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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Aberdeen, SD

April 16, 20125 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2012, 3:22 AM CDT for 5 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2012, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2012-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 42 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 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 KABR 160822
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
322 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012

...WINDS DIMINISHING THIS MORNING..

.STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS MORNING AS
LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES EAST.

MNZ039-046-SDZ008-020>023-161200-
/O.CAN.KABR.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120416T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0016.120416T0822Z-120416T1200Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-ROBERTS-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...SISSETON...
WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE
322 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE
  MORNING HOURS.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE STRONG WINDS... 
  ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$

SDZ006-007-011-018-019-037-048-051-160930-
/O.CAN.KABR.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120416T0900Z/
BROWN-MARSHALL-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-HAND-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...WEBSTER...
REDFIELD...CLARK...MILLER...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
322 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.

$$

CONNELLY
1 follow-up statement
131 
WWUS73 KABR 161202
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
702 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012

MNZ039-046-SDZ008-020>023-161315-
/O.EXP.KABR.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120416T1200Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-ROBERTS-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...SISSETON...
WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE
702 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION AND THUS THE
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$
TDK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 10:12 PM CDTWind AdvisoryABRBrown, Buffalo, Clark, Day, Hand, Lyman and 2 more5 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in South Dakota, 2012Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012

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.