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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 15, 20086 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this high wind warning at Apr 15, 2008, 3:52 AM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 15, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2008, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2008, 7:08 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2008-04-15Temperature 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 2008-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 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 150852
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
352 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45
MPH. THE BUFFALO RIDGE AREA OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL LIKELY SEE
EVEN STRONGER WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND
40 MPH IN THAT AREA.

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-151700-
/O.NEW.KFSD.HW.W.0001.080415T1700Z-080416T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.080415T0900Z-080415T1700Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
352 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT
TODAY. 

SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE EARLY THIS
MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.
HOWEVER THIS AFTERNOON...WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY BECOME EVEN
STRONGER...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO NEAR 50 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TOWARD SUNSET.

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.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ097-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-151700-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.080415T0900Z-080416T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-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...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...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
352 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING TO LATE AFTERNOON.

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
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 151535
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1035 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA TODAY
BRINGING VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. THE
BUFFALO RIDGE AREA OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL LIKELY SEE STRONGER
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND GUSTS
AROUND 55 MPH.

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-152345-
/O.CON.KFSD.HW.W.0001.080415T1700Z-080416T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080415T1700Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
1035 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT BY AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 45
MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TOWARD
SUNSET...BUT CONTINUE WINDY THROUGH THE NIGHT.

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.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ097-098-NEZ013-014-
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-152345-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080416T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-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...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...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
1035 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WHILE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS
EVENING...THEY WILL STILL BE STRONG AT 20 TO 30 MPH IN MOST
LOCATIONS. 

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
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 152041
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
341 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE WEST OF
INTERSTATE 29 LATER IN THE EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY EAST OF
INTERSTATE 29 THROUGH THE NIGHT.

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-160445-
/O.EXB.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.080416T0000Z-080416T0500Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080416T0000Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
341 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT
CDT TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. WHILE
WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING...THEY WILL STILL BE STRONG
AT 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT.

MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-
062-066-067-070-071-160200-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080416T0200Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...
ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
341 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. WHILE WINDS WILL
SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING...THEY WILL STILL BE GUSTY AT 20 TO 30
MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT.

MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-160445-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080416T0500Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK
341 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL
PERSIST THROUGH MIDNIGHT. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-160000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080416T0000Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
341 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING HOURS TO 15
TO 25 MPH.

MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 160008
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
708 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE WEST OF
INTERSTATE 29 LATER IN THE EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY EAST
OF INTERSTATE 29 THROUGH THE NIGHT.

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-160500-
/O.CAN.KFSD.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080416T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080416T0500Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
708 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. 

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ARE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH
SOMEWHAT...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. WHILE WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT...THEY WILL STILL BE STRONG AT
15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT TIME HOURS.

MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE.


$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-160115-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080416T0000Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...
ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
708 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA...THOUGH WILL CONTINUE TO
BLOW AT 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT..

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-
062-066-067-070-071-160200-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080416T0200Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-
KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...
ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
708 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. WHILE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE DURING THE
LATE EVENING...THEY WILL STILL BE GUSTY AT 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH
THE NIGHT.

MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-160500-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080416T0500Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK
708 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL PERSIST
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE
WINDS SUBSIDE.

$$

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Minnesota, 2008Every high wind warning 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.