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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Sep 10, 2012, 3:18 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 10, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2012, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 10, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2012, 4:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
216 WWUS73 KFSD 100818 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 318 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA TODAY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME ESPECIALLY STRONG OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WHERE THE EXISTENCE OF HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE BUFFALO RIDGE WILL AID THE STRENGTHENING OF THE WINDS. THIS SHOULD HELP PUSH SUSTAINED WINDS TO OVER 30 MPH AND BRING A FEW GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE SLOWLY AS SUNSET APPROACHES. MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-101630- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0024.120910T1700Z-120911T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 318 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY STRONG FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH WINDS WILL REACH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
070 WWUS73 KFSD 100839 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 339 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA TODAY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME ESPECIALLY STRONG OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WHERE THE EXISTENCE OF HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE BUFFALO RIDGE WILL AID THE STRENGTHENING OF THE WINDS. THIS SHOULD HELP PUSH SUSTAINED WINDS TO OVER 30 MPH AND BRING A FEW GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE SLOWLY AS SUNSET APPROACHES. MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-101645- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0024.120910T1700Z-120911T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 339 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY STRONG FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH WINDS WILL REACH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
380 WWUS73 KFSD 101546 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1046 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME ESPECIALLY STRONG OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WHERE THE EXISTENCE OF HIGHER TERRAIN SUCH AS THE BUFFALO RIDGE WILL AID THE STRENGTHENING OF THE WINDS. THIS WILL HELP PUSH SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 TO 35 MPH MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE SLOWLY AS SUNSET APPROACHES. MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-110000- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0024.120910T1700Z-120911T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 1046 AM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY STRONG FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH WINDS WILL REACH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. 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. && $$ SCHUMACHER
182 WWUS73 KFSD 102119 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 419 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-102230- /O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120911T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE 419 PM CDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WHILE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THEY WILL DECREASE THROUGH SUNSET A BIT...BUT STILL REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY. $$
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.