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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Aberdeen, SD

April 5, 201226 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2012, 3:10 PM CDT for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 6, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2012, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
All 28 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 2012-04-05Temperature 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 2012-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2267 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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.

704 
WWUS73 KABR 052010
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
310 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...

.THE REGION WILL BE SITUATED BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND
INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST ON FRIDAY. THE RESULT WILL
BE SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
EXCEEDING 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET FRIDAY
EVENING. 

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-061000-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0012.120406T1400Z-120407T0200Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...MCLAUGHLIN...
HERREID...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...
IPSWICH...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...
REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...
MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
310 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012 /210 PM MDT THU APR 5 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT
/8 PM MDT/ FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM
CDT /8 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA
  EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
  IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG
  WINDS...ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-
  WEST ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

PARKIN
3 follow-up statements
567 
WWUS73 KABR 060909
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
409 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY...

.THE REGION WILL BE SITUATED BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST
AND INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST. THE RESULT WILL BE
STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY.
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING...BUT WILL
REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT.

MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-019>023-061015-
/O.CAN.KABR.WI.Y.0012.120406T1400Z-120407T0200Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-
HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON...
SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE
409 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

BREEZY AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...BUT IT APPEARS GUSTS WILL REMAIN BELOW 45 MPH AT THIS
TIME. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 25 TO 30 MPH.

$$

SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>036-045-048-051-062115-
/O.EXT.KABR.WI.Y.0012.120406T1500Z-120407T0100Z/
CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-
JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE...
TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...
HIGHMORE...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
409 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 /309 AM MDT FRI APR 6 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MID TO
  LATE MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. 

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG WINDS...
  ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST
  ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

SDZ005-006-010-017-018-037-062115-
/O.EXT.KABR.WI.Y.0012.120406T1800Z-120407T0100Z/
MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-FAULK-SPINK-HAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH...
FAULKTON...REDFIELD...MILLER
409 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MID DAY AND
  PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. 

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG WINDS... 
  ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST- WEST 
  ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
TMT
932 
WWUS73 KABR 061804
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
104 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY...

.THE REGION WILL BE SITUATED BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST
AND LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST. THE RESULT WILL BE STRONG SOUTH
WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY. WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN
BREEZY OVERNIGHT.

SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>036-045-048-051-070100-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120407T0100Z/
CORSON-CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-DEWEY-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-
JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...MOBRIDGE...
TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...
HIGHMORE...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
104 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 /1204 PM MDT FRI APR 6 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY
  EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
  IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG WINDS... 
  ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST 
  ROADS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

SDZ005-006-010-017-018-037-070100-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120407T0100Z/
MCPHERSON-BROWN-EDMUNDS-FAULK-SPINK-HAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...IPSWICH...
FAULKTON...REDFIELD...MILLER
104 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY
  EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG WINDS...
  ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST-WEST
  ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

PARKIN
622 
WWUS73 KABR 070108
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
808 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012



SDZ003>006-009-010-015>018-033>037-045-048-051-070215-
/O.EXP.KABR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120407T0100Z/
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-
FAULK-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA...
ABERDEEN...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...
FAULKTON...REDFIELD...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...
MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
808 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 /708 PM MDT FRI APR 6 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS
EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN TOMORROW OUT OF THE WEST.

$$

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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.