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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this wind advisory at Oct 28, 2025, 10:51 AM CDT for 11 counties in Iowa; Jackson County, Nobles County, Minnesota; Dakota County, Nebraska. It took effect at Oct 28, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2025, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 28, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2025, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Jackson County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Dakota County, NE
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
196 WWUS73 KFSD 281551 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 1051 AM CDT Tue Oct 28 2025 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-NEZ014-290500- /O.NEW.KFSD.WI.Y.0021.251029T0000Z-251029T0800Z/ Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Nobles-Jackson-Dakota- Including the cities of Sioux City, Rock Valley, Worthington, Ida Grove, Inwood, South Sioux City, Jackson, Sibley, Spencer, Cherokee, Le Mars, Spirit Lake, Sanborn, Lakefield, Sioux Center, George, Storm Lake, Larchwood, Hartley, Holstein, Milford, Rock Rapids, Hawarden, Battle Creek, Orange City, Hull, Sheldon, and Arnolds Park 1051 AM CDT Tue Oct 28 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, and northeast Nebraska. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 3 AM CDT Wednesday. * 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. && $$ Dux
2 follow-up statements
711 WWUS73 KFSD 290221 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 921 PM CDT Tue Oct 28 2025 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-NEZ014-290800- /O.CON.KFSD.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-251029T0800Z/ Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Nobles-Jackson-Dakota- Including the cities of Cherokee, Orange City, Hull, Ida Grove, Spirit Lake, Larchwood, Sioux City, Arnolds Park, Spencer, South Sioux City, Storm Lake, Jackson, Sanborn, Milford, Sheldon, Rock Rapids, Battle Creek, Hawarden, Sibley, Sioux Center, Hartley, Inwood, Rock Valley, George, Le Mars, Worthington, Lakefield, and Holstein 921 PM CDT Tue Oct 28 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, and northeast Nebraska. * WHEN...Until 3 AM CDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ JM
874 WWUS73 KFSD 290749 NPWFSD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 249 AM CDT Wed Oct 29 2025 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-NEZ014-290900- /O.EXP.KFSD.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-251029T0800Z/ Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Nobles-Jackson-Dakota- Including the cities of Hartley, Storm Lake, Rock Valley, Larchwood, Hull, Sioux City, Arnolds Park, Le Mars, South Sioux City, Worthington, Hawarden, Sioux Center, Sibley, Lakefield, Ida Grove, Battle Creek, Orange City, Milford, Inwood, Rock Rapids, Holstein, Jackson, Spirit Lake, Sanborn, Cherokee, Spencer, George, and Sheldon 249 AM CDT Wed Oct 29 2025 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... Wind gusts have decreased below advisory criteria. Therefore the Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire at 3 AM CDT. $$ AP
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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.