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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 24, 20114 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at May 25, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
In effect from
May 25, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 25, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 38 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, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson 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), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2011-05-24Temperature 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 2011-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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.

281 
WWUS73 KFSD 242030
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
330 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

.NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND
REMAIN STRONG THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY
THE STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS...MAKING IT A COOL RAW DAY ACROSS THE REGION.

IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ050-053>056-
058>070-250430-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0011.110525T1100Z-110525T2300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-
JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-GREGORY-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
GREGORY...BURKE...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
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
330 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. 


* TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN
  STRONG THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
  SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TO WITH GUST TO 40 MPH
  CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.  


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
4 follow-up statements
347 
WWUS73 KFSD 250304
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1004 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

.NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND
REMAIN STRONG THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY
THE STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS...MAKING IT A COOL AND RAW DAY ACROSS THE
REGION. 

IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ050-053>056-
058>070-251115-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0011.110525T1100Z-110525T2300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-
JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-GREGORY-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
GREGORY...BURKE...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
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
1004 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND 
  REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL 
  GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TO WITH 
  GUST TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON 
  WEDNESDAY. 

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.

&&

$$
947 
WWUS73 KFSD 250826
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
326 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

.NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING AS THE SYSTEM
PUSHES TO THE EAST.

IAZ020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ071-251630-
/O.EXB.KFSD.WI.Y.0011.110525T1400Z-110525T2300Z/
PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...
PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...
ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
326 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS
  AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
  FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY.

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>003-012>014-MNZ080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ050-053>056-
058>070-251630-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0011.110525T1400Z-110525T2300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-
JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-GREGORY-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
GREGORY...BURKE...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
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
326 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS
  AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
  FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY.

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.

&&

$$
877 
WWUS73 KFSD 251442
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
942 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

.STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS LOW
PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO
DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES TO THE EAST.

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-097-098-
NEZ013-014-SDZ050-053>056-058>071-252245-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110525T2300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
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...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...
LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
GREGORY...BURKE...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
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
942 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THIS
  AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW
  HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED.

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.

&&

$$
737 
WWUS73 KFSD 251938
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
238 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

.STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST
IOWA. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING AS LOW
PRESSURE EXITS THE AREA.

IAZ001-002-012-020-MNZ080-081-089-090-097-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-
053>056-058>071-252045-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110525T2300Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...
SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...
ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...WOONSOCKET...
HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...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
238 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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


$$

IAZ003-013-014-021-022-031-032-252300-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110525T2300Z/
DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK
238 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THIS 
  AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 3:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 4 more22 hr
May 23, 9:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDDavison12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.