013-
014-SDZ069>071-222115-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0028.071222T1314Z-071222T2200Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-
WOODBURY-IDA-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA-
YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...
CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...YANKTON...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
714 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS WILL BE NORTH TO NORTHWEST BEHIND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY
TODAY...AND WILL BE QUITE STRONG.

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.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 221821
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1221 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007


IAZ002-003-013-014-020>022-031-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-NEZ013-
014-SDZ069>071-221930-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-071222T2200Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-
WOODBURY-IDA-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA-
YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...
CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...YANKTON...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1221 PM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

ALTHOUGH STILL WINDY...THE WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA TO
BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20
TO 30 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BEFORE NOTCHING DOWN SOME MORE.

$$

 MJF

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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.