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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 4, 2008Dakota County, Nebraska; Ida County, Woodbury County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this high wind warning at Jun 4, 2008, 11:02 PM CDT for Dakota County, Nebraska; Ida County, Woodbury County, Iowa. It was in force for 96 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2008, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2008, 12:38 AM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Ida County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Dakota County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2008-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2024 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 2008-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 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
2024 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
331 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.7
Supercell composite
18.9

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KFSD 050402
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1102 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

.HIGH WINDS WILL BE FOUND BEHIND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
NEAR TERM...FROM NEAR SOUTH SIOUX CITY TO IDA COUNTY. 

IAZ031-032-NEZ014-050600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.HW.W.0003.080605T0402Z-080605T0600Z/
WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK...SOUTH SIOUX CITY
1102 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 35 MPH THROUGH THIS
AREA. HIGH WINDS WILL BE FOUND BEHIND THIS LINE AWAY FROM THE
STORMS ITSELF...WITH A RECENT GUST TO 56 MPH AT SIOUX CITY NEAR
11 PM. AFTER THE LINE OF STORMS PASS FURTHER TO THE EAST...THE
THREAT FOR THE HIGH WINDS WILL ABATE AFTER 1 AM. 

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.

$$

 MJF
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 050538
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1238 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008


IAZ031-032-NEZ014-050645-
/O.CAN.KFSD.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080605T0600Z/
WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK...SOUTH SIOUX CITY
1238 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

ANY HIGH WINDS ARE OVER FOR THE TIME BEING. IF STORMS MOVE INTO
THIS AREA LATE TONIGHT...CONDITIONS WILL BE MONITORED FOR SEVERE
WEATHER INCLUDING HIGH WINDS OR LARGE HAIL.

$$

 MJF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 10:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchFSDDakota, Dixon11 hr
Jun 5, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDakota36 min
Jun 5, 12:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDDixon6 hr
Jun 5, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDixon34 min
Jun 5, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon29 min
Jun 5, 12:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth27 min
Jun 5, 12:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDCherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 3 more3 hr
Jun 5, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon49 min
Jun 5, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux33 min
Jun 5, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon25 min
Jun 5, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon, Osceola43 min
Jun 5, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon26 min
Jun 5, 3:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDLyon67 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Iowa, 2008High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 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.