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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 29, 20155 counties in Minnesota; Brookings County, Kingsbury County, Moody County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Jul 29, 2015, 3:03 AM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota; Brookings County, Kingsbury County, Moody County, South Dakota. It took effect at Jul 29, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 80 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2015, 3:03 AM CDT (08:03 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 29, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 29, 2015, 11:20 AM CDT
In force
80 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Moody County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 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 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2015-07-29Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -66 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
2377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 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.

277 
WWUS73 KFSD 290803
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
303 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2015

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ039-040-056-291615-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0012.150729T1500Z-150730T0000Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
FLANDREAU
303 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
  LATE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LIKELY. THE WINDS WILL
  QUICKLY DECREASE TOWARDS SUNSET.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
301 
WWUS73 KFSD 291359
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
859 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2015


MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ039-040-056-300000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0012.150729T1500Z-150730T0000Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
FLANDREAU
859 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
  25 TO 35 MPH BY MID-DAY. WIND GUSTS MAY CLIMB AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
  WINDS WILL QUICKLY DECREASE TOWARDS SUNSET.

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.

&&

$$
658 
WWUS73 KFSD 291620
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1120 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2015


MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ039-040-056-291730-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150730T0000Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-MOODY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
PIPESTONE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
FLANDREAU
1120 AM CDT WED JUL 29 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WHILE WINDS WILL STILL BE QUITE BREEZY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...ADVISORY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED.
SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS MAY STILL REACH 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH
BRIEF GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON.

$$

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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.