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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Aberdeen, SD

September 19, 201212 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind advisory at Sep 19, 2012, 3:15 AM CDT for 12 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 19, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2012, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 19, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 19, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Grant County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2012-09-19Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2012-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 314 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
2837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
740 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.

008 
WWUS73 KABR 190815
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
315 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY...

.A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING WILL BRING
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BY MID TO LATE MORNING...WHILE AREAS
FARTHER EAST WILL SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM AROUND MIDDAY AND
LASTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

SDZ003>005-009-010-015-016-192015-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0028.120919T1600Z-120919T2100Z/
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA...
MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG
315 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 /215 AM MDT WED SEP 19 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND
  PERSIST THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE AFFECTED BY
  GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 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.

&&

$$

MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-021-192015-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0028.120919T1600Z-120920T0100Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN...
BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...MILBANK
315 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDDAY AND
  PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE AFFECTED BY
  GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 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.

&&

$$
TMT
2 follow-up statements
128 
WWUS73 KABR 192025
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
325 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE IN THE EAST...

.AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...WINDS HAVE BEGUN
TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS TREND
WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REGION WITH WINDS DROPPING OFF RATHER
SUBSTANTIALLY AROUND SUNSET.

SDZ003>005-009-010-015-016-192130-
/O.CAN.KABR.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120919T2100Z/
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA...
MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG
325 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 /225 PM MDT WED SEP 19 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

.BREEZY CONDITIONS...ON THE ORDER OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...DROPPING TO
AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH SHORTLY BEFORE SUNSET.

$$

MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-021-200100-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120920T0100Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN...
BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...MILBANK
325 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
  SEVERAL HOURS.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE AFFECTED BY 
  GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 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.

&&

$$

CONNELLY
674 
WWUS73 KABR 200101
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
801 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012

MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-021-200215-
/O.EXP.KABR.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120920T0100Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN...
BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...MILBANK
801 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WIND SPEEDS HAVE FALLEN TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...THEREFORE
THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

PARKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 3:22 AM CDTRed Flag WarningABR17 hr

Nearby

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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.