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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD

October 6, 201126 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this high wind warning at Oct 6, 2011, 3:04 PM CDT for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 7, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2011, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 7, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 7, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
All 28 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 7, 11:47 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 58Pierre, SD
Oct 7, 11:59 AM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 5913 N Vivian, SD
Oct 7, 12:06 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 6810 S Bullhead, SD
Oct 7, 12:48 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 59Mobridge, SD
Oct 7, 2:00 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 587 N Frederick, SD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 2011-10-06Temperature 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 2011-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 284 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
1807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 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.

182 
WWUS73 KABR 062004
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
304 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...

.THE REGION WILL REMAIN SITUATED BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE
EAST AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON FRIDAY.

SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-070915-
/O.NEW.KABR.HW.W.0004.111007T1600Z-111008T0100Z/
/O.EXT.KABR.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-111007T1600Z/
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-
DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA...
ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...
TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...REDFIELD...CLARK...
WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...
ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...
FORT THOMPSON
304 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011 /204 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/
FRIDAY...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM
CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM
CDT /7 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ FRIDAY. 

* THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME TONIGHT ONLY TO
  INCREASE AGAIN BY MID MORNING ON FRIDAY.

* SOUTHERLY WINDS LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
  WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

MNZ039-046-070915-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-111008T0100Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE
304 PM CDT THU OCT 6 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FRIDAY. 

* STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
  EVENING.

* AFTER SOME SLACKENING TONIGHT...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AGAIN RANGE
  FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
368 
WWUS73 KABR 070821
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
321 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHWEST OF THE REGION TODAY
WILL BRING STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO THE AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
STRENGTHEN WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 55 MPH POSSIBLE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING.

MNZ039-046-072030-
/O.EXA.KABR.HW.W.0004.111007T1600Z-111008T0100Z/
/O.EXT.KABR.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-111007T1600Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE
321 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT
THIS MORNING. 

* STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* AFTER SOME SLACKENING THIS MORNING..SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL AGAIN
  RANGE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-072030-
/O.CON.KABR.HW.W.0004.111007T1600Z-111008T0100Z/
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-111007T1600Z/
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-
DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA...
ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...
TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...REDFIELD...CLARK...
WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...
ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...
FORT THOMPSON
321 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /221 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING. 

* THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING.

* SOUTHERLY WINDS BY MID MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL RANGE
  FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
SD
342 
WWUS73 KABR 071740
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1240 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LIFTING NORTHWEST OF THE REGION TODAY
WILL BRING STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO THE AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO STRENGTHEN WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 55 MPH POSSIBLE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING.

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-080100-
/O.CON.KABR.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111008T0100Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN...
HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...
IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...
MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
1240 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /1140 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING. 

* THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS
  AFTERNOON. 

* SOUTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 40
  MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DRIVING ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
723 
WWUS73 KABR 080101
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
801 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-080215-
/O.EXP.KABR.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-111008T0100Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN...
HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...
IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...
MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
801 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /701 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE REGION...THEREFORE THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.


$$

PARKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 4:23 AM CDTFire Weather WatchABR11 hr
Oct 6, 3:16 PM CDTFire Weather WatchABR13 hr
Oct 6, 3:16 PM CDTRed Flag WarningABR29 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in South Dakota, 2011High Wind Warnings in Minnesota, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.