Alert archive / South Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2008, 12:25 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2008, 12:25 PM CST (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 7:10 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 45 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, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld 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), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KFSD 171825 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1225 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 .INTENSE LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. NEZ013-SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>061-063>066-068>070-180000- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.080217T1825Z-080218T0000Z/ DIXON-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER- BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 1225 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ014-SDZ040-055-056-062-067-071-180230- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.080217T1825Z-080218T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DAKOTA-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1225 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 30 MPH LATER THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KFSD 172358 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 558 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 .STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE NIGHT...AS INTENSE LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST OVER THE GREAT LAKES. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ALSO MOVE SOUTH OVER THE AREA BY LATE TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HURON SOUTH DAKOTA TO WINDOM MINNESOTA BY SUNRISE. NEZ013-SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>061-063>066-068>070-180100- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0000Z/ DIXON-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER- BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 558 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD GENERALLY DECREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MOVING SOUTH OVER THE AREA WITH LOCALIZED TEMPORARY WHITE OUTS WILL DIMINISH EARLY TONIGHT. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ014-SDZ040-055-056-062-067-071-180300- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DAKOTA-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 558 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN THE WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. $$ RSR
000 WWUS73 KFSD 180110 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 710 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 .BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE NIGHT...AS INTENSE LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST OVER THE GREAT LAKES. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ALSO MOVE SOUTH OVER THE AREA BY LATE TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HURON SOUTH DAKOTA TO WINDOM MINNESOTA BY SUNRISE. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ014-SDZ040-055-056-062-067-071-180215- /O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080218T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DAKOTA-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-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...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 710 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BRISK NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 30 MPH MOST AREAS EARLY TONIGHT. SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TO PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT...AS MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. $$ RSR
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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.