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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 20, 20158 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Jun 20, 2015, 4:07 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 81 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2015, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2015, 5:28 AM CDT
In force
81 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Lake County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-284 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

305 
WWUS73 KFSD 200907
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
407 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

.STRONG...SMALL SCALE LOW PRESSURE HAS DEVELOPED BEHIND A RAIN
COMPLEX IN PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS LOW WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS
AVERAGING 30 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES EARLY THIS MORNING. 

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-055-056-061-062-201200-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0011.150620T0907Z-150620T1200Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-
ROCK-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS
407 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM EARLY THIS MORNING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...EXPECT WIND SPEEDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH AT
  TIMES AND THE WIND DIRECTION COULD BE RATHER ERRATIC.

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
342 
WWUS73 KFSD 201028
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
528 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-055-056-061-062-201130-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-150620T1200Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-
ROCK-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...
BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS
528 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS ARE NO LONGER GUSTING TO ADVISORY CRITERIA...THERFORE THE
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDNobles, Rock35 min
Jun 20, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock41 min
Jun 20, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Rock49 min
Jun 20, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Jerauld39 min
Jun 20, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Gregory27 min
Jun 20, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Beadle37 min
Jun 20, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Jerauld, Sanborn31 min
Jun 20, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Hutchinson, Yankton43 min
Jun 20, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle, Davison, Hanson, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook and 2 more34 min
Jun 20, 2:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Hutchinson, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook and 4 more33 min

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2015Wind Advisories in South Dakota, 2015Every wind advisory in 2015

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.