Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2007, 10:05 AM CDT for Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska; Clay County, Union County, South Dakota; 5 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2007, 10:05 AM CDT (15:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 3:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Ida County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Clay County, SD, Union County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:09 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -96 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 031505 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1005 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND BETWEEN A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING EAST THROUGH IOWA...AND HIGH PRESSURE PUSHING SOUTH INTO THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. IAZ020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-032300- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.070403T1505Z-070403T2300Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-CLAY- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1005 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON FROM AROUND VERMILLION SOUTH DAKOTA...EAST THROUGH SIOUX CITY AND STORM LAKE IOWA. WIND GUSTS SHOULD TOP OUT AROUND 40 MPH. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DROP OFF AFTER 4 PM...ALTHOUGH BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO THE 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. $$ JH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KFSD 032046 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 346 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 IAZ020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071-032200- /O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070403T2300Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-CLAY- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 346 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ LIEBL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 28 min |
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.