Alert archive / South Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Dec 10, 2013, 12:32 AM CST for 20 counties in South Dakota; 11 counties in Iowa; Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2013, 12:32 AM CST (06:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 33 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, 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, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 490 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 593 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KFSD 100632 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1232 AM CST TUE DEC 10 2013 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-050-052>054- 057>071-101200- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0021.131210T0632Z-131210T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD- SANBORN-MINER-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...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...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 1232 AM CST TUE DEC 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY DAYBREAK. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND A LOOSE SNOWPACK TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO...WITH OPEN AREAS BRIEFLY SEEING VISIBILITY DROP BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KFSD 100937 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 337 AM CST TUE DEC 10 2013 SDZ038-050-052>054-057>061-063>066-068-069-101045- /O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131210T1200Z/ BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 337 AM CST TUE DEC 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF FROM EARLIER STRONG LEVELS...THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ062-067-070-071- 101200- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131210T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN-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...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 337 AM CST TUE DEC 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY DAYBREAK. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH BRIEF GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND A LOOSE SNOWPACK TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCASIONALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR TWO...WITH OPEN AREAS BRIEFLY SEEING VISIBILITY DROP BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. 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. && $$
000 WWUS73 KFSD 101136 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 536 AM CST TUE DEC 10 2013 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ062-067-070-071- 101245- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131210T1200Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 536 AM CST TUE DEC 10 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ALTHOUGH STILL GUSTY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 AM CST. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 12:28 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Moody | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:49 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 17 more | 32 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in South Dakota, 2013Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2013Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 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.