Alert archive / South Dakota / Wind Chill Warnings in 2011
Wind Chill Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind chill warning at Feb 8, 2011, 3:55 AM CST for 16 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 8 hr. 11 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
- Feb 8, 2011, 3:55 AM CST (09:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Walworth County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 4:15 AM CST | EXTR WIND CHILL -46 | 10 W Long Lake, SD | SAND LAKE RAWS |
| Feb 8, 4:20 AM CST | EXTR WIND CHILL -43 | Leola, SD | |
| Feb 8, 4:55 AM CST | EXTR WIND CHILL -38 | Mobridge, SD | |
| Feb 8, 4:55 AM CST | EXTR WIND CHILL -36 | Milbank, SD | |
| Feb 8, 4:59 AM CST | EXTR WIND CHILL -36 | 4 Sw Hillhead, SD | MARSHALL COUNTY RAWS |
| Feb 8, 5:15 AM CST | EXTR WIND CHILL -39 | Ortonville, MN | |
| Feb 8, 5:30 AM CST | EXTR WIND CHILL -41 | Faulkton, SD | |
| Feb 8, 7:00 AM CST | EXTR WIND CHILL -42 | Mcintosh, SD | |
| Feb 8, 8:06 AM CST | EXTR WIND CHILL -44 | 11 S Bullhead, SD | GRAND RIVER RAWS |
| Feb 8, 8:14 AM CST | EXTR WIND CHILL -46 | Aberdeen, SD | |
| Feb 8, 8:50 AM CST | EXTR WIND CHILL -43 | Bowdle, 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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
881 WWUS43 KABR 080955 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 355 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE THIS MORNING... .ARCTIC AIR AND WEST TO NORTHWEST BREEZES WILL CONTINUE TO BRING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS TO THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-017>023-081800- /O.UPG.KABR.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110208T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KABR.WC.W.0002.110208T0955Z-110208T1800Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...FAULKTON...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 355 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 /255 AM MST TUE FEB 8 2011/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ SDZ034>037-048-051-081800- /O.EXA.KABR.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110208T1800Z/ SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER... PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 355 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ SDZ015-016-081800- /O.CON.KABR.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110208T1800Z/ DEWEY-POTTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG 355 AM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 /255 AM MST TUE FEB 8 2011/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ TMT
1 follow-up statement
286 WWUS43 KABR 081808 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1208 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WIND CHILLS HAVE IMPROVED... .TEMPERATURES WILL RISE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...IMPROVING THE WIND CHILLS. MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-017>023-081915- /O.EXP.KABR.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110208T1800Z/ TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN... HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...FAULKTON...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN... MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 1208 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 /1108 AM MST TUE FEB 8 2011/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$ SDZ015-016-034>037-048-051-081915- /O.EXP.KABR.WC.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110208T1800Z/ DEWEY-POTTER-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...ONIDA... PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON 1208 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 /1108 AM MST TUE FEB 8 2011/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$ MOHR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 4:16 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:16 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Grant, McPherson, Roberts | 12 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.