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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

November 16, 20214 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2021, 4:57 AM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 16, 2021, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2021, 4:57 AM CST (10:57 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 16, 2021, 8:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 16, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2021-11-16Temperature 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 2021-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

629 
WWUS73 KFSD 161057
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
457 AM CST Tue Nov 16 2021

MNZ080-081-089-090-161800-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0015.211116T1400Z-211116T1800Z/
Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-
457 AM CST Tue Nov 16 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CST
TODAY...

* WHAT...South to southeast winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts to
  around 45 mph expected.

* WHERE...Murray, Cottonwood, Nobles and Jackson Counties.

* WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to noon CST today.

* 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
1 follow-up statement
819 
WWUS73 KFSD 161752
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1152 AM CST Tue Nov 16 2021

MNZ080-081-089-090-161900-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-211116T1800Z/
Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-
1152 AM CST Tue Nov 16 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

Winds have remained below criteria; therefore. the Wind Advisory
will expire at noon. Wind gusts to 40 miles per hour are still
possible this afternoon.

$$

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.