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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Jan 1, 2012, 5:49 PM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 1, 2012, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2012, 5:49 PM CST (23:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 1, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2012, 8:03 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
058 WWUS73 KFSD 012349 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 549 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA INTO THE LATE EVENING... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE MID EVENING...THEN TAPERING DOWN BY LATE EVENING. IAZ002-013-021-032-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-020600- /O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120102T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.120102T0000Z-120102T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-OBRIEN-CHEROKEE-IDA-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... CHEROKEE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE 549 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ IAZ003-014-022-MNZ081-090-020600- /O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120102T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.120102T0000Z-120102T0600Z/ DICKINSON-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SPENCER...STORM LAKE...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 549 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071- 020100- /O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120102T0000Z/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY- BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY... BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 549 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
1 follow-up statement
593 WWUS73 KFSD 020203 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 803 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 020315- /O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120102T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LINCOLN- LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE 803 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 8:26 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 4 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.