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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

February 26, 20217 counties in Minnesota; Brookings County, Lake County, Moody County, South Dakota

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-02-26Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-02-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
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

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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

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.