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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Nov 6, 2011, 4:37 AM CST for Brookings County, South Dakota; 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 6, 2011, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2011, 4:37 AM CST (10:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2011, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Brookings County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 2139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
378 WWUS73 KFSD 061037 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 437 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2011 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN MANITOBA TODAY WILL BRING STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TO THE BUFFALO RIDGE AREA OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-061845- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0020.111106T1500Z-111106T2300Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS 437 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE WEST THIS MORNING THEN INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH BY LATE MORNING. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 40 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
762 WWUS73 KFSD 061545 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 945 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2011 .LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN MANITOBA TODAY. ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS LOW...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE STRONG... ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE WINDS WILL THEN RAPIDLY SUBSIDE BY SUNSET. MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-062300- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111106T2300Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS 945 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE STRONG THROUGH SUNSET...THEN WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
333 WWUS73 KFSD 062250 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 450 PM CST SUN NOV 6 2011 MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ040-070000- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-111106T2300Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...BROOKINGS 450 PM CST SUN NOV 6 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. *WEATHER CONDITIONS...THE GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNSET. $$
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.