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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this high wind warning at Jun 26, 2011, 8:58 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr. 15 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
- Jun 26, 2011, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 26 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, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Clay County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:59 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 0 | Sioux City, IA | 63 MPH WIND GUST AT SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT |
| Jun 26, 9:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | Battle Creek, IA | 60 TO 65 MPH WIND GUSTS CAUSING LARGE TREE BRANCHES TO BE DOWNED. |
| Jun 26, 9:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Storm Lake, IA | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
| Jun 26, 9:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Marcus, IA | WATER OVER MANY GRAVEL ROADS AROUND MARCUS. |
| Jun 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | Sioux City, IA | 2.91 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. |
| Jun 26, 9:37 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Marcus, IA | CULVERT WASHED OUT ALONG IOWA HIGHWAY 3 BETWEEN MARCUS AND REMSEN. |
| Jun 26, 9:37 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | 4 S Paullina, IA | 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR |
| Jun 26, 10:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 S Marcus, IA | PICK UP WASHED OFF ROAD DUE TO FLOODING ALONG C AVENUE SOUTH OF MARCUS. NO INJUERIES WERE REPORTED. |
| Jun 26, 10:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Marcus, IA | SIX INCHES OF WATER OVER MANY AREA COUNTY ROADS. |
| Jun 26, 10:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Remsen, IA | CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF FLOODING TAKING PLACE IN TOWN. |
| Jun 26, 10:24 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | Le Mars, IA | 3.05 INCHES OF RAIN. |
| Jun 26, 10:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Storm Lake, IA | STREET FLOODING |
| Jun 26, 10:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 W Storm Lake, IA | WATER OVER ROAD WITH VEHICLE WASHED INTO DITCH |
| Jun 26, 11:27 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 6 W Spirit Lake, IA | |
| Jun 26, 11:53 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Jackson, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 2873 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.2
- Supercell composite
- 26.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
238 WWUS73 KFSD 270158 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 858 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...PERIOD OF DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... .DAMAGING WINDS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THE BACK SIDE OF AN EXITING AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST WINDS COULD LAST 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. IAZ001-002-012-020-031-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-097-098-NEZ013-014- SDZ056-062-066-067-070-071-270400- /O.NEW.KFSD.HW.W.0002.110627T0158Z-110627T0400Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES- JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER- LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS... SIOUX CITY...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 858 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS COULD LAST 30 MINUTES OR MORE. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ JH
3 follow-up statements
122 WWUS73 KFSD 270255 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 955 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...PERIOD OF DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... .DAMAGING WINDS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THE BACK SIDE OF AN EXITING AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL ONLY LAST 5 TO 10 MINUTES...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH COULD PERSIST FOR 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS. IAZ003-013-014-021-022-032-270600- /O.EXB.KFSD.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110627T0600Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 955 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. WHILE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL ONLY LAST 5 TO 10 MINUTES...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH COULD PERSIST FOR UP TO 30 MINUTES. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ IAZ001-002-012-020-031-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-097-098-NEZ013-014- SDZ056-062-066-067-070-071-270400- /O.CON.KFSD.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110627T0400Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES- JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER- LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS... SIOUX CITY...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY... FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 955 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. WHILE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL ONLY LAST 5 TO 10 MINUTES...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH COULD PERSIST FOR UP TO 30 MINUTES. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ JH
588 WWUS73 KFSD 270402 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1102 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...PERIOD OF DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING... .DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE EXPECTED ON THE BACK SIDE OF AN EXITING AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL ONLY LAST 5 TO 10 MINUTES...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH COULD PERSIST FOR UP TO 30 MINUTES. IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ072-080-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ056-062-066- 067-070-071-270515- /O.EXP.KFSD.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110627T0400Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA- MOODY-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD... PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1102 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED. THE WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. $$ IAZ002-MNZ081-089-090-270600- /O.EXT.KFSD.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110627T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 1102 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGH SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL ONLY LAST 5 TO 10 MINUTES...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH COULD PERSIST FOR UP TO 30 MINUTES. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ IAZ003-013-014-021-022-032-270600- /O.CON.KFSD.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110627T0600Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 1102 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGH SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL ONLY LAST 5 TO 10 MINUTES...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH COULD PERSIST FOR UP TO 30 MINUTES. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ JH
937 WWUS73 KFSD 270558 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1258 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011 .THE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PERIOD OF DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY EVENING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...AND LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ081-089-090-270700- /O.EXP.KFSD.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110627T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-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...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 1258 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. THE WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. $$ JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 8:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 8:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 9:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 10:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux | 36 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:16 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 42 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Iowa, 2011High Wind Warnings in Minnesota, 2011High Wind Warnings in South Dakota, 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.