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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

February 19, 20144 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2014, 3:16 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2014, 3:16 PM CST (21:16 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 21, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 34 counties

Lyon County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon 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), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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 177 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 2014-02-19Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1543 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

524 
WWUS73 KFSD 192116
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
316 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014


SDZ050-057>059-063>065-068-069-200530-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.140220T1500Z-140221T0000Z/
GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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
316 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO MID MORNING
  THURSDAY...THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE 
  EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

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.

&&

$$
6 follow-up statements
209 
WWUS73 KFSD 200419
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1019 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

SDZ050-057>059-063>065-068-069-201230-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.140220T1500Z-140221T0000Z/
GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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
1019 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
THURSDAY...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO MID MORNING THURSDAY...THEN
  GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 

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.

&&

$$
382 
WWUS73 KFSD 201004
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
404 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

SDZ038-052-053-060-201815-
/O.EXB.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.140220T1800Z-140221T0300Z/
BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-HANSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY
404 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

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

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD MIDDAY...AND
  REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY UNTIL SUBSIDING LATER THIS EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THERE MAY BE A FEW PERIODS OF
  REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SNOW
  SHOWERS.

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.

&&

$$

NEZ013-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-066-067-070-071-201815-
/O.EXB.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.140220T2100Z-140221T0300Z/
DIXON-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
404 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM
CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON TODAY...
  THEN REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY UNTIL DIMINISHING GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
  DURING THE EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THERE WILL BE A FEW PERIODS OF REDUCED
  VISIBILITY DURING SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SNOW
  SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

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.

&&

$$

SDZ050-057>059-063>065-068-069-201815-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.140220T1800Z-140221T0300Z/
GREGORY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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
404 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD MIDDAY...THEN REMAIN
  STRONG AND GUSTY UNTIL GRADUALLY SUBSIDING DURING THE EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH 
  WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 

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.

&&

$$
922 
WWUS73 KFSD 201632
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1032 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-210045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.140220T1800Z-140221T0300Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...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...YANKTON
1032 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD MIDDAY...THEN 
  REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY UNTIL GRADUALLY SUBSIDING DURING THE 
  EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS INTO THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE.

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.

&&

$$

NEZ013-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-066-067-070-071-210045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.140220T2100Z-140221T0300Z/
DIXON-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1032 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON TODAY...THEN
  REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY UNTIL DIMINISHING GRADUALLY SUBSIDE DURING
  THE EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS INTO THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. THERE WILL BE A FEW PERIODS OF
  REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
  SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

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.

&&

$$
899 
WWUS73 KFSD 202152
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
351 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-072-097-098-NEZ014-210600-
/O.EXB.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140221T0600Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DAKOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...
PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...SOUTH SIOUX CITY
351 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...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. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE
  EARLY EVENING HOURS AND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH DURING THE LATE EVENING
  HOURS.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS INTO THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE. THERE WILL BE A FEW
  PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING THE EARLY EVENING THE EARLY
  EVENING DUE TO SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
  INTERSTATE 90.

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.

&&

$$

NEZ013-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-066-067-070-071-210600-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140221T0600Z/
DIXON-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
351 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

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

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE
  EARLY EVENING HOURS AND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING
  HOURS.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING 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.

&&

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-210300-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140221T0300Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...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...YANKTON
351 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE
  EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO 45 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING 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.

&&

$$
815 
WWUS73 KFSD 210149
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
749 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

MNZ071-072-097-098-210300-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140221T0600Z/
LINCOLN-LYON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE
749 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

BLOWING SNOW ACROSS THE REGION HAS CREATED TREACHEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. THEREFORE...HAVE UPGRADED TO
A BLIZZARD WARNING ACROSS THE AREA. 

$$

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-210300-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140221T0300Z/
BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...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...YANKTON
749 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE 
  EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING 
  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.

&&

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-066-067-
070-071-210600-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140221T0600Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-
MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
749 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

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

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE 
  EARLY EVENING HOURS AND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE 
  EVENING HOURS. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH 
  GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING 
  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.

&&

$$
311 
WWUS73 KFSD 210552
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1152 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-066-067-
070-071-210700-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140221T0600Z/
LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-
MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY...
WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...DE SMET...
ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON...
FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...
SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...
CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...
NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1152 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

ALTHOUGH STILL GUSTY...NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF TO 20 TO 30
MPH...AND WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 4:37 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more43 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in South Dakota, 2014Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2014Wind Advisories in Iowa, 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.