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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

November 25, 20114 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Nov 25, 2011, 4:30 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Nov 26, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 2011, 4:30 AM CST (10:30 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 26, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 26, 2011, 9:00 PM CST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 45 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, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay 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, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 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 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 00:00Z on 2011-11-25Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2011-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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.

529 
WWUS73 KFSD 251030
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
430 AM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
WHICH WILL BRING A VERY STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW OF COLDER AIR. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY COME DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WHERE
GUSTS CLOSE TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-039-050-052>071-251830-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.111126T0600Z-111127T0000Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-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...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...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
430 AM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
  OVERNIGHT...BECOMING STRONGEST DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
  MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. DURING
  THE DAY SATURDAY A FEW WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ040-251830-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.111126T0900Z-111127T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS
430 AM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
SATURDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE
  TONIGHT...BECOMING STRONGEST DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
  MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. DURING
  THE DAY SATURDAY A FEW WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$
8 follow-up statements
200 
WWUS73 KFSD 251643
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1043 AM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
WHICH WILL BRING A VERY STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW OF COLDER AIR. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY COME DURING THE DAY SATURDAY WHERE
GUSTS CLOSE TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. 

IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-039-050-052>071-260045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.111126T0600Z-111127T0000Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-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...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...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
1043 AM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT... 
  BECOMING STRONGEST DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 
  MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. DURING 
  THE DAY SATURDAY A FEW WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ040-260045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.111126T0900Z-111127T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS
1043 AM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SATURDAY NIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SATURDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT... 
  BECOMING STRONGEST DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
  MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. DURING
  THE DAY SATURDAY A FEW WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ON SATURDAY
  MORNING...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WILL PRODUCE
  AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
  BELOW ONE HALF MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME IN OPEN AREAS.


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.

&&

$$

SCHUMACHER
296 
WWUS73 KFSD 252053
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
253 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

.VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
SATURDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT PASSING ACROSS THE REGION.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS OCCURRING DURING THE DAY ON
SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING MAY
COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF
MILE AT TIMES ON SATURDAY MORNING...MAINLY OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.


IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-039-050-052>071-260500-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.111126T0600Z-111127T0000Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-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...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...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
253 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...AND
  BECOME THE STRONGEST DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 
  MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. DURING 
  THE DAY SATURDAY A FEW WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ040-260500-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.111126T0900Z-111127T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS
253 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SATURDAY NIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SATURDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND
  BECOME THE STRONGEST DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 
  MPH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. DURING 
  THE DAY SATURDAY A FEW WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ON SATURDAY 
  MORNING...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WILL PRODUCE 
  AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES 
  BELOW ONE HALF MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME IN OPEN AREAS. 

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.

&&

$$
230 
WWUS73 KFSD 260247
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
847 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

.VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST
THROUGH SATURDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT PASSING ACROSS THE
REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH...ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS OCCURRING DURING THE
DAY ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...LIGHT SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING MAY
COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE
HALF MILE AT TIMES ON SATURDAY MORNING...MAINLY OVER SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA.

IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-039-050-052>071-261100-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.111126T0600Z-111127T0000Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-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...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...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
847 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...AND 
  BECOME THE STRONGEST DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
  MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY.
  DURING THE DAY SATURDAY A FEW WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ040-261100-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.111126T0900Z-111127T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS
847 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SATURDAY NIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SATURDAY NIGHT. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY
  NIGHT...AND BECOME THE STRONGEST DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
  MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
  DURING THE DAY SATURDAY A FEW WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW ON SATURDAY
  MORNING...PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WILL PRODUCE
  AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
  BELOW ONE HALF MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME IN OPEN AREAS.

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.

&&

$$
020 
WWUS73 KFSD 260910
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
310 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

.VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 9 AM THIS MORNING BEHIND
A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH... ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST
GUSTS OCCURRING ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM THE LATE MORNING
INTO THE AFTERNOON. 

A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW MAY ACCOMPANY THE WINDS ON SATURDAY MORNING.
THE SNOW COMBINED WITH THE WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF REDUCED
VISIBILITY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SNOWFALL WILL BE IN SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA. 

IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-039-050-052>071-261715-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-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...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...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
310 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

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

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

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE
  MORNING HOURS...AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF TO 20 TO 35 MPH WILL
  INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH BY MID
  MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 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.

&&

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ040-261715-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS
310 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

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

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE
  MORNING HOURS...AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF TO 20 TO 35 MPH WILL
  INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH BY MID
  MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE
  DAY...AND WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE 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.

&&

$$
BT
641 
WWUS73 KFSD 261634
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1034 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

.VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 9 AM THIS MORNING
BEHIND A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH... ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE
HIGHEST GUSTS OCCURRING ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM THE LATE
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-039-050-052>071-270000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-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...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...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
1034 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

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

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

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
  EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. THE STRONGEST
  WINDS WILL BE IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY WHERE WIND GUSTS WILL REACH
  55 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.

&&

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ040-270045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS
1034 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

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

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  NEAR 50 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY
  DECREASE.

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.

&&

$$

SCHUMACHER
789 
WWUS73 KFSD 261959
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
159 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

.VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS OCCURRING ALONG THE MISSOURI
RIVER THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
SDZ040-270300-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0300Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS
159 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 
  EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  NEAR 50 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY
  DECREASE.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-039-050-052>071-270000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-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...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...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
159 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

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

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

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET AND
  THEN SLOWLY BEGIN TO DECREASE.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. THE 
  STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY WHERE WIND 
  GUSTS WILL REACH 55 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.

&&

$$

SCHUMACHER
254 
WWUS73 KFSD 270013
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
613 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45
MPH...WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF
NORTHWESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE...GENERALLY WEST OF THE
INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR...WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE DIMINISHING
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

SDZ040-270115-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0300Z/
BROOKINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BROOKINGS
613 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS
EVENING. ALTHOUGH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT. 

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-039-050-052>071-270115-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-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...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...
CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...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
613 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

ALTHOUGH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT.
THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
270300-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0300Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE
613 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 
  EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 
  TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID EVENING AND THEN 
  GRADUALLY DECREASE. 

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.

&&

$$
492 
WWUS73 KFSD 270256
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
856 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE TONIGHT...

.WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN IOWA...SO THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST.

IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
270400-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-111127T0300Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN-
LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...
STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER...
HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE
856 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA TONIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN IOWA...SO THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST.


$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Nov 25, 4:20 AM CST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 4:20 AM CST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
420 AM CST FRI NOV 25 2011

.DISCUSSION.../ISSUED AT 420 AM CST/
COMPLEX TROUGH WORKING SLOWLY ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. THIS MORNING
WITH NORTHERN STREAM CENTER MOVING ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW...AND THE
SOUTHERN ENERGY WORKING ACROSS ARIZONA. WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY
SETTLING TOWARD THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...BUT FOR NOW
STRATUS IS WELL BEHIND WELL TO THE NORTH THROUGH NORTH DAKOTA. LOW
LEVEL JET CONTINUES STRONG FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE
WESTERN GREAT LAKES...AND INCREASING MOISTURE WORKING NORTHWARD WITH
SIGNATURE IN THE FORM OF A RAPIDLY EXPANDING STRATUS FIELD ACROSS
THE EASTERN HALF OF KANSAS. FOCUS TODAY IS ON THE TRANSITION PERIOD
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES AND THE LIKELY WIND
HIGHLIGHTS.

TODAY WILL FEATURE PLENTY OF CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA AS THE LEADING
WAVE LIFTS FROM ARIZONA INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...AHEAD OF THE
MAIN NORTHERN STREAM ENERGY MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES.
STRONG JET OF 140 KTS WILL PUNCH IN BEHIND TROUGH AND HELP TO INDUCE
DIGGING THROUGH THE WESTERN PLAINS. AS AS RESULT...EXPECT LOW LEVEL
BOUNDARY TO STALL WITH FRONTAL WAVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG AND NORTH OF
I90...THEN BEGIN TO SETTLE SOUTHEAST BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
STILL A NICE SQUEEZED WARM LAYER ALOFT BETWEEN NORTHERN SYSTEM AND
ANY COOLING ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRATUS. IN FACT...ALMOST AS WARM
AS YESTERDAY. HOWEVER...STONGER SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN RESTRICTED
TO NORTHWEST IOWA AND ADJACENT AREAS...AHEAD OF WEAK SURFACE WAVE.
IF NOT FOR THE LIKELY THICKER MID TO HIGH CLOUDS...WOULD CERTAINLY
HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT EVEN WARMER HIGHS IN NARROW SWATH BETWEEN LOW
LEVEL BOUNDARY AND THE STRATUS WORKING NORTH NORTHEASTWARD. LIKELY
FIND READINGS VARYING FROM SHALLOW STABILITY INFLUENCED UPPER 40S IN
THE FAR NORTHWEST...TO SOME MID TO UPPER 50S READINGS ALONG A
YANKTON TO WINDOM LINE. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE ADVERSELY
AFFECTED BY APPROACHING STRATUS FIELD WHICH BASED ON RUC/NAM WOULD
IMPACT ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF OUR IOWA CWA DURING THE LATER
MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. ALREADY HAVE SOME UPPER 40S TO
AROUND 50 READINGS...SO HARD TO HOLD BACK TOO MUCH.

STILL ARE SOME FAIRLY SIZABLE DIFFERENCES IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE
UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS...BUT MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCES ARE SUCH THAT WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS EAST OF THE AREA...
OUTSIDE SOME DIFFERENCES IN TIMING THE END OF WIND IMPACTS. GFS/NAM
TOWARD ONE SPECTRUM WITH BETTER DEGREES OF NORTHERN/SOUTHERN
PHASING..WHILE CANADIAN/ECMWF SHOWING MORE OPEN AND SPLIT FEATURE.
FOR NOW...KEPT FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH EARLIER FORECAST...WHICH
ALLOWS A MID LEVEL FRONTAL BAND TO SLIP EAST ACROSS THE AREA LATER
TONGIHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...THEN ALLOWS FOR SOME CYCLONIC FLOW COLD
CORE CLOUDINESS TO LINGER EAST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...ALONG WITH
LIKELY FLURRIES AS THE CLOUD BEARING TEMPS FALL TO -10 TO -12C.
SOME MINOR BOOSTING TO POPS...BUT OVERALL TIMING AND LOCATION TO THE
MINIMAL PRECIP THREAT SEEMS SOLID. STILL IS A FEW ISSUES ON TYPE...
AND WITH ONLY THE LOWER MIXED LAYER STANDING IN THE WAY BETWEEN RAIN
AND SNOW...WOULD THINK A QUICKER AND EVENTUAL CHANGE IN ORDER...BUT
AGAIN EVERYTHING FALLING WILL BE VERY LIGHT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION.

BY FAR...GREATEST IMPACT WITH SYSTEM CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE WIND.
INITIAL PRESSURE RISES WITH BOUNDARY AND MID LEVEL WAVE APPROACH THE
WESTERN CWA AROUND 03Z...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH 09Z. 925
HPA WINDS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS WILL BE COMMON...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE
MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR...AND AS THE LOW DEEPENS TO THE EAST...ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. EVEN THE WEAKER SOLUTIONS
SUPPORTIVE OF WINDS TOWARD ADVISORY LEVEL...WITH STRONG COLD AIR
ADVECTION. COORDINATED A 06Z START TIME TO ADVISORY WITH OFFICES TO
THE NORTH AND WEST...WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE COULD BE A BRIEF
PERIOD BEHIND THE INITIAL BOUNDARY WHICH MAY MEET WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA. THE FOCUS WAS MEANT TO BE THE MAIN WIND EVENT SATURDAY...
WHICH LOOKS TO LINGER WITH CONTINUED COLD AIR ADVECTION INTO EASTERN
AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. ENDED WESTERN AND MORE CLEAR
PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY BY 00Z SUN...BUT LINGERED ANOTHER 6 HOURS
IN THE EAST...WHICH WAS LESS THAN THE MORE WRAPPED UP NAM/GFS
SOLUTIONS WOULD INDICATE. IF ANY LOCATION WAS TO GET TO HIGH WIND
CRITERIA IT WOULD BE THE LOWER BRULE AREA DURING THE MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY WHEN STRONGEST WINDS AND BEST DEEPER
MIXING IS LIKELY. FOR NOW...WILL ONLY ISSUE THE WIND ADVISORY AND
KEEP ANYTHING HIGHER UNDER MONITORING. ALSO...WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR
ANY LIGHT SNOW THREAT ON SATURDAY WHICH MAY WRAP SOUTHWARD THROUGH
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND THE IOWA GREAT LAKES AREA. WHEN COMBINED
WITH THE STRONG WINDS...COULD DEGRADE TRAVEL CONDITIONS
SOMEWHAT...BUT WITHOUT A GOOD BASE DOUBT WHETHER ANY BLOWING SNOW
WILL IMPACT CONDITIONS SIGNIFICANTLY.

LIKELY THAT TEMPERATURES WILL NOT STOP FALLING SATURDAY UNTIL AT
LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE NORTHEAST HALF
OF THE AREA...WHILE THE MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR BEHAVES A BIT MORE
NORMALLY.

SURFACE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST ON SUNDAY...
WITH EARLY MIXING THROUGH EASTERN HALF OR SO OF CWA...AND RETURN
FLOW STARTING THROUGH THE WEST. ENHANCED THE EAST/WEST DIFFERENCE IN
HIGHS TO REFLECT THE COLD AIR EAST AND START TO WARM AIR ADVECTION
WEST. THIS RIDGE AXIS WILL BE HANGING OVER THE EASTERN AREAS DURING
THE EVENING...AND WITH THE VERY DRY AIRMASS SHOULD ALLOW FOR A QUICK
PLUNGE IN TEMPS. A STRONGLY NON DIURNAL SIGNAL EXISTS SUNDAY NIGHT...
AND MAY AGAIN SEE SOME STRONG/GUSTY WINDS LATER ON WITH MUCH WARMER
TEMPS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE
BUFFALO RIDGE.  /CHAPMAN

IN THE LATTER PERIODS(MON/THU)...RELATIVELY FAST AND MOSTLY DRY
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL LIKELY LEAD TOWARDS A CHANGEABLE FORECAST
PERIOD. MONDAY DOES APPEAR TO BE A MILD DAY...ALTHOUGH IF THE
EXPECTED FRONT SPEEDS UP BY ABOUT 6 HOURS HIGHS WOULD LIKELY BE
ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER. FOR NOW WILL LEAVE THE NORTHERN CWA
ABOUT AS FORECAST AND RAISE HIGHS A LITTLE ALONG THE FAR SOUTH INTO
NW IA...MAINLY UPPER 40S NORTH TO THE MID 50S FAR SOUTH. SHOULD SEE
GOOD PRE FRONTAL MIXING AND THE COLD AIR LAGS A BIT BEHIND. DID
BRING IN SOME RAPID COOLING LATE IN THE DAY THROUGH THE EVENING TO
COMPENSATE FOR THE COLD AIR INTRUSION. THIS SETS UP A FAIRLY COOL
TUESDAY BUT WITH WINDS DECREASING THROUGH THE DAY WILL NOT FEEL
QUITE AS RAW AS SATURDAY. WILL AIM FOR MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. MODELS
ACTUALLY IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH WEAK RIDGING AND A BRIEF WARM
UP ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT PROGGED FOR THURSDAY.
MAINLY 40S TO LOWER 50S ON WEDNESDAY AND BACK INTO THE 30S ON
THURSDAY. NO CONFIDENCE AT THIS TIME IN PRECIPITATION SO WILL LEAVE
THIS PERIOD DRY. /08

&&

.AVIATION.../FOR THE 12Z TAFS/
MAINLY VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD. NORTHWEST WINDS COULD GUST TO AROUND
25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER AHEAD OF MAIN SURGE OF
INCOMING COLD FRONT. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FROM
WEST TO EAST FROM ABOUT 3Z THROUGH 9Z WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH
ALREADY POSSIBLE BEFORE 12Z. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED AFTER
12Z ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR SOME POTENTIAL
FOR MVFR AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...MAINLY AFTER 6Z. MAY NEED TO
INCLUDE A TEMPO GROUP FOR THIS CHANCE. /08

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR
     IAZ001-012-020-031.

     WIND ADVISORY FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT
     FOR IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032.

MN...WIND ADVISORY FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT
     FOR MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098.

NE...WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR
     NEZ013-014.

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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.