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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

January 10, 201226 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind advisory at Jan 10, 2012, 2:20 PM CST for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 11, 2012, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2012, 2:20 PM CST (20:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 11, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 11, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force
18 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 20:22 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, 8.3 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 2012-01-10Temperature 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 2012-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 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.

804 
WWUS73 KABR 102020
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
220 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA
OVERNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. COMBINED WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND
FALLING SNOW...THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND
WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO.

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-110830-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0002.120111T0900Z-120112T0000Z/
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
220 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 /120 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST
/5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ TO 6 PM
CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. 



* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE
  AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY.


* COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
  BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
  SISSETON HILLS AND THE LEOLA HILLS. 



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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
600 
WWUS73 KABR 102319
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
519 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA
OVERNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. COMBINED WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES
AND FALLING SNOW...THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
AND WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO.

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-111130-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0002.120111T0900Z-120112T0000Z/
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
519 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 /419 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ TO
6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST /2 AM MST/ TO
6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
  DURING THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY.

* COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF
  BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
  SISSETON HILLS AND THE LEOLA HILLS.

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.

&&

$$
TDK
838 
WWUS73 KABR 110212
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
812 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA
OVERNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. COMBINED WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND FALLING
SNOW...THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND
CHILLS BELOW ZERO.

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-111415-
/O.EXT.KABR.WI.Y.0002.120111T0600Z-120112T0000Z/
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
812 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012 /712 PM MST TUE JAN 10 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH
  HIGHER GUSTS AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
  DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY.

* COMBINED WITH FALLING SNOW...GUSTY WINDS COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF
  BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
  SISSETON HILLS AND GLACIAL LAKES REGION. 

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.

&&

$$
016 
WWUS73 KABR 110952
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
352 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE DAY...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY
AS LOW PRESSURE DEPARTS AND A COLD CANADIAN HIGH SLOWLY MOVES EAST
OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND SOUTHERN CANADA. GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL USHER IN COLDER AIR AND WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. THE COMBINATION OF MUCH COLDER AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL
BRING VERY COLD WIND CHILLS. 

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-112215-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120112T0000Z/
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
352 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012 /252 AM MST WED JAN 11 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. 

* GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE A BIT BY LATE MORNING AND
  PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

* SUSTAINED SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  AROUND 45 MPH OR HIGHER.

* WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS LATER TODAY
  AND APPROACH ZERO DEGREES BY THIS EVENING. 

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
014 
WWUS73 KABR 112056
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
256 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

.GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...THOUGH HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO DIMINISH AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE REGION. 

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-120000-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120112T0000Z/
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
256 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 /156 PM MST WED JAN 11 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. 

* GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
  INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
  45 MPH.

* WIND CHILL VALUES ARE HOVERING AROUND ZERO...WILL CONTINUE TO
  FALL TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN.

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.

&&

$$

CONNELY

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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.