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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 25, 20154 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2015, 12:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2015, 12:43 PM CDT (17:43 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2015, 4:07 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2015-03-25Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2015-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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.

023 
WWUS73 KFSD 251743
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1243 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

MNZ071-072-080-081-252300-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.150325T1743Z-150325T2300Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE
1243 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  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
556 
WWUS73 KFSD 252107
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
407 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015


MNZ071-072-080-081-252215-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE
407 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. SPEEDS OF
15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY INTO EARLY EVENING.

$$

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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.