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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

January 3, 201418 counties in South Dakota; Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska; 9 counties in Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Jan 3, 2014, 3:04 PM CST for 18 counties in South Dakota; Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska; 9 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 3, 2014, 11:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2014, 3:04 PM CST (21:04 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2014, 11:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 4, 2014, 9:00 AM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 29 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora 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, Minnehaha County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2014-01-03Temperature 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2014-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 423 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
539 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.

881 
WWUS73 KFSD 032104
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
304 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014


SDZ050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-040515-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.140104T0500Z-140104T1500Z/
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR
304 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT
  INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS ARE
  ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THIS OCCURS VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO
  AROUND A MILE AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ001-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ061-062-066-067-
069>071-040515-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.140104T0800Z-140104T1500Z/
LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
DIXON-DAKOTA-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...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...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
304 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT
  INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS ARE
  ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THIS OCCURS VISIBILITIES COULD BE REDUCED TO
  AROUND A MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY.

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.

&&

$$

CHENARD
3 follow-up statements
307 
WWUS73 KFSD 040314
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
914 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

SDZ050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-041115-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.140104T0500Z-140104T1500Z/
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR
914 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT 
  LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR SNOW
  SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THIS OCCURS VISIBILITIES COULD BE
  REDUCED TO AROUND A MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
  SATURDAY.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ001-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ061-062-066-067-
069>071-041115-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.140104T0800Z-140104T1500Z/
LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
DIXON-DAKOTA-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...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...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
914 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT 
  TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH 
  GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR SNOW 
  SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THIS OCCURS VISIBILITIES COULD 
  BE REDUCED TO AROUND A MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY 
  SATURDAY. 

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.

&&

$$
786 
WWUS73 KFSD 040927
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
327 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

SDZ050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-041500-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T1500Z/
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR
327 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG EARLY THIS MORNING
  THEN DECREASE GRADUALLY AFTER SUNRISE.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR SNOW
  SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THIS OCCURS VISIBILITIES COULD BE
  REDUCED TO AROUND A MILE AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ001-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ061-062-066-067-
069>071-041500-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T1500Z/
LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
DIXON-DAKOTA-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...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...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
327 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT EARLY
  THIS MORNING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH 
  GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR SNOW 
  SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF THIS OCCURS VISIBILITIES COULD 
  BE REDUCED TO AROUND A MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY 
  SATURDAY. 

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.

&&

$$
553 
WWUS73 KFSD 041443
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
843 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

SDZ050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-041545-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T1500Z/
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-
DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...
ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR
843 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE ACROSS THE AREA...THUS THE
WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

IAZ001-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ061-062-066-067-
069>071-041545-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T1500Z/
LYON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
DIXON-DAKOTA-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...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...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
843 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE ACROSS THE AREA...THUS THE
WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE
STILL LIKELY THROUGH THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 3:38 PM CSTWind Chill WatchFSDAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more12 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in South Dakota, 2014Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2014Wind Advisories in Nebraska, 2014Every wind 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.