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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Nov 14, 2020, 2:27 PM CST for 5 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 15, 2020, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2020, 2:27 PM CST (20:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 15, 2020, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2020, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson 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
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
175 WWUS73 KFSD 142027 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 227 PM CST Sat Nov 14 2020 IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-151100- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.201115T0900Z-201115T2100Z/ Osceola-Dickinson-O'Brien-Clay-Buena Vista-Lincoln-Lyon-Murray- Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-Pipestone- 227 PM CST Sat Nov 14 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwest Iowa and southwest Minnesota. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 3 PM CST Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/siouxfalls
2 follow-up statements
949 WWUS73 KFSD 150924 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 324 AM CST Sun Nov 15 2020 IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-152100- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-201115T2100Z/ Osceola-Dickinson-O'Brien-Clay-Buena Vista-Lincoln-Lyon-Murray- Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-Pipestone- 324 AM CST Sun Nov 15 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...Portions of northwest Iowa and southwest Minnesota. * WHEN...Until 3 PM CST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/siouxfalls
994 WWUS73 KFSD 152045 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 245 PM CST Sun Nov 15 2020 IAZ002-003-013-014-022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-152145- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-201115T2100Z/ Osceola-Dickinson-O'Brien-Clay-Buena Vista-Lincoln-Lyon-Murray- Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-Pipestone- 245 PM CST Sun Nov 15 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... West-northwesterly winds will remain gusty into the evening hours, but are expected to remain below advisory thresholds. Therefore, the wind advisory will be allowed to expire at 3 PM CST. $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/siouxfalls
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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.