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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Aberdeen, SD

December 27, 201326 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2013, 3:04 PM CST for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 28, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2013, 3:04 PM CST (21:04 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 28, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 28, 2013, 5:51 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
All 28 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, 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), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 34 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 2013-12-27Temperature 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 2013-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
436 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.

423 
WWUS73 KABR 272104
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
304 PM CST FRI DEC 27 2013

.STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO DEVELOP ON SATURDAY BEHIND A COLD
FRONT.

SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-280915-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0021.131228T1500Z-131229T0000Z/
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
304 PM CST FRI DEC 27 2013 /204 PM MST FRI DEC 27 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST
/5 PM MST/ SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TO 6 PM
CST /5 PM MST/ SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...BEGINNING MID MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH THE DAY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE AFFECTED.  

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.

&&

$$

MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-280915-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0021.131228T1800Z-131229T0000Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN...
BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...
MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE
304 PM CST FRI DEC 27 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...BEGINNING AROUND NOON AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY
  EVENING. 

* WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE AFFECTED.  

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.

&&

$$
TDK
3 follow-up statements
081 
WWUS73 KABR 280847
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
247 AM CST SAT DEC 28 2013

.STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO DEVELOP TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT.
LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT WHICH COMBINED WITH
THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW.

SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-282100-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0021.131228T1500Z-131229T0000Z/
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
247 AM CST SAT DEC 28 2013 /147 AM MST SAT DEC 28 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...BEGINNING MID MORNING AND LASTING THROUGH THE DAY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE AFFECTED. BRIEF REDUCTION
  IN VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE
  STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW.

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.

&&

$$

MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-282100-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0021.131228T1800Z-131229T0000Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...ABERDEEN...
BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...
MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE
247 AM CST SAT DEC 28 2013

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

* TIMING...BEGINNING AROUND NOON AND LASTING INTO SATURDAY 
  EVENING. 

* WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE AFFECTED. BRIEF REDUCTION
  IN VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE
  STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW.

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/TMT
811 
WWUS73 KABR 281858
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1258 PM CST SAT DEC 28 2013

.STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO DEVELOP TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT.
LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COLD FRONT WHICH COMBINED WITH
THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW.

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-290000-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131229T0000Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-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...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...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
1258 PM CST SAT DEC 28 2013 /1158 AM MST SAT DEC 28 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE AFFECTED. BRIEF 
  REDUCTION IN VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE 
  COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. 

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.

&&

$$
817 
WWUS73 KABR 282351
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
551 PM CST SAT DEC 28 2013


MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-290100-
/O.CAN.KABR.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131229T0000Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-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...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...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
551 PM CST SAT DEC 28 2013 /451 PM MST SAT DEC 28 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS EVENING EVEN AS
WINDS DIMINISH SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE WEST. AS THE CENTER OF THE HIGH
PRESSURE AREA MOVES FARTHER SOUTHEAST OVER SD WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. BRUTALLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW ARE STILL EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 3:12 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryABRBrown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more42 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in South Dakota, 2013Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2013Every wind advisory in 2013

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.