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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

February 17, 200826 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2008, 2:17 PM CST for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2008, 2:17 PM CST (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 2008, 7:38 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
All 28 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 34 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2008-02-17Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2008-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 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
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-48 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 KABR 172017
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
217 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...NORTHWEST WINDS BECOMING QUITE STRONG...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES TO TIGHTEN ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA...RESULTING IN RATHER STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. THESE STRONG
WINDS WILL PERSIST WELL INTO TONIGHT BEFORE WEAKENING.

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-180430-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0002.080217T2017Z-080218T0900Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN...
HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...
IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...
MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
217 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 /117 PM MST SUN FEB 17 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL PERSIST
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLE.  SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS OUTSIDE OR BRING THEM
INDOORS.

$$

DORN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KABR 180138
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
738 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED...

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-180245-
/O.CAN.KABR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0900Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN...
HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...
IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...
MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
738 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 /638 PM MST SUN FEB 17 2008/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO DECREASE ACROSS THE REGION...AND ARE NO
LONGER AT ADVISORY LEVELS. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING THOUGH. 

$$
HINTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 2:23 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryABRBrown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Edmunds and 6 more25 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in South Dakota, 2008Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2008Every wind advisory in 2008

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.