Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Jan 3, 2008, 2:27 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota; Brookings County, South Dakota. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2008, 2:27 AM CST (08:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 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, Pipestone County, MN, Brookings County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 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 030827 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 227 AM CST THU JAN 3 2008 .AN INTENSE PRESSURE GRADIENT ON THE TRAILING SIDE OF RETREATING ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS IOWA WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. STRONGEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG AND JUST DOWNSTREAM OF THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE...WHERE SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH. YOU CAN EXPECT TO FIND AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL. WINDS SHOULD START TO SUBSIDE MID TO LATE MORNING. MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-SDZ040-031600- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.080103T0827Z-080103T1600Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS 227 AM CST THU JAN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS... AND REACH A SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE CREST OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE AND IN AREAS JUST DOWNSTREAM...INCLUDING LAKE BENTON... MARSHALL...TRACY...WORTHINGTON...WINDOM...AND HERON LAKE. WITH SUCH STRONG WINDS...EXPOSED AREAS WILL LIKELY FIND AREAS OF BLOWING AND CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS EAST WEST ROADWAYS. 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. $$ CHAPMAN
2 follow-up statements
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
000 WWUS73 KFSD 031820 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1220 PM CST THU JAN 3 2008 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-031930- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080103T1800Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 1220 PM CST THU JAN 3 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$
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.