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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2015, 3:53 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Apr 21, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2015, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, 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 08:55 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
691 WWUS73 KFSD 210853 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 353 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 SDZ038>040-050-052>065-068-211700- /O.NEW.KFSD.FZ.W.0001.150422T0800Z-150422T1300Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 353 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S...WITH A 3 TO 5 HOUR DURATION OF TEMPERATURES 28 OR COLDER EXPECTED. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND NORTHWEST WINDS BECOMING FAIRLY LIGHT WILL ALLOW THE COOLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-211700- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.150421T1700Z-150421T2300Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-BUENA VISTA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN- MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER... STORM LAKE...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 353 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AGAIN THIS MORNING AND BEGIN TO DECREASE AT THE END OF THE AFTERNOON. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
3 follow-up statements
770 WWUS73 KFSD 211425 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 925 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 SDZ038>040-050-052>065-068-212230- /O.CON.KFSD.FZ.W.0001.150422T0800Z-150422T1300Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 925 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WEATHER CONDITIONS...TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S...WITH A 3 TO 5 HOUR DURATION OF TEMPERATURES 28 OR COLDER EXPECTED. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND NORTHWEST WINDS BECOMING FAIRLY LIGHT WILL ALLOW THE COOLING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-212230- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.150421T1700Z-150421T2300Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-BUENA VISTA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN- MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER... STORM LAKE...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE... MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE 925 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AGAIN THIS MORNING AND BEGIN TO DECREASE AT THE END OF THE AFTERNOON. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
994 WWUS73 KFSD 212011 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 311 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 MNZ071-097-220415- /O.EXA.KFSD.FZ.W.0001.150422T0800Z-150422T1300Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150421T2300Z/ LINCOLN MN-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...PIPESTONE 311 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S...WITH A 3 TO 5 HOUR DURATION OF TEMPERATURES 28 OR COLDER EXPECTED. 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. && $$ SDZ038>040-050-052>065-068-220415- /O.CON.KFSD.FZ.W.0001.150422T0800Z-150422T1300Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 311 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WEATHER CONDITIONS...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S...WITH A 3 TO 5 HOUR DURATION OF TEMPERATURES 28 OR COLDER EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-212300- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150421T2300Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-BUENA VISTA-LYON MN-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER... STORM LAKE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 311 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AGAIN THIS MORNING AND BEGIN TO DECREASE AT THE END OF THE AFTERNOON. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 40 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. && $$
337 WWUS73 KFSD 212307 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 607 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 MNZ071-097-220715- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150421T2300Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.FZ.W.0001.150422T0800Z-150422T1300Z/ LINCOLN MN-PIPESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON... IVANHOE...PIPESTONE 607 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY IN THE EVENING...BUT WILL THEN RAPIDLY DECREASE JUST BEFORE SUNSET. LATE TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S...WITH A 3 TO 5 HOUR DURATION OF TEMPERATURES 28 OR COLDER EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-220015- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-150421T2300Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-BUENA VISTA-LYON MN-MURRAY- COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER... STORM LAKE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 607 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY IN THE EVENING...BUT WILL THEN RAPIDLY DECREASE JUST BEFORE SUNSET. $$ SDZ038>040-050-052>065-068-220715- /O.CON.KFSD.FZ.W.0001.150422T0800Z-150422T1300Z/ BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE- MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON... LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS... ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY... ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP... TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR 607 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WEATHER CONDITIONS...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S...WITH A 3 TO 5 HOUR DURATION OF TEMPERATURES 28 OR COLDER EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 3:53 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 28 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.