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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

January 30, 20174 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2017, 3:25 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 30, 2017, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2017, 3:25 AM CST (09:25 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2017, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 30, 2017, 9:14 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 45 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury 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, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld 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, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2017-01-30Temperature 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 2017-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

811 
WWUS73 KFSD 300925
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
325 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017

SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>059-063-064-301730-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.170130T1800Z-170131T0200Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
325 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CST THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS MORNING,
  THEN BECOME MUCH STRONGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THE
  WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MID EVENING THEY WILL REMAIN FAIRLY
  STRONG THROUGH THE NIGHT.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY
  THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO APPROACH 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>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ040-055-056-060>062-065>071-301730-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.170130T2000Z-170131T0600Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
325 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS MORNING,
  THEN BECOME MUCH STRONGER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THE
  WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MID EVENING THEY WILL REMAIN FAIRLY
  STRONG THROUGH THE NIGHT.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY
  THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO APPROACH 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
048 
WWUS73 KFSD 301643
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1043 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017


SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>059-063-064-310045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.170130T1800Z-170131T0200Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
1043 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID-DAY, BECOMING
  STRONG BY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS
  EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE 
  LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO APPROACH 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>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ040-055-056-060>062-065>071-310045-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.170130T2000Z-170131T0600Z/
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BROOKINGS-LAKE-MOODY-
HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-
YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
1043 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH MID-DAY AND
  BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY
  DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING. 


* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY
  THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO APPROACH 50 MPH. STRONGER
  WIND GUSTS MAY BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE BUFFALO RIDGE. 

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.

&&

$$
760 
WWUS73 KFSD 301946
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
146 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017


IAZ001-012-013-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ055-060>062-065>071-
310300-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.170130T2000Z-170131T0300Z/
LYON IA-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-
DIXON-DAKOTA-LAKE-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
146 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

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

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS
  WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY
  THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO APPROACH 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.

&&

$$

SDZ038-039-050-052>054-057>059-063-064-310300-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0300Z/
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
146 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

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

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY
  THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO APPROACH 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.

&&

$$

IAZ002-003-014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ040-056-
310600-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.170130T2000Z-170131T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY IA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BROOKINGS-MOODY-
146 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EVENING.
  WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY
  THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS EXPECTED TO APPROACH 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.

&&

$$
022 
WWUS73 KFSD 310000
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
600 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

SDZ040-056-310100-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0600Z/
BROOKINGS-MOODY-
600 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THIS EVENING...WIND 
GUSTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH. THEREFORE THE WIND 
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

IAZ001-012-020-031-NEZ013-014-SDZ038-039-050-052>055-057>071-
310100-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0300Z/
LYON IA-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-
MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
600 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THIS EVENING...WIND 
GUSTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 20 TO 35 MPH. THEREFORE THE WIND 
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

IAZ002-003-014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-310600-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY IA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
600 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THE EVENING.
  WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TOWARD MIDNIGHT. 

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE
  LIKELY...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ013-021-022-032-310300-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0300Z/
O'BRIEN-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
600 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

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

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH
  THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS.

* WEATHER CONDITIONS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
  LIKELY...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH AT TIMES. 

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.

&&

$$
615 
WWUS73 KFSD 310314
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
914 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

IAZ002-003-014-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-310415-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-CLAY IA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
914 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OVERNIGHT...WIND SPEEDS
HAVE SUBSIDED FROM EARLIER LEVELS AND WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY
DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

$$

IAZ013-021-022-032-310415-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0300Z/
O'BRIEN-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-
914 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WIND SPEEDS HAVE SUBSIDED FROM EARLIER LEVELS AND WILL CONTINUE 
TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT. THEREFORE THE WIND 
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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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.