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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 16, 201212 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind advisory at May 16, 2012, 11:14 AM CDT for 12 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2012, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2012, 6:43 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Potter County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2012-05-16Temperature 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 2012-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 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.

701 
WWUS73 KABR 161614
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1114 AM CDT WED MAY 16 2012

...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA...

.A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT COMBINED WITH FULL SUNSHINE WILL
GENERATE SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.

SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>036-045-048-051-170000-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0021.120516T1614Z-120517T0000Z/
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
1114 AM CDT WED MAY 16 2012 /1014 AM MDT WED MAY 16 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...BY 1 PM CDT...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SLIGHTLY
  HIGHER GUSTS.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL
  ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTY TRAVELING TODAY.

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.

&&

$$

DORN
2 follow-up statements
826 
WWUS73 KABR 161913
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
213 PM CDT WED MAY 16 2012

...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA...

.A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT COMBINED WITH FULL SUNSHINE IS
GENERATING SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. THESE STRONG
WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING.
 
SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>036-045-048-051-170000-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120517T0000Z/
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
213 PM CDT WED MAY 16 2012 /113 PM MDT WED MAY 16 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL
  PERSIST.

* WINDS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER
  GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST ROADS WILL 
  ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTY TRAVELING TODAY. 

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.

&&

$$

DORN
967 
WWUS73 KABR 162343
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
643 PM CDT WED MAY 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED...

.AS SUNSET APPROACHES...SOUTH WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE...BUT ARE
STILL EXPECTED TO REMAIN ON THE BREEZY SIDE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>036-045-048-051-170045-
/O.CAN.KABR.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-120517T0000Z/
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
643 PM CDT WED MAY 16 2012 /543 PM MDT WED MAY 16 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$
TMT

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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.