Alert archive / South Dakota / High Wind Watches in 2014
High Wind Watch 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this high wind watch at Jan 14, 2014, 3:16 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 16, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 2014, 3:16 PM CST (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2014, 2:50 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 45 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, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray 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, Brookings 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, Kingsbury 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), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
018 WWUS73 KFSD 142116 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 316 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-150530- /O.NEW.KFSD.HW.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-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...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...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 316 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNSET...BUT REMAIN A BIT BREEZY INTO THE EVENING. ANOTHER STRONG SURGE OF NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DIMINISH ON THURSDAY NIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH SUNSET. ON THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE A BIT MORE AVERAGE 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS CLOSE TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. 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 HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
6 follow-up statements
923 WWUS73 KFSD 142121 CCA NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 320 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-150545- /O.COR.KFSD.HW.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/ /O.COR.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-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...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...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 320 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNSET...BUT REMAIN A BIT BREEZY INTO THE EVENING. ANOTHER STRONG SURGE OF NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DIMINISH ON THURSDAY NIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH SUNSET. ON THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE A BIT MORE AVERAGE 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS CLOSE TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. WITH THE THREAT FOR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON SOME BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS 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. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
804 WWUS73 KFSD 142312 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 512 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-150715- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140114T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.HW.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-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...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...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 512 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. ANOTHER STRONG SURGE OF NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DIMINISH ON THURSDAY NIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...ON THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE A BIT MORE AVERAGE 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. WITH THE THREAT FOR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON SOME BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
275 WWUS73 KFSD 150326 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 926 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-151130- /O.CON.KFSD.HW.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-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...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...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 926 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DIMINISH ON THURSDAY NIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...ON THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE A BIT MORE AVERAGE 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. WITH THE THREAT FOR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON SOME BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ SCHUMACHER
412 WWUS73 KFSD 150941 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 341 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-151745- /O.CON.KFSD.HW.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-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...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...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 341 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DIMINISH ON THURSDAY NIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...ON THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE A BIT MORE...AVERAGING 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. WITH THE THREAT FOR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...SOME BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
886 WWUS73 KFSD 151640 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1040 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-160045- /O.CON.KFSD.HW.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-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...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...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 1040 AM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ONLY SLOWLY DIMINISH ON THURSDAY NIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...ON THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE A BIT MORE... AVERAGING 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH POSSIBLE. WITH THE THREAT FOR SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...SOME BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
976 WWUS73 KFSD 152050 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 250 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-054>056-152200- /O.CAN.KFSD.HW.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/ LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK- BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU 250 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH. VERY STRONG WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY. HOWEVER THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO...CREATING PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THUS THE HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-052-053- 057>071-160500- /O.UPG.KFSD.HW.A.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.HW.W.0001.140116T1200Z-140117T0300Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN- 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...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...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 250 PM CST WED JAN 15 2014 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY...EXPANDING EASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE FURTHER...AVERAGING 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS...ESPECIALLY FROM MITCHELL AND SIOUX FALLS AREAS INTO NORTHWEST IOWA IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH COULD QUICKLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Jan 14, 11:28 AM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 11:28 AM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1128 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 435 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014
CURRENT GRIDDED ANALYSIS SHOWS A SHORT WAVE IN THE MID LEVELS AND
ASSOCIATED 500MB VORT FILAMENT MOVING QUICKLY ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH 12Z. THIS FEATURE HAS
HELPED TO STIR UP THE WINDS GIVING SOME GUSTS OF JUST BELOW 50 KNOTS
THROUGHOUT AREAS EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. SURFACE PRESSURE
RISES ARE ASTOUNDING...AT 8MB PER 3 HOURS MOVING THROUGH RIGHT NOW
COUPLED WITH VERY STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION. CURRENT THOUGHTS ARE
THAT GUSTS EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY COULD APPROACH HIGH WIND
WARNING CRITERIA OF NEAR 55 MPH UNTIL ABOUT SUNRISE. THEN AT THAT
TIME...THE SHORT WAVE EXITS AND THE PRESSURE RISES/COLD AIR
ADVECTION BEGINS TO RAPIDLY WANE. THIS WILL LEAVE JUST A WELL MIXED
LOWER ATMOSPHERE AND WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS IN THE MIXED LAYER
THROUGH THE DAY. THEREFORE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM
LATE MORNING ONWARD...GENERALLY DECREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY MIDDAY
AND AFTERNOON. DECIDED TO CANCEL OUR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OUR
NORTHEAST ZONES AND REPLACED THAT AREA WITH A WIND ADVISORY. QUITE
SIMPLY...THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW BEING EAST OF OUR FORECAST
AREA WAS NOT VERY FAVORABLE FOR MUCH IN THE WAY OF SNOWFALL. LOOKING
BACK AT IT...THE 00Z ECMWF FROM YESTERDAYS RUN WAS NOT VERY GOOD
WITH THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW...PLACING IT TOO FAR TO THE
SOUTHWEST. THERE IS SOME FLURRIES UPSTREAM STILL...SO CERTAINLY KEPT
THE MENTION OF THIS FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE JAMES THIS
MORNING...AS WELL AS SOME LOW POPS FOR MEASURABLE SNOW IN OUR
EASTERN ZONES. ANY SNOW SHOWER COULD PRODUCE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT
TIMES IN OUR EASTERN ZONES THROUGH ABOUT MID MORNING. BUT
OVERALL...FELT THAT THE BIGGER STORY TODAY WAS THE WIND SPEEDS AND
NOT REAL CONCERNED ABOUT A TON OF BLOWING SNOW IN SOUTHWEST MN SINCE
VIRTUALLY NONE FELL...AND OUR CURRENT SNOW COVER IS AS HARD AS A
ROCK.
CONCERNING TEMPERATURES...THEY ARE REALLY NOT GOING TO MOVE UPWARD
TODAY. THEREFORE MANY LOCATIONS HIGHS WILL BE FELT EARLY THIS
MORNING...FOLLOWED BY SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES. TONIGHT...THERE
IS NOT A LOT GOING. SKIES SHOULD HAVE CLEARED OR BE CLEARING BY LATE
TODAY AND EARLY EVENING. LOWS WILL BE CHILLY EXCEPT IN OUR SOUTH
CENTRAL SD ZONES WHERE SOME WARM AIR ADVECTION LATE TONIGHT WILL PUT
THE BRAKES ON FALLING TEMPERATURES AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 435 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014
STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL BE THE STORY ON WEDNESDAY AS
SHORTWAVE RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE AREA. IT WILL BE A COLD START TO
THE DAY...AND THUS SLOWED DOWN WARMING SOME IN THE MORNING
HOURS...BUT WE WILL STEADILY WARM RIGHT INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HIGH
TEMPERATURES THROUGH 7 PM ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 50 IN SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...THE MID TO UPPER 30S ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29
CORRIDOR...AND THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 IN OUR FAR EAST. WIND
SHIFT MOVES THROUGH IN THE EVENING HOURS WITH A WEAK COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE. NOT MUCH COLD AIR BEHIND THIS FIRST FRONT...AND THUS
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 30S AND 40S THROUGH
MIDNIGHT...SLOWLY FALLING INTO THE 20S AND 30S BY MORNING. BEST
FORCING IN THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF A STRONG JET WILL REMAIN TO OUR
NORTH...AND MOISTURE IS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE THIS FAR SOUTH. BUT
GIVEN THE STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION...COULD SEE SOME LIGHT
PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. AT THIS
TIME IT APPEARS THAT THIS PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE COLDER
AIR...MEANING IT SHOULD MAINLY BE IN THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW. AT THIS
TIME LOOKS LIKE ANY ACCUMULATIONS WOULD REMAIN BELOW A HALF INCH.
FOCUS THEN TURNS TO THE SECONDARY COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH
ON THURSDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BE THE ONE THAT FEATURES THE SHOT OF
ARCTIC AIR BEHIND IT. SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES EXIST AMONG THE MODELS
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE STARTING TO NARROW IN ON A SOLUTION. OUR HIGHS
WILL LIKELY BE IN THE MORNING WITH READINGS BETWEEN 30 AND 35...WITH
FALLING TEMPERATURES INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BY EVENING.
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH WINDS
ALOFT ALSO BECOMING STRONGER. COLD AIR ADVECTION AND PRESSURE RISES
REMAIN WEAK THOUGH. THUS AT THIS TIME THINKING WE GET INTO WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS INCREASING
INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...GUSTING TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AS COLD AIR
ADVECTION AND PRESSURE RISES BOTH INCREASE. PRESSURE RISES ARE ON
THE SAME ORDER OF WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING...BUT COLD AIR
ADVECTION IS A LITTLE MORE THAN TWICE AS STRONG. THIS SUGGESTS THAT
MIXING SHOULD BE A BIT STRONGER...AND SOUNDINGS DO SUGGEST WE COULD
MIX TO 850 MB OR EVEN A BIT HIGHER. AS A COMPARISON...MODEL 925 MB
WINDS ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 40 TO 45 KTS THIS TUESDAY MORNING...AND WE
ARE SEEING OBSERVED GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 KTS AT THE SURFACE. MODELS ON
THURSDAY ARE SHOWING AN AREA OF 925 MB WINDS AROUND 50 KTS. THEY
DISAGREE ON THIS LOCATION...WITH THE GFS AND GEM SHOWING THE
STRONGEST CORE OF WINDS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR SOUTH INTO
NEBRASKA...AND THE ECMWF SHOWING IT OVER MOST OF OUR CWA. GIVEN THE
COLD AIR ADVECTION...PRESSURE RISES...FAVORABLE DIURNAL TIMING...AND
925 MB WINDS...WOULD EXPECT TO POTENTIALLY SEE AN AREA OF WIND GUSTS
ABOUT 5 TO 15 MPH STRONGER THAN THIS MORNING. THAT WOULD MEAN AN
AREA OF GUSTS BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH...WITH WIDESPREAD GUSTS OF 45 TO
55 MPH. FUTURE SHIFTS WILL NEED TO CONSIDER A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR
THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...FOR AT LEAST THE MISSOURI RIVER
CORRIDOR...AND PROBABLY THE WHOLE CWA. WENT AHEAD AND RAISED WIND
GUSTS TO 50 KTS IN THE GRIDS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS THREAT. WIND CHILLS
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 BELOW
ZERO ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS MORE IMPRESSIVE WITH THE THURSDAY
EVENT...SUGGESTING DEEPER AND STRONGER COLD AIR ADVECTION...THUS
DEEPER MIXING AND THUS THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTABILITY WITHIN THE
BOUNDARY LAYER. THUS CONTINUED THE TREND OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SNOW SHOWERS LATER THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY
ALONG AND EATS OF THE JAMES RIVER. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD ONLY BE A
HALF INCH OR LESS...BUT GIVEN THE STRONG WINDS...VISIBILITY ISSUES
WOULD EB LIKELY IF THIS SNOW DOES MATERIALIZE. THUS LATER THURSDAY
MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING COULD BE QUITE HAZARDOUS OUT THERE
WHEN YOU COMBINE THE VERY STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW.
THE COLD SHOT IS PRETTY SHORT LIVED AS RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD INTO
THE AREA. SO AFTER A COLD FRIDAY FEATURING HIGHS IN THE TEENS AND
20S...WE SHOULD SEE A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SUNDAY
CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY. DID RAISE HIGHS A FEW
DEGREES OVER THE INITIALIZED BLEND...AS THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD MODEL
CONSENSUS OF SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL WARMING. GOING WITH MAINLY 30S
AND 40S...BUT IF TRENDS HOLD...HIGHS COULD VERY WELL BE 5 TO 10
DEGREES WARMER THAN THE CURRENT FORECAST...WITH 40S AND 50S. THE
FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY PERIOD GENERALLY LOOKS TO REMAIN DRY.A WAVE IN
THE NORTHWEST FLOW SHOULD MOVE ACROSS FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT MODELS
DISAGREE ON STRENGTH AND POSITION OF THIS WAVE. THUS WILL KEEP THE
FORECAST DRY FOR NOW...BUT THERE VERY WELL COULD EB AN AREA OF LIGHT
SNOW SOMEWHERE IN OR NEAR THE CWA FRIDAY NIGHT.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1128 AM CST TUE JAN 14 2014
A FEW AREAS OF CEILINGS 2-3K FEET AND VISIBILITIES 3-5SM IN SNOW
SHOWERS UNTIL 21Z EAST AND NORTHEAST OF BKX/FSD/SLB LINE.
OTHERWISE VFR OVER THE AREA THROUGH 15/18Z. SURFACE GUSTS OF 25 TO
40 KNOTS FROM THE NORTHWEST OVER THE AREA WILL DECREASE FROM THE
WEST THROUGH 15/02Z.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SDZ038>040-050-
052>071.
MN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR MNZ071-072-080-
081-089-090-097-098.
IA...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032.
NE...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NEZ013-014.
&&
SHORT TERM...MJ
LONG TERM...CHENARD
AVIATION...Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 2:42 PM CST, 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 242 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-151200- AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA- CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE- DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN- LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN- SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON- 250 PM CST TUE JAN 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINTER WEATHER... AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...IN ASSOCIATION WITH STRONG WINDS AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...WILL CAUSE LOCAL VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...EXTENDING WEST TO THE BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA AREA...AND SOUTH TO THE IOWA GREAT LAKES AND THE SPENCER AREA. THE SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO END EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND AND FOG... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH INTO LATE AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE STEADILY FROM NEAR SUNSET INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THURSDAY STILL LOOKS LIKE A VERY WINDY DAY. NORTHWEST WINDS COULD AVERAGE 40 TO 60 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SOME OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND...FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WHICH WOULD GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES WITH THESE KINDS OF WIND SPEEDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
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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.