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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2012, 12:54 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 17, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2012, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 2136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
284 WWUS73 KFSD 171754 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1254 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE BUFFALO RIDGE OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE SOUTH WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH AFTER 7 PM. MNZ071-072-080-081-090-180000- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0019.120517T1800Z-120518T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 1254 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 TO 50 MPH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
748 WWUS73 KFSD 172359 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 659 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 MNZ071-072-080-081-090-180100- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120518T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 659 PM CDT THU MAY 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$
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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.