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Wind Advisory 31, NWS Aberdeen, SD

October 12, 201226 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind advisory at Oct 12, 2012, 11:29 AM CDT for 26 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2012, 11:29 AM CDT (16:29 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
All 26 counties

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), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 2012-10-12Temperature 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 2012-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
1299 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 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.

187 
WWUS73 KABR 121629
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1129 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...EXPECT STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE DEVELOPING BETWEEN AN EXITING HIGH
PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE EAST AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING IN
FROM THE WEST. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.

SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-130000-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0031.121012T1629Z-121013T0000Z/
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCLAUGHLIN...HERREID...EUREKA...
MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...
FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...
PRESHO...FORT THOMPSON
1129 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 /1029 AM MDT FRI OCT 12 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...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

* IMPACTS...ANY LIGHT OR LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED OR
  BROUGHT INSIDE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE IMPACTED.

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>008-011-018>023-130000-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0031.121012T1800Z-121013T0000Z/
BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-
DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON...
WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...
CLEAR LAKE
1129 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

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

* TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

* IMPACTS...ANY LIGHT OR LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED OR
  BROUGHT INSIDE. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE IMPACTED.

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.

&&

$$
SD
1 follow-up statement
420 
WWUS73 KABR 130013
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
713 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS SUBSIDE....

.STRONG SOUTH WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS
EVENING.

SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-130115-
/O.EXP.KABR.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-121013T0000Z/
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...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
713 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 /613 PM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

SOUTH WINDS DECREASED QUICKLY EARLY THIS EVENING. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

MOHR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 4:24 AM CDTRed Flag WarningABR15 hr

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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.