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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

January 26, 20256 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Jan 26, 2025, 7:29 PM CST for 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 27, 2025, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2025, 7:29 PM CST (01:29 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 27, 2025, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 27, 2025, 1:00 PM CST
In force
9 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

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2025-01-27Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2025-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
2014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

008 
WWUS73 KFSD 270129
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
729 PM CST Sun Jan 26 2025

MNZ071-072-080-271200-
/O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.250127T1000Z-250127T1600Z/
Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-
Including the cities of Hendricks, Slayton, Ivanhoe, Tyler, Lake
Benton, Marshall, and Fulda
729 PM CST Sun Jan 26 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM CST MONDAY...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

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

* WHEN...From 4 AM to 10 AM CST Monday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

Dux
3 follow-up statements
525 
WWUS73 KFSD 270946
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
346 AM CST Mon Jan 27 2025

MNZ071-072-080-271600-
/O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.250127T1000Z-250127T1600Z/
Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-
Including the cities of Marshall, Tyler, Slayton, Lake Benton,
Ivanhoe, Hendricks, and Fulda
346 AM CST Mon Jan 27 2025

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

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

* WHEN...Until 10 AM CST this morning.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

JM
504 
WWUS73 KFSD 271410
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
810 AM CST Mon Jan 27 2025

MNZ081-089-090-271900-
/O.EXB.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250127T1900Z/
Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-
Including the cities of Mountain Lake, Windom, Jackson,
Lakefield, and Worthington
810 AM CST Mon Jan 27 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

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

* WHEN...Until 1 PM CST this afternoon.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

MNZ071-072-080-271900-
/O.EXT.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250127T1900Z/
Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-
Including the cities of Hendricks, Fulda, Slayton, Marshall,
Tyler, Lake Benton, and Ivanhoe
810 AM CST Mon Jan 27 2025

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

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

* WHEN...Until 1 PM CST this afternoon.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

BP
604 
WWUS73 KFSD 271913
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
113 PM CST Mon Jan 27 2025

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-272015-
/O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-250127T1900Z/
Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-
Including the cities of Mountain Lake, Hendricks, Fulda, Windom,
Jackson, Slayton, Marshall, Tyler, Lakefield, Worthington, Lake
Benton, and Ivanhoe
113 PM CST Mon Jan 27 2025

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Expect a gradual weakening in the winds through the afternoon. 
Northwest winds will continue to gust in the 30s until sunset.

$$

BP

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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.