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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

December 24, 201215 counties in South Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota; Dickinson County, Lyon County, Osceola County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 24, 2012, 3:05 AM CST for 15 counties in South Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota; Dickinson County, Lyon County, Osceola County, Iowa. It took effect at Dec 24, 2012, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 24, 2012, 3:05 AM CST (09:05 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 25, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 26 counties

Dickinson County, IA, Lyon 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, Rock County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Davison County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2012-12-24Temperature 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 2012-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 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
577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
355 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.

595 
WWUS43 KFSD 240905
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
305 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

IAZ001>003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-
067-241715-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.121225T0000Z-121225T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-
LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
305 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST TUESDAY. 

* WIND...NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 30
  BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING
  ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED
SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO VENTURE
OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN
IS COVERED.

&&

$$
6 follow-up statements
807 
WWUS43 KFSD 241759
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1159 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

IAZ001>003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-
067-250200-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.121225T0000Z-121225T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-
LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
1159 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST TUESDAY...

* WIND...NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 
  30 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID 
  MORNING ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED
SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO
VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

&&

$$
207 
WWUS43 KFSD 242137
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
337 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

IAZ001>003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-
067-250545-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.121225T0000Z-121225T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-
LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
337 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY...

* WIND...NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 
  30 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID 
  MORNING ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED
SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO
VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

&&

$$
463 
WWUS43 KFSD 250254
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
854 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

IAZ001>003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-
067-251100-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121225T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-
LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
854 PM CST MON DEC 24 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY...

* WIND...NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 
  30 BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID 
  MORNING ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED
SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO
VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

&&

$$
823 
WWUS43 KFSD 250911
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
311 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

IAZ001>003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-
067-251715-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121225T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-
LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
311 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND OF 5 TO 10 MPH.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 30
  BELOW...WITH THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS THROUGH MID MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED
SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO
VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

&&

$$
552 
WWUS43 KFSD 251605
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1005 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

IAZ001>003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-
067-251800-
/O.CON.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121225T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-
LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
1005 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

* WIND...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND OF 5 TO 10 MPH.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 30
  BELOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND WILL COMBINE WITH COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED
SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO
VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

&&

$$
087 
WWUS43 KFSD 251803
WSWFSD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1203 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012


IAZ001>003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-
067-251915-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-121225T1800Z/
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-
LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...
KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...
ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
1203 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

EVEN THOUGH WIND CHILLS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ZERO TO
15 BELOW ZERO THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON...THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
MEET ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...STILL DRESS APPROPRIATELY WHEN 
VENTURING OUTDOORS TODAY.

$$

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in South Dakota, 2012Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2012Wind Chill Advisories in Iowa, 2012Every wind chill advisory in 2012

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.