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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 2, 20084 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2008, 3:34 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 2, 2008, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2008, 3:34 AM CST (09:34 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2008, 8:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 2, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 41 counties

Dickinson 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), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:36 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 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 2008-03-02Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2008-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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 020934
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
334 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

.A COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING AND BRING
A RAPID INCREASE IN WINDS.

SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>061-063>065-068-069-021745-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.080302T1400Z-080303T0000Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
334 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY THIS MORNING TO 25 TO 35
MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD
SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING BUT STILL REMAIN BREEZY.

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.

$$

IAZ001>003-012-013-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
NEZ013-014-SDZ040-055-056-062-066-067-070-071-021745-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.080302T1800Z-080303T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-
MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-
BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...BROOKINGS...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...
ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
334 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY LATE THIS MORNING TO 25 TO
35 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING BUT STILL
REMAIN BREEZY.

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.

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 021610
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1010 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

.IT BE WINDY BEHIND A COLD FRONT PASSAGE TODAY.

SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>061-063>065-068-069-030000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080303T0000Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
1010 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 40
MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...
BUT WILL STILL REMAIN BREEZY.

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.

$$

IAZ001>003-012-013-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
NEZ013-014-SDZ040-055-056-062-066-067-070-071-030000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.080302T1800Z-080303T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-
MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-
BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...BROOKINGS...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...
ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1010 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS MORNING
AND AFTERNOON INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE. THERE WILL ALSO LIKELY
BE SOME OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...BUT WILL STILL REMAIN BREEZY.

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
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 022132
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
332 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

.STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE SLOWLY TONIGHT AS
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES THE AREA.

SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>061-063>065-068-069-030000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080303T0000Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
332 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT.
THE DECREASE WILL BE SLOW AND IT WILL STILL BE WINDY...BUT THE
STRONG WINDS SHOULD EASE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY THIS
EVENING.

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.

$$

IAZ001>003-012-013-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
NEZ013-014-SDZ040-055-056-062-066-067-070-071-030000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080303T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-
MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-
BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...BROOKINGS...
MADISON...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...
ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
332 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT.
THE DECREASE WILL BE SLOW AND IT WILL STILL BE WINDY...BUT THE
STRONG WINDS SHOULD EASE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY THIS
EVENING.

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.

$$
WILLIAMS
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 030006
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
606 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

IAZ001>003-012-013-020-031-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-030115-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080303T0000Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-
MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-
MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...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
603 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED FROM EARLIER LEVELS...HOWEVER GUSTY
NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. A FEW WIND GUSTS NEAR 
40 MPH WILL STILL BE FOUND AROUND THE BUFFALO RIDGE IN SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA INTO THIS EVENING...THOUGH SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS.
 
$$
 JH

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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.