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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 12, 202113 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2021, 9:37 AM CDT for 13 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2021, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:40 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 12:00Z on 2021-04-12Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

299 
WWUS73 KFSD 121437
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
937 AM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-130000-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0008.210412T1437Z-210413T0000Z/
Beadle-Gregory-Jerauld-Sanborn-Brule-Aurora-Davison-Hanson-
Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-Bon Homme-Yankton-
937 AM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central and 
  southeast South Dakota. This includes the Tribal Lands of the 
  Yankton Sioux Tribal Nation.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Increased fire weather concerns are
  possible in locations with dry vegetation and void of recent
  higher rainfall totals.

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
093 
WWUS73 KFSD 130012
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
712 PM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021

SDZ038-050-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-130115-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-210413T0000Z/
Beadle-Gregory-Jerauld-Sanborn-Brule-Aurora-Davison-Hanson-
Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-Bon Homme-Yankton-
712 PM CDT Mon Apr 12 2021

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Winds have begun to decrease and are expected to continue to do so
over the next few hours.

$$

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.