Alert archive / South Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2011, 10:35 AM CST for 5 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Feb 17, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2011, 10:35 AM CST (16:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2011, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone 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, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 2426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
731 WWUS73 KFSD 171635 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1035 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME STRONG OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED NEAR AND WEST OF A HURON TO MITCHELL TO PICKSTOWN LINE. THESE WINDS WILL PREVAIL DURING THIS AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD DECREASE NEAR SUNSET. SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-180000- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.110217T1800Z-110218T0000Z/ BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 1035 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST WILL INCREASE TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH BY NOON...AND CONTINUE AT THESE SPEEDS FOR MOST OF THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE NEAR 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. && $$ WILLIAMS
2 follow-up statements
070 WWUS73 KFSD 172114 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 314 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... .WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION. THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...THEN DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE EARLY NIGHT TIME HOURS. MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ039-040-054>056-180300- /O.EXB.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110218T0300Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- MINER-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU 314 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-180000- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110218T0000Z/ BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 314 PM CST THU FEB 17 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...WINDS FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE NEAR 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. && $$
022 WWUS73 KFSD 180003 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 603 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION. THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE EVENING...THEN DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE EARLY NIGHT TIME HOURS. SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-180115- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110218T0000Z/ BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 603 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ039-040-054>056-180300- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110218T0300Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS- MINER-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... PIPESTONE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU 603 PM CST THU FEB 17 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...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE 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. && $$
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.