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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 14, 20084 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2008, 3:53 PM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 15, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2008, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2008, 8:59 PM CDT
In force
17 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 20:50 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, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2008-04-14Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2008-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
2049 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 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 142053
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
353 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH AT TIMES AND WILL
BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 35 MPH.  

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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...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
353 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. 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.

$$
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 150222
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
922 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH AT TIMES AND
WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 35 MPH.

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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-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...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
922 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. 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.

$$
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.

$$

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KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
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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
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.

$$

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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.

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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.

$$

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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.

$$

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/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.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KFSD 160159
NPWFSD

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


IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-
062-066-067-070-071-160300-
/O.CAN.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
859 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE AREA AND ARE NO LONGER MEETING
ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-160300-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080416T0500Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
859 PM CDT TUE APR 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE AREA AND ARE NO LONGER MEETING
ADVISORY CRITERIA.


$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Apr 14, 10:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 10:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1042 AM CDT MON APR 14 2008

.DISCUSSION...
WARMER IS THE OPERATIVE WORD TODAY ACRS THE AREA AS WE BATTLE THE
REMAINING SNOWCOVER FROM PORTIONS OF S CNTRL SD INTO SWRN MN...
WITH GREATEST CONCERNS EVOLVING IN THE FIRE DANGER REALM FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. RAPID PRESSURE FALLS THRU HIGH PLAINS WL ACT TO
INTENSIFY LOW LVL GRADIENT THROUGH THE DAY...NIGHT...AND INTO THE
DAY ON TUESDAY.  EXPECT WNDS TO REMAIN BLO ADVY LVLS THRU FIRST PART
OF TONIGHT...AS THERE IS SOME TENDENCY FOR NEGATIVE MOMENTUM TRANSFER
WITH MIXING THRU TDA AS ADIABATIC LYR BUILDS INTO LOWER MOMENTUM AIR
ALFT. COULD BECOME A DIFFERENT STORY BY LATER NIGHT THRU HIGHER
ELEVATION SITES OF ERN SD/SW MN...WITH 50-60KTS OF WIND 1-1.5 KFT AGL.
MAY BE TYPICALLY OVERDONE WINDS WITHIN UPPER INVERSION...BUT MARGIN
OF ERROR TO GET WIND ADVY THERE.  TOMORROW SEEMS PRETTY MUCH A NO
DOUBTER ON WIND ADVISORY...AND CAN EXPECT TO ISSUE WITH AFTN PACKAGE.
OTHERWISE FOR TDA...CURRENT INDICATIONS BASED ON MORINING
SOUNDINGS...AS WELL AS 12Z NAM/RUC INDICATE TMPS ON FULL MIXING WL
COME UP A FEW DEGREES SHORT OF EXPECTED HIGHS. ALSO...WITH DECENT
SNOWFIELD REMAINING ALG NRN BUFFALO RIDGE...WL LOCALLY UNDERCUT TMPS
WITH A SHIFT TOWARD THE COLDER SIDE OF THE SNOWFIELD.  DWPTS A REAL
CHALLENGE AS WELL...WITH NUMBERS REFLECTING INVERSION AND TRAPPED
MOISTENING THRU MID MORNING...BUT OAX/LBF RAOBS LOOKING MORE IN THE
20S REALM FOR AFTN ONCE GET SOME LIMITED MIXING...PERHAPS UPPER
TEENS IN FAR E HIER ELEVATIONS. AS A RESULT...SOME OF THE FIRE WX
INDICES MAY BE A BIT OVERZEALOUS CONSIDERING THE RECOVERY TIME FROM
RECENT PCPN AND AREAS OF REMAINING SNOWCOVER... BUT WITH DRY AIR THE
1HR FUELS SHOULD REACT FAIRLY QUICKLY. MAINTAINED AREAS OF VERY HIGH
FIRE DANGER...WITH CAVEAT OF BEING THOSE AREAS AWAY FROM SNOWCOVER.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH STRONG SLY WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
FOR KFSD AND KHON AREAS THRU AFTN. WITH INCREASED GRADIENT...WNDS
SHUD STAY MIXED ENOUGH OVERNIGHT...BUT SHELTERED LOCATIONS WOULD
BE SUSCEPTABLE TO LLWS GIVEN THE STRONG WINDS ARND 1KFT...WITH
KSUX AREA TO BE WATCHED.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
LARGE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN US WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES. CIRRUS SPILLING OVER THE RIDGE
INTO THE WESTERN DAKOTAS.  CLOUDS STRUGGLING TO ADVANCE EAST DUE TO
THE ABUNDANCE OF DRY AIR IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS. MODELS NOT
HANDLING THIS MOISTURE ALL THAT WELL...BUT THINK WE COULD SEE A FEW
HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA TODAY. PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA REALLY TIGHTENS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND AM
EXPECTING BREEZY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AS WINDS MIX DOWN FROM ALOFT.
SPEAKING OF MIXING...WEALTH OF DRY AIR ALOFT WILL KEEP DEW POINTS
DOWN...AND HAVE UNDERCUT GUIDANCE VALUES WITH GULF CUT OFF AND
RELATIVELY LOW DEW POINTS ACROSS THE PLAINS. THERE ARE SOME FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS TODAY WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASING AND
RELATIVELY DRY AIR.  WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S...WILL
KEEP HIGH AND VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IN THE RANGE LAND STATEMENT.

ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER DAY EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AS
SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE EVEN FURTHER.  WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LOOKS
TO BE A FAIRLY GOOD BET...AND WITH TEMPERATURES APPROACHING 80
DEGREES IN WESTERN CWA FIRE DANGER LOOKS TO BE EXTREME.  WITH THE
GULF OPEN...WILL SEE SOME MOISTURE RETURN WHICH MAY BE JUST ENOUGH
TO KEEP WESTERN CWA ABOVE THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED RED FLAG CONDITIONS
OF 20 PERCENT RH.

COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE CWA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. WINDS LOOK TO REMAIN FAIRLY STOUT TUESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF
THE FRONT...AND HAVE KEPT TEMPERATURES ON THE MILD SIDE. SOME
QUESTION ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS TO WHETHER ANY POTENTIAL
CONVECTION WOULD DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT IN NORTHWEST IOWA. ANY
MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE CONTAINED TO THE LOW LEVELS...AND ELEVATED
INVERSION LOOKS AS THOUGH IT WOULD SUPPRESS ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL EAST OF FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
ACT AS A WARM FRONT FOR FAIRLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WORKING
THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS THE LEADING SHORTWAVES SLIDE
NORTHEAST...MAY BE ABLE TO GET SOME SHOWERS TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE
VICINITY OF THE FRONT IN NORTHWEST IOWA. CLOUDS SHOULD DO THEIR PART
TO KEEP TEMPERATURES DOWN ON THURSDAY...AND WITH COLLABORATIVE
EFFORT WITH DMX...LOWERED FORECAST HIGHS SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS
EASTERN CWA.   BT

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

&&

CHAPMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 4:53 AM CDT, 11 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
453 AM CDT MON APR 14 2008

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-151200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
453 AM CDT MON APR 14 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FIRE DANGER...
A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST ACROSS MOST FIRE WEATHER
DISTRICTS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION ON TUESDAY. THIS COMBINED WITH THE UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE VERY HIGH
AND EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE DISTRICTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

BT

The office that day

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

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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.