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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Aberdeen, SD
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 10:12 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Day, Hand, Lyman and 2 more | 5 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.