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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Nov 17, 2016, 2:39 PM CST for 9 counties in Iowa; Dakota County, Nebraska. It took effect at Nov 18, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2016, 2:39 PM CST (20:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 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, Plymouth County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Dakota County, NE
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
148 WWUS73 KFSD 172039 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 239 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 IAZ002-003-013-014-020>022-031-032-NEZ014-180445- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0012.161118T1500Z-161119T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS... CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 239 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED MID MORNING FRIDAY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
964 WWUS73 KFSD 180433 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1033 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 IAZ002-003-013-014-020>022-031-032-NEZ014-181245- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0012.161118T1500Z-161119T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS... CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 1033 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED MID MORNING FRIDAY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
173 WWUS73 KFSD 181517 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 917 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 IAZ002-003-013-014-020>022-031-032-NEZ014-182330- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161119T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS... CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 917 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THEN WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH 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. && $$
088 WWUS73 KFSD 182208 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 408 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 IAZ002-003-013-014-020>022-031-032-NEZ014-190600- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161119T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS... CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 408 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...THEN WILL DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 30 TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
265 WWUS73 KFSD 190546 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1146 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 IAZ002-003-013-014-020>022-031-032-NEZ014-190700- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161119T0600Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- WOODBURY-IDA-DAKOTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS... CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN... BATTLE CREEK...SOUTH SIOUX CITY 1146 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 3:34 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 41 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.