Alert archive / South Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Mar 17, 2013, 4:27 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 18, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2013, 4:27 AM CDT (09:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 39 counties
Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Jackson County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
694 WWUS73 KFSD 170927 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 427 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 .LOW PRESSURE WILL BE APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL CAUSE THE WINDS TO INCREASE OUT AHEAD OF THIS LOW. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. AS THE LOW PULLS OFF TO THE EAST ON MONDAY...WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE INCREASING...BUT THIS TIME FROM THE NORTHWEST AND WILL BE EVEN A LITTLE STRONGER ACROSS A LARGER AREA. SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-171730- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.130317T1800Z-130318T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.130318T1200Z-130319T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 427 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE INCREASING BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THEN A SECOND PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST WILL BEGIN MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE QUITE COMMON TODAY. THEN AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVES EAST...NORTHWEST WEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND WILL GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY. 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. && $$ IAZ031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-053-054-059>061-065-066-068>071-171730- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.130318T1200Z-130319T0000Z/ WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK- HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 427 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY BY MONDAY MORNING...SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ HEITKAMP
7 follow-up statements
708 WWUS73 KFSD 171518 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1018 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-172330- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.130317T1800Z-130318T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.130318T1200Z-130319T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 1018 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL BE INCREASING BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. AFTER A WIND SHIFT TONIGHT...A SECOND PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST WILL BEGIN LATER SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE QUITE COMMON TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATER SUNDAY NIGHT...AND WILL GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY. 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. && $$ IAZ031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-053-054-059>061-065-066-068>071-172330- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.130318T1200Z-130319T0000Z/ WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-SANBORN-MINER-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK- HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1018 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
343 WWUS73 KFSD 172030 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 330 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 SDZ038-054-172130- /O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.130318T1200Z-130319T0000Z/ BEADLE-MINER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...HOWARD 330 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE STILL LIKELY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE EXPECTED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH TONIGHT...THERE IS NOW ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MONDAY. THEREFORE...WHILE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. $$ SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-180430- /O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.130318T0900Z-130319T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130318T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 330 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AND AFTER A WIND SHIFT TONIGHT...A SECOND PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST WILL COMMENCE LATE TONIGHT. THESE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY...DIMINISHING TOWARD MONDAY EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ IAZ031-NEZ013-014-SDZ053-059>061-065-066-068>071-180430- /O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.130318T0900Z-130319T0000Z/ WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-SANBORN-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 330 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 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. && $$
491 WWUS73 KFSD 180001 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 701 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 SDZ050-052-057-058-063-064-180815- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130318T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.130318T0900Z-130319T0000Z/ GREGORY-JERAULD-BRULE-AURORA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT 701 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL GENERALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. AFTER A WIND SHIFT LATER THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL AGAIN INCREASE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT. THESE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY... DIMINISHING TOWARD MONDAY EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...ISOLATED SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR SHOWERS THIS EVENING. MORE WIDESPREAD NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL THEN DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT... WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ IAZ031-NEZ013-014-SDZ053-059>061-065-066-068>071-180815- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.130318T0900Z-130319T0000Z/ WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-SANBORN-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...WOONSOCKET...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 701 PM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 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. && $$
957 WWUS73 KFSD 180807 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 307 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 IAZ031-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-052-053-057>061-063>066-068>071-181615- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.130318T0900Z-130319T0000Z/ WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER- BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 307 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
346 WWUS73 KFSD 180909 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 409 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 IAZ020-021-032-181715- /O.EXB.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.130318T1200Z-130319T0000Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...IDA GROVE... HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 409 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...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. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 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. && $$ SDZ038-181715- /O.EXA.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ BEADLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HURON 409 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ IAZ031-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-052-053-057>061-063>066-068>071-181715- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER- BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIOUX CITY...WAKEFIELD...PONCA... ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 409 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 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. && $$
934 WWUS73 KFSD 181625 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1125 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 IAZ001>003-012>014-022-MNZ089-090-097-098-SDZ054>056-062-067- 190000- /O.EXA.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-BUENA VISTA-NOBLES- JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...STORM LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG 1125 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ IAZ020-021-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-050-052-053-057>061-063>066- 068>071-190000- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY... BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1125 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 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. && $$
863 WWUS73 KFSD 190002 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 702 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-097-098-NEZ013-014- SDZ038-050-052>071-190115- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-130319T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON- DAKOTA-BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE- AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR... CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND... SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 702 PM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY INTO THE EARLY EVENING... ESPECIALLY FROM THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO THE IOWA GREAT LAKES REGION. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING...AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Mar 16, 10:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 10:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1055 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 820 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 UPDATED GRIDS/PFM/ZFP FOR PERSISTENT FRONTOGENETIC SNOW BAND ACROSS GREGORY COUNTY THIS EVENING. ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED...BUT AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18 IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY COULD SEE AROUND AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION BEFORE THE BAND DISSIPATES WITH THE WEAKENING MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS LATER THIS EVENING. REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. STILL WATCHING AREA OF LIGHT SNOW IN NORTHWEST/NORTH CENTRAL SD PROGRESS EAST. EXPECT MOST OF THIS TO REMAIN NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA...BUT WILL CONTINUE SOME 20-30 POPS IN OUR FAR WEST FROM LATE EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING. ALSO MONITORING TEMPERATURES...WHICH ARE NOT FALLING QUITE AS QUICKLY AS EXPECTED DUE TO GREATER CLOUD COVER. HAVE NOT MADE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO LOWS AS OF YET...BUT WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT SHORTLY. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 235 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 CHILLY HIGH PRESSURE HAS BEEN SETTLING SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION ALL DAY...BUT CORE OF SYSTEM WILL BE SHIFTING OFF INTO MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND LOW LEVEL RETURN FLOW WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT. LINGERING STRATOCUMULUS FIELD TAKING ON MORE AND MORE A DIURNAL COMPONENT...SO EXPECT FIELD TO DISSIPATE HEADING INTO THE EARLY EVENING...MOST PERSISTENT IN PARTS OF NW IA. OTHER CLOUDS ARE MID AND HIGH VARIETY TO THE WEST...AND ARE STEADILY BUILDING EASTWARD THIS EVENING AS WEAK SYSTEM IN THE HIGH PLAINS WORKS EASTWARD. AS THIS WAVE IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA TRAVERSES THE REGION IN NORTHWEST FLOW...FAIRLY DEEP FRONTOGENETIC FORCING IN THE 800-600 HPA LAYER OCCURRING THIS EVENING IN RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF STRONG GREAT LAKES JET. SYSTEM PULLS AWAY IN THE LATER PART OF THE NIGHT WITH ALL FEATURES WEAKENING WITH POTENTIAL EXCEPTION OF SOME ELEVATED THETA E ADVECTION...BUT EVEN THAT STARTS TO FOCUS MORE AND MORE NORTHWARD HEADING THROUGH THE NIGHT. FAIRLY DECENT AREA OF LIGHT SNOWFALL THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE STATE...AND EXPECT TO STREAM EASTWARD/BUILD SLOWLY NORTHWARD GOING INTO THE EVENING. FAIRLY DRY AIRMASS TO THE EAST...AND WITH FEATURES SHEARING OFF AND WEAKENING...WOULD SEEM EASTWARD PUSH TO ANY VERY LIGHT SNOWFALL WOULD BE LIMITED AS WELL...LIKELY TO AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER... AND ESPECIALLY TO THE LOWER BRULE AREAS TOWARD JERAULD COUNTY. AT MOST A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH EXPECTED. SUNDAY SHOULD START THE DAY FAIRLY QUIET...WITH STRONGER LOWER LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION. SOUTHERLY WINDS LOOK TO GET QUITE BRISK ON SUNDAY...WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 IN THE MORNING...AND FOR MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME WINDS ALONG/WEST OF I 29 COULD BUMP UP AGAINST ADVISORY CRITERIA. MILDER TEMPS IN ORDER...BUT PROBABLY WILL NOT FEEL AS MUCH WARMER WITH WIND AND CLOUDS. BY LATER IN THE DAY...STRONGER TROUGH WHICH WILL BECOME EVENTUAL NORTHERN PLAINS WINTER STORM WILL BE STARTING TO BRING EFFECTS INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. ELEVATED LAPSE RATES WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF MAIN MID LEVEL TROUGH...AND SOME SHOWERY PRECIP COULD BEGIN TO BREAK OUT BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON WEST OF THE JAMES VALLEY. THERMAL PROFILES SUGGEST THAT PRECIPITATION WOULD HAVE MORE THAN A FIGHTING CHANCE TO REMAIN RAINFALL DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS...BUT GETS A LITTLE MORE DICEY. MOST 15Z SREF MEMBERS THAT DO PRODUCE PRECIP ARE HEAVILY RAIN...WITH THE ONLY QUESTIONABLE AREA TOWARD KHON...AND THIS LOOKS TO BE PRIMARILY A RESULT OF MELTING IN THE LOWEST 100-150 HPA. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 235 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 20 UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. THE NAM APPEARS TO BE AN OUTLIER WITH A MUCH MORE NORTHERLY AND FASTER TRACK...WHILE THE REMAINING MODELS ARE MOSTLY IN LINE. SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN NEAR THE NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THEN QUICKLY LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE BOUNDARY WATERS AREA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...DRAGGING A POTENT COLD FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD SUNDAY NIGHT...BEGINNING AS RAIN IN THE SOUTH AND A RAIN AND SNOW MIX DURING THE EARLY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TURN TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT AS INTENSITY PICKS UP A BIT MORE. BY DAYBREAK...THE DRY SLOT WILL QUICKLY WORK INTO OUR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CWA AND SHUT OFF THE PRECIPITATION MONDAY MORNING. A LITTLE BIT OF WRAP AROUND SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS OUR FAR NORTH DURING THE DAY...BUT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS DO NOT LOOK IMPRESSIVE. BEST LIFT AND DYNAMICS TRACK NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE BULK OF THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE BEST WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR US AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS OUR EASTERN TWO-THIRDS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER AND LESS THAN A HALF INCH TO THE WEST. THE BIGGER CONCERN WILL BE THE VERY STRONG WINDS THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM. SOUTHERLY WINDS SUNDAY EVENING WILL BE QUITE BREEZY...THEN TURN NORTHWESTERLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND BECOME QUITE STRONG. COULD EASILY SEE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS 45 MPH+. WHILE THE SNOWFALL WILL BE WINDING DOWN WHEN THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR BLOWING SNOW COULD STILL BE A CONCERN. BUT WITH RELATIVELY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED...A GREATLY DIMINISHED OR NON- EXISTENT SNOW PACK...AND THE SOMEWHAT WETTER NATURE OF THE SNOWFALL...DO NOT THINK VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED ENOUGH FOR WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. REDUCTIONS DOWN TO A MILE OR HALF MILE AT WORST SEEM MORE LIKELY AT THIS POINT. WILL NOT BE ISSUING ANY HEADLINES...BUT WOULD LEAN TOWARDS A WIND ADVISORY OR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN THE FUTURE. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES SETTLE IN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK UNDER AN UPPER LEVEL NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME. THERE IS STRONG AGREEMENT MODEL AGREEMENT IN STALLING A LARGE CUT OFF LOW OVER THE NEW ENGLAND WITH RIDGING TO OUR WEST BOXING US INTO THE DRIER NORTHWEST FLOW. MODELS NOW BRING ALL WAVE FEATURES INTO THE HIGH PLAINS AND SOUTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE ALLBLEND STILL HOLDS ONTO CHANCES OR SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LIKELY BIASED FROM EARLIER MODEL RUNS...BUT WITH ALL SIGNS POINTING TOWARD DRY...DECIDED TO DROP POPS IN ALL BUT OUR FAR WEST AND SOUTH WHERE A LITTLE MORE UNCERTAINTY LIES. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 20S TO LOW 30S THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 17/06Z TAFS THROUGH 18/06Z) ISSUED AT 1055 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 CEILINGS 1-3K FEET SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD IN MUCH OF NORTHWEST IA AND NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER IN SOUTHEAST SD THROUGH 18/00Z...THOUGH THERE MAY BE A FEW BREAKS TO HIGHER CEILINGS. TO THE NORTH...GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE REPLACED BY CEILINGS LOWERING TO 1-3K FEET FROM THE WEST 12Z-18/00Z. THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE OR NO VISIBILITY RESTRICTION THROUGH 18/00Z. FROM 18/00Z-06Z A RAPID INCREASE IN SNOW...PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF RAIN AND SNOW...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF VISIBILITIES 3-5SM TO DEVELOP...THEN AFTER 18/02Z AREAS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW 3SM WILL INCREASE IN SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA. DURING THIS TIME CEILINGS MAY ALSO LOWER IN AREAS TO BELOW 1K FEET IN PRECIPITATION. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && UPDATE...JH SHORT TERM...CHAPMAN LONG TERM... AVIATION...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 4:27 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Jerauld | 15 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:41 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Beadle, Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, Miner and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:03 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury | 13 hr |
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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.