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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Mar 26, 2014, 3:55 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 26, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2014, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 21 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, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Clay County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Union County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 2732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
246 WWUS73 KFSD 260855 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 355 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-261700- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.140326T1800Z-140327T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 355 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
733 WWUS73 KFSD 261603 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1103 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 IAZ001-MNZ098-NEZ013-014-SDZ067-070-071-270000- /O.EXA.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.140326T1800Z-140327T0000Z/ LYON-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1103 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$ IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-270000- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.140326T1800Z-140327T0000Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...SLAYTON... FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 1103 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL 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. && $$ CONNELLY
017 WWUS73 KFSD 262128 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 428 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-098-NEZ013- 014-SDZ067-070-071-270000- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140327T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- DIXON-DAKOTA-LINCOLN-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE... WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...CANTON...LENNOX... TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 428 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
307 WWUS73 KFSD 262354 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 654 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 IAZ001-002-012-020-MNZ080-081-089-090-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ067-070- 071-270100- /O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140327T0000Z/ LYON-OSCEOLA-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK- DIXON-DAKOTA-LINCOLN-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 654 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. $$ IAZ003-013-014-021-022-031-032-270300- /O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140327T0300Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 654 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...GRADUALLY DECREASING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
298 WWUS73 KFSD 270304 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1004 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 IAZ003-013-014-021-022-031-032-270415- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140327T0300Z/ DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE... SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK 1004 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. WIND GUSTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...THOUGH AN ISOLATED WIND GUST IS POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$
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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.