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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

March 5, 20166 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2016, 2:40 PM CST for 6 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Mar 6, 2016, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2016, 2:40 PM CST (20:40 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 6, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 12:00Z on 2016-03-05Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2016-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
998 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

945 
WWUS73 KABR 052040
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
240 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2016

...WINDY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...

SDZ007-008-011-020-021-023-060600-
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0002.160306T0600Z-160306T1500Z/
MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CODINGTON-GRANT-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...
WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE
240 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SISSETON
  HILLS REGION...AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT...WEAKENING DURING THE MID
  MORNING HOURS.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CONNELLY
2 follow-up statements
542 
WWUS73 KABR 060202
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
802 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2016

...WINDY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...

SDZ007-008-011-020-021-023-061500-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0002.160306T0600Z-160306T1500Z/
MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CODINGTON-GRANT-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...
WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE
802 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SISSETON
  HILLS REGION...AND PERSIST OVERNIGHT...WEAKENING DURING THE MID
  MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
752 
WWUS73 KABR 060923
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
323 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016

...WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...

SDZ007-008-011-020-021-023-061500-
/O.CON.KABR.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160306T1500Z/
MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CODINGTON-GRANT-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRITTON...SISSETON...WEBSTER...
WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE
323 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MID MORNING. 

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH.
  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ROBERTS
  COUNTY AND THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF GRANT COUNTY...WHERE
  GUSTS WILL EXCEED 60 MPH AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER
ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
TMT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 3:18 AM CSTRed Flag WarningABR15 hr

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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.