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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 13, 20104 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Apr 13, 2010, 3:15 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 13, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2010, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 13, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 13, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 32 counties

Lyon County, IA, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, 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), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2010-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 370 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2010-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

220 
WWUS73 KFSD 130815
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
315 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

.A STRONG SOUTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN
INCOMING COLD FRONT...SETTING UP A VERY WINDY DAY FOR THE REGION.
WINDS WILL COME UP QUICKLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES
RIVER WHILE AROUND THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR THE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL MAINLY BE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DECREASE
AFTER SUNSET...BUT SHOULD SLOWLY FALL BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA
BY LATE EVENING.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-131615-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.100413T1500Z-100414T0300Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
315 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL RISE QUICKLY THIS
  MORNING...BECOMING VERY WINDY BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH
  EARLY EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ039-040-054>056-
060>062-065>071-131615-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.100413T1700Z-100414T0500Z/
LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...
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
315 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT
TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL RISE GRADUALLY THROUGH THE
  MORNING...BECOMING VERY WINDY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  HOURS. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
878 
WWUS73 KFSD 131559
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1059 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

.A STRONG SOUTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN
INCOMING COLD FRONT...SETTING UP A VERY WINDY DAY FOR THE REGION.
WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES
RIVER WHILE AROUND THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR THE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL MAINLY BE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DECREASE
AFTER SUNSET...BUT SHOULD SLOWLY FALL BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA BY LATE EVENING.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-140000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100414T0300Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
1059 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS
  MORNING... BECOMING VERY WINDY BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUING
  THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH LIKELY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ039-040-054>056-
060>062-065>071-140000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.100413T1700Z-100414T0500Z/
LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...
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
1059 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL RISE GRADUALLY THROUGH THE 
  MORNING...BECOMING VERY WINDY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING 
  HOURS. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 
  MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH LIKELY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

BT
073 
WWUS73 KFSD 132030
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
330 PM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

.A STRONG SOUTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PERSIST AHEAD OF AN
INCOMING COLD FRONT...RESULTING IN VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
ACROSS THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DECREASE
AFTER SUNSET...BUT SHOULD SLOWLY FALL BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BY
LATE EVENING.

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-140300-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100414T0300Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
330 PM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  EARLY EVENING...DIMINISHING AFTER 10 PM.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH LIKELY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
  IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...WHERE WIND
  GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ039-040-054>056-
060>062-065>071-140430-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100414T0500Z/
LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...
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
330 PM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  EVENING...DIMINISHING TOWARD MIDNIGHT.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO
  35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
 JH
506 
WWUS73 KFSD 140253
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
953 PM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

.WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DECREASED AS TEMPERATURES COOLED AFTER
SUNSET. 

IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-NEZ013-SDZ039-040-054>056-
060>062-065>071-140400-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100414T0500Z/
LYON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...
MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...
BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...
SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...
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
953 PM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS.
THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND
30 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-140400-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100414T0300Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
953 PM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS.
THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WIND GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

$$

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.