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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 21, 201220 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind advisory at May 21, 2012, 3:02 PM CDT for 20 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at May 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2012, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
In effect from
May 22, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 22, 2012, 2:27 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Sully County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 2012-05-21Temperature 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 2012-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
1895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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.

148 
WWUS73 KABR 212002
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
302 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TUESDAY...

.A WARM AND WINDY DAY IS EXPECTED TUESDAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING WITH A LOW PRESSURE WAVE MOVING
ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THE DAY AND WEAKEN DURING THE EVENING.

SDZ005>008-010-011-016>023-034>037-048-051-220815-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0023.120522T1500Z-120523T0100Z/
MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-
CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-
BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...
SISSETON...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...REDFIELD...
CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...ONIDA...
PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
302 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE LATE MORNING
  HOURS...AND PERSIST INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED ARE EXPECTED.
  GUSTS COULD EXCEED 45 MPH.


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.

&&

$$

CONNELLY
2 follow-up statements
032 
WWUS73 KABR 220727
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
227 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY...

.A WARM AND WINDY DAY IS EXPECTED TODAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING
ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
DAY AND WEAKEN DURING THE EVENING.

SDZ005>008-010-011-016>023-034>037-048-051-221930-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0023.120522T1500Z-120523T0100Z/
MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-
CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-
BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...
SISSETON...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...REDFIELD...
CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...ONIDA...
PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
227 AM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INTENSIFY DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS...
  AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED ARE EXPECTED. 
  GUSTS COULD EXCEED 45 MPH. 

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.

&&

$$

SERR
529 
WWUS73 KABR 221927
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
227 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012

SDZ005>008-010-011-016>023-034>037-048-051-222030-
/O.CAN.KABR.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120523T0100Z/
MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-
CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-LYMAN-
BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...
SISSETON...IPSWICH...WEBSTER...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...REDFIELD...
CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...ONIDA...
PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
227 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
THESE SPEEDS ARE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

PARKIN

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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.