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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Dec 29, 2016, 3:27 AM CST for 7 counties in Iowa; Brookings County, South Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 29, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2016, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Brookings County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
116 WWUS73 KFSD 290927 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 327 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- SDZ040-291730- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0017.161229T1500Z-161229T2300Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- ROCK-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS 327 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...ALREADY BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY MID MORNING, AND REMAIN STRONG UNTIL STARTING TO DROP OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS REACHING AROUND 30 MPH SUSTAINED SPEEDS, WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
581 WWUS73 KFSD 291618 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1018 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- SDZ040-292300- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-161229T2300Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- ROCK-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS 1018 AM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...DECREASING RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET. * WEATHER CONDITIONS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES MAY CAUSE MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE WITHOUT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. && $$
611 WWUS73 KFSD 292307 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 507 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- SDZ040-300015- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-161229T2300Z/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA- LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- ROCK-BROOKINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...TYLER... HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA... WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD... PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...BROOKINGS 507 PM CST THU DEC 29 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TO LESS THAN 20 MPH ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
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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.