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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

January 29, 20078 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2007, 3:07 AM MST for 8 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 2007, 3:07 AM MST (10:07 UTC)
Expired
Jan 29, 2007, 10:07 AM MST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2007-01-29Temperature 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2007-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KBIS 291007
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
407 AM CST MON JAN 29 2007

...WIND ADVISORY TODAY SOUTHWEST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL...

.A CLIPPER-TYPE SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES TODAY. ARCTIC AIR IS
FORECAST TO PUSH IN BEHIND THE CLIPPER AND SPREAD ACROSS NORTH
DAKOTA TODAY. THE PUSH OF ARCTIC AIR AT THE SURFACE...ALONG WITH
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM LOWER TO UPPER LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE...WILL KEEP SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES OVER SOUTHWESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...FROM BEACH AND BOWMAN TO DICKINSON AND FORT YATES.

SNOW SHOWERS...COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...WILL CREATE AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE
AT TIMES.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TODAY ACROSS
SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES RAPIDLY AT TIMES.

NDZ031>033-040>045-291815-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0004.070129T1007Z-070130T0000Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
407 AM CST MON JAN 29 2007 /307 AM MST MON JAN 29 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH TODAY.
INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING TO 15 TO 25 MPH.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

JV
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KBIS 291707
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1107 AM CST MON JAN 29 2007


NDZ031>033-040>045-291815-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070130T0000Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
1107 AM CST MON JAN 29 2007 /1007 AM MST MON JAN 29 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 6:41 AM MSTWind Chill AdvisoryBISBottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, Mercer, Mountrail and 4 more4 hr
Jan 29, 10:13 AM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBISDickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more7 hr

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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.