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Wind Chill Advisory 15, NWS Aberdeen, SD

February 28, 201426 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 28, 2014, 4:02 PM CST for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 1, 2014, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2014, 4:02 PM CST (22:02 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 1, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 2, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
In force
36 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 22:02 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, 10.0 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 2014-02-28Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Feb 28, 3:35 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 3:35 PM CST, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 4:41 AM CST, 11 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
441 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014

SDZ018>020-022-033>037-045-048-051-011045-
SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
441 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 /341 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. LIGHT SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. VERY
LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 30
OR 35 MPH HOWEVER. ANY FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS
COULD BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY BRINGING
ADDITIONAL SNOW CHANCES. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FOR
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

VERY COLD AIR AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SUNDAY MORNING IS CURRENTLY THE COLDEST
MORNING WITH LOWS FORECAST IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO. THESE VALUES
ARE ON TRACK TO BREAK SEVERAL RECORDS ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

MNZ039-046-SDZ008-021-023-011045-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-ROBERTS-GRANT-DEUEL-
441 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE IN PLACE THIS MORNING...BUT SHOULD
GRADUALLY IMPROVE AS TEMPERATURES QUICKLY RISE.

A FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. LIGHT SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING AND INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON. VERY LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 OR 35 MPH HOWEVER. ANY FALLING SNOW COMBINED
WITH GUSTY WINDS COULD BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY BRINGING
ADDITIONAL SNOW CHANCES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 INCH OR LESS
ARE EXPECTED FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

VERY COLD AIR AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SUNDAY MORNING IS CURRENTLY THE COLDEST
MORNING WITH LOWS FORECAST IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO. THESE VALUES
ARE ON TRACK TO BREAK SEVERAL RECORDS ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

SDZ003>007-009>011-015>017-011045-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-
DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-
441 AM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 /341 AM MST FRI FEB 28 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL GUST TO 30 OR 35 MPH BEHIND THIS FRONT...AND TEMPERATURES
WILL DROP QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY BRINGING
ADDITIONAL SNOW CHANCES. GENERALLY...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1
INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA...HOWEVER A FEW LOCATION MAY GET LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

VERY COLD AIR AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SUNDAY MORNING IS CURRENTLY THE COLDEST
MORNING WITH LOWS FORECAST IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO. THESE VALUES
ARE ON TRACK TO BREAK SEVERAL RECORDS ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

SERR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 6:45 AM CSTWind AdvisoryABRBrown, Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds and 12 more9 hr
Feb 28, 4:02 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryABRBuffalo, Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley29 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in South Dakota, 2014Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2014Every wind chill advisory in 2014

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.