Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 20, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Dec 14, 2015, 7:12 AM CST for 7 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2015, 7:12 AM CST (13:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2015, 11:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
524 WWUS73 KFSD 141312 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 712 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015 IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-141700- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0020.151214T1312Z-151214T1700Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 712 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE STRONG THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...DIMINISHING A BIT TOWARD NOON. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS AS HIGH AS 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
698 WWUS73 KFSD 141720 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1120 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015 IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-141830- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-151214T1700Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 1120 AM CST MON DEC 14 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NORTH WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THE AFTERNOON AND AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 9:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 5 days |
| Dec 14, 9:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 9 days |
| Dec 14, 2:23 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Rock | 49 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.