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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

January 19, 20148 counties in Iowa; Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska; 11 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Jan 19, 2014, 12:29 PM CST for 8 counties in Iowa; Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska; 11 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Jan 19, 2014, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2014, 12:29 PM CST (18:29 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 19, 2014, 1:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 19, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 21 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Ida 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, Hutchinson County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2014-01-19Temperature 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 2014-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 314 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
2037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
376 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.

748 
WWUS73 KFSD 191829
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1229 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014


IAZ012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-057>059-063>065-
068>071-200000-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.140119T1900Z-140120T0000Z/
SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...
CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...
MITCHELL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...
CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1229 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS AND SHOULD RAPIDLY DECREASE TOWARDS SUNSET.  

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 

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
746 
WWUS73 KFSD 192350
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
550 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014


IAZ012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-057>059-063>065-
068>071-200100-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140120T0000Z/
SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...
CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...
MITCHELL...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...
CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
550 PM CST SUN JAN 19 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

$$

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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.