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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

February 12, 201120 counties in South Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Feb 12, 2011, 2:41 PM CST for 20 counties in South Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 13, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2011, 2:41 PM CST (20:41 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 13, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 14, 2011, 3:00 AM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 34 counties

Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury 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

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2011-02-12Temperature 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 2011-02-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
306 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.

956 
WWUS73 KFSD 122041
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
241 PM CST SAT FEB 12 2011

.A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BUFFALO RIDGE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY
SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY MORNING.

SDZ038-039-052>054-057>060-130445-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.110213T1800Z-110214T0600Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-
HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...
HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
241 PM CST SAT FEB 12 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 25 TO
  35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
  DECREASE LATE SUNDAY EVENING.

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-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-055-
056-061-062-066-067-130445-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.110213T2100Z-110214T0900Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
241 PM CST SAT FEB 12 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST
MONDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 25 TO
  35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ALONG THE BUFFALO RIDGE. THESE
  WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

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
7 follow-up statements
721 
WWUS73 KFSD 130309
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
909 PM CST SAT FEB 12 2011

.A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BUFFALO RIDGE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY
SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT MONDAY MORNING.

SDZ038-039-052>054-057>060-131115-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.110213T1800Z-110214T0600Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-
HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...
HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
909 PM CST SAT FEB 12 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 25 
  TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL 
  GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE SUNDAY EVENING. 

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-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-055-
056-061-062-066-067-131115-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.110213T2100Z-110214T0900Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
909 PM CST SAT FEB 12 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST
MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST
MONDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO 25 
  TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ALONG THE BUFFALO 
  RIDGE. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE EARLY MONDAY 
  MORNING. 

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.

&&

$$
260 
WWUS73 KFSD 130921
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
321 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

.A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE
THE FRONT WILL BRING LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY
SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

SDZ050-063>065-131730-
/O.EXA.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.110213T1800Z-110214T0600Z/
GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP
321 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS
  WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ038-039-052>054-057>060-131730-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.110213T1800Z-110214T0600Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-
HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...
HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...
STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
321 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. THESE WINDS
  WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING.

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-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-055-
056-061-062-066-067-131730-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.110213T2100Z-110214T0900Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
321 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 AM CST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 AM CST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. A FEW GUSTS IN
  EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG
  THE BUFFALO RIDGE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
  GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT 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.

&&

$$
 JH
005 
WWUS73 KFSD 131622
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1022 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

.A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
BRING AN INCREASE TO WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-140030-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.110213T1800Z-110214T0600Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP
1022 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH THIS 
  AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS 
  WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING. 

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-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-055-
056-061-062-066-067-140030-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.110213T2100Z-110214T0900Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
1022 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 AM CST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 AM CST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH LATE 
  THIS AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. A FEW 
  GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER 
  ELEVATIONS ALONG THE BUFFALO RIDGE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE 
  STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT 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.

&&

$$
193 
WWUS73 KFSD 132037
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
237 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEHIND A
COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH
ARE EXPECTED...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE WINDS WILL
SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-140445-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110214T0600Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP
237 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH THIS 
  AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS 
  WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS EVENING. 

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-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-055-
056-061-062-066-067-140445-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.110213T2100Z-110214T0900Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
237 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50
  MPH. A FEW GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
  HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE BUFFALO RIDGE IN SOUTHWEST
  MINNESOTA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER
  MIDNIGHT 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
231 
WWUS73 KFSD 140308
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
908 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

.BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST
LATE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...WITH GUSTS
TO NEAR 45 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE BUFFALO RIDGE. 

SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-140600-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110214T0600Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP
908 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL SLOWLY DECREASE TO
  15 TO 25 MPH LATE THIS EVENING.

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-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-055-
056-061-062-066-067-140900-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110214T0900Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
908 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  WILL SLOWLY DECREASE EARLY MONDAY MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH.

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
391 
WWUS73 KFSD 140556
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1156 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

.BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST
TO EAST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. HOWEVER...SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE STILL EXPECTED FROM THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR...
INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND FAR NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH AROUND 3 AM...
WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH ALONG THE BUFFALO RIDGE.

SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>060-063>065-140700-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110214T0600Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP
1156 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING...WITH SPEEDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK.

$$

IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-055-
056-061-062-066-067-140900-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110214T0900Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
1156 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  ALONG THE BUFFALO RIDGE...WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EARLY
  MORNING HOURS...WITH SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK.

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.

&&

$$
 JH
496 
WWUS73 KFSD 140859
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
259 AM CST MON FEB 14 2011

.BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY
DECREASE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SPOTTY DRIFTING SNOW MAY BE
FOUND ACROSS MAINLY HIGHER ELEVATION LOCATIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING...WHICH COULD CREATE A FEW SLICK
SPOTS AS TEMPERATURES FALL TOWARD FREEZING TOWARD DAYBREAK.

IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-055-
056-061-062-066-067-141000-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110214T0900Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-LINCOLN-MURRAY-
COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...
SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...
SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...
JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
259 AM CST MON FEB 14 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. 

$$

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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.