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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

February 19, 20224 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2022, 8:17 AM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 19, 2022, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2022, 8:17 AM CST (14:17 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2022, 3:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 20, 2022, 4:00 AM CST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 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 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 12:00Z on 2022-02-19Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2022-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
998 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

577 
WWUS73 KFSD 191417
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
817 AM CST Sat Feb 19 2022

MNZ071-072-080-081-192230-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.220219T2100Z-220220T1000Z/
Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-Cottonwood-
817 AM CST Sat Feb 19 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM CST
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Lincoln, Lyon, Murray and Cottonwood Counties.

* WHEN...From 3 PM this afternoon to 4 AM CST Sunday.

* 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
2 follow-up statements
033 
WWUS73 KFSD 192345
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
545 PM CST Sat Feb 19 2022

MNZ071-072-080-081-201000-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-220220T1000Z/
Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-Cottonwood-
545 PM CST Sat Feb 19 2022

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* WHERE...Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon and Murray Counties.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM CST Sunday.

* 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
705 
WWUS73 KFSD 201008
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
408 AM CST Sun Feb 20 2022

MNZ071-072-080-081-201115-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-220220T1000Z/
Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-Cottonwood-
408 AM CST Sun Feb 20 2022

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Winds will continue to decrease through the morning.

$$

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.