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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Sep 29, 2011, 3:20 AM CDT for 5 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 29, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2011, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 2334 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
564 WWUS73 KFSD 290820 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 320 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 .NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE MORNING HOURS THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISH TONIGHT. IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-291630- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0016.110929T1500Z-110930T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER... STORM LAKE...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 320 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 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 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...GUSTY NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH MID MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
516 WWUS73 KFSD 291453 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 953 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 .NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE MORNING HOURS THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING TONIGHT. IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-292300- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0016.110929T1500Z-110930T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER... STORM LAKE...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 953 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...GUSTY NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH MID MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ BT
813 WWUS73 KFSD 291948 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 248 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA EAST OF HIGHWAY 59. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH TOWARDS SUNSET. IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-300000- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110930T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER... STORM LAKE...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 248 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...GUSTY NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 5 PM. THEREAFTER...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH TOWARDS SUNSET. 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. && $$ BT
204 WWUS73 KFSD 292353 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 653 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 .ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING...SPEEDS HAVE BEGUN TO DIMINISH AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-300100- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110930T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER... STORM LAKE...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 653 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS BY MIDNIGHT. $$
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.