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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 21, 20074 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2007, 3:36 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 21, 2007, 9:59 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2007, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 21, 2007, 9:59 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 42 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 236 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 592 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2007-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KFSD 210836
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
336 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

.AFTER SOME MORNING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LIFTS NORTH OF THE AREA
AND WEAKENS...SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING. THE WIND SHOULD REACH 25 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
THE WINDS SHOULD FALL BACK TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY LATE EVENING.

IAZ001>003-012>014-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-050-053>056-058>071-211645-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.070421T1700Z-070422T0300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-
LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-
DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...
BURKE...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
336 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING...CLIMBING TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE
STRONGER WINDS MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER ABOUT 300 PM CDT EAST OF
INTERSTATE 29. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE FROM ABOUT 500
PM CDT THROUGH 800 PM CDT WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS COULD APPROACH 40 MPH.

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.

$$

08
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 211459
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
959 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

.SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA THROUGHOUT
THE LATE MORNING...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE
WINDS SHOULD FALL BACK TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY LATE EVENING.

IAZ021-022-032-212300-
/O.EXA.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.070421T1700Z-070422T0300Z/
CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...
HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK
959 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING...
CLIMBING TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS
MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER ABOUT 300 PM CDT EAST OF INTERSTATE 29.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE FROM ABOUT 500 PM CDT THROUGH
800 PM CDT WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS COULD APPROACH 40 MPH.

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.

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-050-053>056-058>071-212300-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.070421T1700Z-070422T0300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-
LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-
DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...
BURKE...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
959 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING...
CLIMBING TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE STRONGER WINDS
MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER ABOUT 300 PM CDT EAST OF INTERSTATE 29.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE FROM ABOUT 500 PM CDT THROUGH
800 PM CDT WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS COULD APPROACH 40 MPH.

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.

$$


JM
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 212036
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
336 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING...
MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A TYNDALL SOUTH DAKOTA TO BROOKINGS SOUTH
DAKOTA LINE.

SDZ039-050-053-054-058-059-063-064-212145-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070422T0300Z/
KINGSBURY-GREGORY-SANBORN-MINER-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
GREGORY...BURKE...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY...MITCHELL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
336 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

AS A COLD FRONT NUDGES INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...THE SOUTH WINDS
HAVE DECREASED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA.

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ040-055-056-060>062-065>071-220300-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070422T0300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-
MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...
VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
336 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 
40 TO 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGEST OF THE
WINDS WILL BE FELT IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE
WINDS WILL BE A BIT LESS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR IN
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

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 220239
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
939 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

.THE SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE.

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ040-055-056-060>062-065>071-220345-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-070422T0300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-
MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...
IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...
VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...
YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
939 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...ALTHOUGH
NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL STILL SEE PLENTY OF 15
TO 30 MPH WINDS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS
HAVE SUBSIDED. 

$$

 MJF

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 5:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon25 min
Apr 21, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix, Gregory41 min
Apr 21, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDGregory46 min

Nearby

Wind Advisories in South Dakota, 2007Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2007Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 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.