Alert archive / South Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Jan 3, 2015, 9:34 AM CST for 5 counties in Minnesota; 21 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2015, 9:34 AM CST (15:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 26 counties
Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix 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, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
760 WWUS73 KFSD 031534 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 934 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 MNZ071-072-SDZ038>040-050-052>061-063>065-068-032345- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.150103T1534Z-150104T0000Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD- SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK- CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...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... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA... DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 934 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...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...VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST UNTIL THE START OF THIS EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH DRIFTING OF PREVIOUSLY FALLEN SNOW. 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. && $$ MNZ080-097-098-SDZ062-066-069-032345- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.150103T1700Z-150104T0300Z/ MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...YANKTON 934 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING LATE THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH DRIFTING OF PREVIOUSLY FALLEN SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
140 WWUS73 KFSD 040257 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 857 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 MNZ080-097-098-SDZ062-066-069-040400- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150104T0300Z/ MURRAY-PIPESTONE-ROCK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...YANKTON 857 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... AN OCCASSIONAL GUST TO 40 MPH MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...BUT IN GENERAL...WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. BLOWING SNOW WILL STILL BE LIKELY THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 4:19 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles | 23 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 37 hr |
Nearby
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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.