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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

February 2, 20137 counties in Minnesota; Clay County, Dickinson County, Osceola County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2013, 7:22 PM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota; Clay County, Dickinson County, Osceola County, Iowa. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2013, 7:22 PM CST (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 3, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Clay County, IA, Dickinson 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

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2013-02-03Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2013-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 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
880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 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.

381 
WWUS73 KFSD 030122
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
722 PM CST SAT FEB 2 2013

IAZ002-003-014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-030600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.130203T0122Z-130203T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-
JACKSON-PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
722 PM CST SAT FEB 2 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH
  BEHIND A FRONT THIS EVENING.

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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
393 
WWUS73 KFSD 030604
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1204 AM CST SUN FEB 3 2013

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY DECREASE DURING THE
PREDAWN HOURS AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES THE AREA.

IAZ002-003-014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-030715-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130203T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY-LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-
JACKSON-PIPESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SPENCER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE
1204 AM CST SUN FEB 3 2013

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE STEADILY AND BECOME
LIGHT IN THE MORNING.

$$

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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.