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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

December 6, 201614 counties in South Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Dec 6, 2016, 3:36 AM CST for 14 counties in South Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota; 5 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Dec 6, 2016, 7:36 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 6, 2016, 3:36 AM CST (09:36 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 6, 2016, 7:36 AM CST
Expired
Dec 6, 2016, 9:00 PM CST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 27 counties

Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Lyon 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, Rock County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Davison County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 00:00Z on 2016-12-06Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-12-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -68 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

934 
WWUS73 KFSD 060936
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
336 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-061745-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0013.161206T1500Z-161207T0300Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-
ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
ORLAND...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS
336 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND
  REMAIN STRONG THROUGH MID EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35
  MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 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
407 
WWUS73 KFSD 061336
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
736 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-062145-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0013.161206T1336Z-161207T0300Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-
ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
ORLAND...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS
736 AM CST TUE DEC 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS HAD ALREADY REACHED ADVISORY
  STRENGTH IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING...AND WERE
  ONLY SLIGHTLY LESS STRONG IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. WINDS WILL
  INCREASE A LITTLE MORE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH
  MID EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 
  MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 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.

&&

$$
157 
WWUS73 KFSD 061922
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
122 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016

IAZ001>003-013-014-070300-
/O.EXA.KFSD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161207T0300Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER
122 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAD INCREASED IN PART
  OF NORTHWEST IOWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE EARLY THIS
  EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40
  MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 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.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>062-070300-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161207T0300Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-
ROCK-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON...
DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...
ORLAND...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...
CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS
122 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40
  MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 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.

&&

$$
724 
WWUS73 KFSD 070109
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
709 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016


SDZ038>040-052>062-070215-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161207T0300Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-
AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON...ORLAND...FLANDREAU...
CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...
MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS
709 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-070300-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161207T0300Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-
ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE
709 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
  EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 
  MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 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.

&&

$$

IAZ001>003-013-014-070300-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161207T0300Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER
709 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 40 
  MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 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.

&&

$$
144 
WWUS73 KFSD 070248
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
848 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016


MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-070400-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161207T0300Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-
ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...
IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...
WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE
848 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA.

$$

IAZ001>003-013-014-070400-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161207T0300Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK...
SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER
848 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA.

$$

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.