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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Dec 4, 2015, 3:05 PM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 4, 2015, 8:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 4, 2015, 3:05 PM CST (21:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 4, 2015, 8:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2015, 3:03 AM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- 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
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
904 WWUS73 KFSD 042105 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 305 PM CST FRI DEC 4 2015 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-050515- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0019.151205T0200Z-151205T1100Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 305 PM CST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS TONIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE AREA. BE ALERT FOR AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW OVER ROADWAYS. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER GROUND TEMPERATURES COULD BE COOL ENOUGH TO ALLOW SOME BLOWING SNOW DEPOSITED ON PAVEMENT SURFACES TO FREEZE WHICH IS ESPECIALLY HARD TO SEE IN THE DARK. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
802 WWUS73 KFSD 050332 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 932 PM CST FRI DEC 4 2015 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-051100- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-151205T1100Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 932 PM CST FRI DEC 4 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS TONIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE AREA. BE ALERT FOR AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW OVER ROADWAYS. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER GROUND TEMPERATURES COULD BE COOL ENOUGH TO ALLOW SOME DRIFTING SNOW DEPOSITED ON PAVEMENT SURFACES TO FREEZE...WHICH IS ESPECIALLY HARD TO SEE IN THE DARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
169 WWUS73 KFSD 050903 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 303 AM CST SAT DEC 5 2015 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-051015- /O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-151205T1100Z/ LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 303 AM CST SAT DEC 5 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGHOUT THE DAY...GENERALLY 15 TO 25 MPH. $$
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.