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Wind Chill Advisory 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

February 4, 201918 counties in South Dakota; Lyon County, Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 4, 2019, 3:22 AM CST for 18 counties in South Dakota; Lyon County, Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2019, 3:22 AM CST (09:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 2019, 6:00 AM CST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 27 counties

Lyon 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, Douglas 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

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 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 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 298 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2019-02-04Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2019-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Feb 3, 11:43 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 11:43 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 3:44 PM CST, 11 hours 38 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
344 PM CST Sun Feb 3 2019

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ014-SDZ040-056-062-067-071-041045-
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-Dakota-Brookings-Moody-Minnehaha-
Lincoln SD-Union-
344 PM CST Sun Feb 3 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest Iowa,
west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, east
central South Dakota, and southeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Areas of fog will reduce visibilities to a quarter mile or less at
times this evening. Drizzle and freezing drizzle will be possible
this evening into early Monday morning. The heaviest ice
accumulations will be across southwest Minnesota where up to a tenth
of an inch looks possible. The wintry mix will transition to very
light snow, mostly along and north of I-90. Strong north winds up to
35 mph are expected late this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Arctic airmass return this week with sub-zero temperatures and
wind chills as cold as 20 to 35 below zero.

Additional snowfall is expected Tuesday through Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NEZ013-SDZ038-039-050-052>055-057>061-063>066-068>070-041045-
Dixon-Beadle-Kingsbury-Gregory-Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Brule-
Aurora-Davison-Hanson-McCook-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-
Turner-Bon Homme-Yankton-Clay SD-
344 PM CST Sun Feb 3 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast
Nebraska, central South Dakota, east central South Dakota, south
central South Dakota, and southeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A wintry mix with drizzle/freezing drizzle and sleet will be
possible this evening into early Monday morning. The wintry mix will
transition to very light snow, mostly along and north of I-90. Light
ice or sleet accumulation is expected. Snowfall totals from a
dusting to less than an inch will be possible.

Strong north winds up to 35 mph are expected late this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Arctic airmass return this week with sub-zero temperatures and
wind chills as cold as 20 to 35 below zero.

Additional snowfall is expected Tuesday through Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in South Dakota, 2019Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2019Wind Chill Advisories in Iowa, 2019Every wind chill advisory in 2019

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.