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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Nov 20, 2017, 2:38 PM CST for Clay County, Dickinson County, Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 21, 2017, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 20, 2017, 2:38 PM CST (20:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 21, 2017, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 21, 2017, 10:52 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 2232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
150 WWUS73 KFSD 202038 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 238 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2017 IAZ003-MNZ072-081-090-210445- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0008.171121T1200Z-171121T2000Z/ Dickinson-Lyon MN-Cottonwood-Jackson- 238 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM CST TUESDAY... The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 6 AM to 2 PM CST Tuesday. * TIMING...Strong winds will begin early Tuesday morning and continue through the afternoon. * WINDS...Expect northwest winds to average 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Lightweight and high-profile vehicles will be impacted. Unsecured objects will be blown around. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
108 WWUS73 KFSD 210345 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 945 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2017 IAZ003-MNZ072-081-090-211145- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0008.171121T1200Z-171121T2000Z/ Dickinson-Lyon MN-Cottonwood-Jackson- 945 PM CST Mon Nov 20 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 2 PM CST TUESDAY... * TIMING...Strong winds will begin early Tuesday morning and continue through the afternoon. * WINDS...Expect northwest winds to average 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 45 mph, especially in the morning. * IMPACTS...Lightweight and high-profile vehicles will be impacted. Unsecured objects will be blown around. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory is issued when sustained winds are forecast to be 31 to 39 mph or gusts will range between 46 and 57 mph. Winds of these magnitudes may cause minor property damage without extra precautions. Motorists in high profile vehicles should use caution until the winds subside. && $$
220 WWUS73 KFSD 210938 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 338 AM CST Tue Nov 21 2017 IAZ014-MNZ071-080-211745- /O.EXA.KFSD.WI.Y.0008.171121T1200Z-171121T2000Z/ Clay IA-Lincoln MN-Murray- 338 AM CST Tue Nov 21 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 2 PM CST this afternoon. * TIMING...Strong winds are expected this morning through the afternoon. * WINDS...Expect northwest winds to average 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 45 mph, especially in the morning. * IMPACTS...Lightweight and high-profile vehicles will be impacted. Unsecured objects will be blown around. 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. && $$ IAZ003-MNZ072-081-090-211745- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0008.171121T1200Z-171121T2000Z/ Dickinson-Lyon MN-Cottonwood-Jackson- 338 AM CST Tue Nov 21 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...Strong winds are expected this morning through the afternoon. * WINDS...Expect northwest winds to average 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 45 mph, especially in the morning. * IMPACTS...Lightweight and high-profile vehicles will be impacted. Unsecured objects will be blown around. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory is issued when sustained winds are forecast to be 31 to 39 mph or gusts will range between 46 and 57 mph. Winds of these magnitudes may cause minor property damage without extra precautions. Motorists in high profile vehicles should use caution until the winds subside. && $$
362 WWUS73 KFSD 211652 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 1052 AM CST Tue Nov 21 2017 IAZ003-014-MNZ071-072-080-081-090-211800- /O.CAN.KFSD.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-171121T2000Z/ Dickinson-Clay IA-Lincoln MN-Lyon MN-Murray-Cottonwood-Jackson- 1052 AM CST Tue Nov 21 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has cancelled the Wind Advisory. While northwest winds will continue to gust to around 35 mph at times, there will be a gradual trend down through the afternoon. $$
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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.