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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 9, 201617 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2016, 1:28 PM CDT for 17 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2016, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2016-04-09Temperature 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 2016-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

177 
WWUS73 KFSD 091828
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
128 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016

SDZ038>040-053>056-059>062-065>070-100000-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.160409T1828Z-160410T0000Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-CLAY SD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
ORLAND...FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...CLAYTON...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...IRENE...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...
TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...
TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION
128 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
  INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO
  45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY
  EVENING. 

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
420 
WWUS73 KFSD 100004
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
704 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016

SDZ038>040-053>056-059>062-065>070-100115-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160410T0000Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-DAVISON-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-CLAY SD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
ORLAND...FLANDREAU...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...
FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...CLAYTON...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...IRENE...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...
TEA...HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...
TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION
704 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

ALTHOUGH STILL GUSTY...SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AS OF 7 PM. PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
AND NORTHWEST IOWA CONTINUE TO SEE WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH AT THIS
HOUR...HOWEVER THE WINDS WILL ALSO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE
EVENING IN THOSE AREAS. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 11:46 AM CDTRed Flag WarningFSD7 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.