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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Feb 26, 2021, 4:03 AM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota; Brookings County, Lake County, Moody County, South Dakota. It took effect at Feb 26, 2021, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2021, 4:03 AM CST (10:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2021, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2021, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Lake County, SD, Moody County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 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
- 1947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
624 WWUS73 KFSD 261003 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 403 AM CST Fri Feb 26 2021 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-SDZ040-055-056-261815- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.210226T1400Z-210226T1900Z/ Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-Pipestone-Brookings- Lake-Moody- 403 AM CST Fri Feb 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Southwest winds around 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...In South Dakota, Brookings, Lake and Moody Counties. In Minnesota, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Cottonwood, Nobles, Jackson and Pipestone Counties. This includes the Tribal Lands of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Nation. * WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to 1 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. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/siouxfalls
1 follow-up statement
324 WWUS73 KFSD 261805 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 1205 PM CST Fri Feb 26 2021 MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-SDZ040-055-056-261915- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210226T1900Z/ Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-Pipestone-Brookings- Lake-Moody- 1205 PM CST Fri Feb 26 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Southwest winds around 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...In South Dakota, Moody, Lake and Brookings Counties. In Minnesota, Pipestone, Cottonwood, Murray, Jackson, Nobles, Lincoln and Lyon Counties. This includes the Tribal Lands of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Nation. * WHEN...Until 1 PM CST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/siouxfalls
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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.