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Wind Advisory 29, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

December 23, 20075 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Dec 23, 2007, 3:21 AM CST for 5 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Dec 23, 2007, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2007, 3:21 AM CST (09:21 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2007, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 23, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 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, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 00:00Z on 2007-12-23Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2007-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -92 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
1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 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 230921
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
321 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL WRAP UP OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION
ALLOWING A NORTHWEST WIND TO INCREASE TODAY. 

IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-231730-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0029.071223T1600Z-071224T0000Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
STORM LAKE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
321 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
AT TIMES. 

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.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 231615
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1015 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-240000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
STORM LAKE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
1015 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND
CHILL READINGS OF 5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. AND
THERE WILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWER
ACTIVITY.

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.

$$

 MJF
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 232156
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
356 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-240000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
STORM LAKE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
356 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH....THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET.
WIND CHILLS OF 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE ALSO...WHILE AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW WILL SLOWLY ABATE DURING THE LATE 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.

$$
WILLIAMS
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 240008
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
608 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

.LARGE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING
WILL WEAKEN SLOWLY TONIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE
DAKOTAS FROM THE WEST. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA HAD DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS AT THE START OF THE EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE
SLOWLY TONIGHT.

 
IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-240115-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...
STORM LAKE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
608 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS HAD DECREASED TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
35 MPH AS THE EVENING BEGAN. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE SLOWLY TONIGHT. A FEW AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THIS EVENING.

$$
WILLIAMS

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2007Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2007Every wind advisory 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.