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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Aberdeen, SD

March 30, 202126 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this wind advisory at Mar 30, 2021, 6:11 PM CDT for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2021, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2021, 9:02 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD

All 28 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 34 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1313 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

713 
WWUS73 KABR 302311
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
611 PM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-310300-
/O.EXP.KABR.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210330T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KABR.WI.Y.0007.210330T2311Z-210331T0300Z/
Traverse-Big Stone-Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-
Roberts-Walworth-Edmunds-Day-Dewey-Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-
Codington-Grant-Hamlin-Deuel-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-
Lyman-Buffalo-
Including the cities of Wheaton, Ortonville, McIntosh, Herreid, 
Eureka, Aberdeen, Britton, Sisseton, Mobridge, Ipswich, Webster, 
Isabel, Gettysburg, Faulkton, Redfield, Clark, Watertown, 
Milbank, Hayti, Clear Lake, Fort Pierre, Onida, Pierre, Highmore,
Miller, Murdo, Kennebec, and Fort Thompson
611 PM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021 /511 PM MDT Tue Mar 30 2021/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of central, north central and northeast South 
  Dakota and west central Minnesota.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A 
  few power outages are possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement

965 
WWUS73 KABR 310202
NPWABR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
902 PM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-310315-
/O.CAN.KABR.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-210331T0300Z/
Traverse-Big Stone-Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-
Roberts-Walworth-Edmunds-Day-Dewey-Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-
Codington-Grant-Hamlin-Deuel-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-
Lyman-Buffalo-
Including the cities of Wheaton, Ortonville, McIntosh, Herreid, 
Eureka, Aberdeen, Britton, Sisseton, Mobridge, Ipswich, Webster, 
Isabel, Gettysburg, Faulkton, Redfield, Clark, Watertown, 
Milbank, Hayti, Clear Lake, Fort Pierre, Onida, Pierre, Highmore,
Miller, Murdo, Kennebec, and Fort Thompson
902 PM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021 /802 PM MDT Tue Mar 30 2021/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Wind speeds have diminished below advisory criteria, therefore the
Wind Advisory has been cancelled.

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 9:04 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	ABR	Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more	10 hr
Mar 29, 9:04 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ABR	Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more	21 hr
Mar 30, 2:14 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	ABR	Dewey, Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley, Sully	18 hr

Nearby

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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.