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Frost Advisory 9, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 27, 200913 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this frost advisory at Sep 27, 2009, 2:13 PM MDT for 13 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 28, 2009, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 2009, 2:13 PM MDT (20:13 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 28, 2009, 3:00 AM MDT
Expired
Sep 28, 2009, 8:00 AM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 361 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2009-09-27Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2009-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Sep 27, 2:00 PM MDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 2:00 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 27, 4:15 AM MDT, 9 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
515 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009

NDZ001>005-009>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-281015-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-
BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
515 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 /415 AM MDT SUN SEP 27 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY.
VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR LATE SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SOME RAIN SHOWERS MAY CONTAIN
WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH.

AREAS OF FROST WILL OCCUR TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
SOME SPOTS WILL FALL TO 32. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON ANY FROST
ADVISORIES AND/OR FREEZE WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AREAS OF FROST WILL OCCUR AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A FEW
SPOTS THAT WILL FALL TO 32F. A FROST ADVISORY AND/OR A FREEZE
WARNING MIGHT BE ISSUED IN LATER FORECASTS. CHECK BACK FOR
UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-281015-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
515 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 /415 AM MDT SUN SEP 27 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EARLY EVENING.
MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT WITH VERY
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 50 AND
60 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY VEGETATION
WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY...THUS A RED
FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.

HIGH WIND WARNING SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING
IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DICKINSON...BOWMAN AND
HETTINGER. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY.
VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND THIS
FRONT SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE.

AREAS OF FROST WILL OCCUR TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
SOME SPOTS WILL FALL TO 32. CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES ON ANY FROST
ADVISORIES AND/OR FREEZE WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ON TUESDAY...AN INCREASE IN SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35
MPH ALONG WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF 20 TO 30 PERCENT
AND VERY HIGH TO EXTREME RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDICES WILL ONCE
AGAIN BRING A THREAT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR. WILL
MONITOR THIS CLOSELY AND ISSUE THE APPROPRIATE HEADLINES IF THE
DATA REMAINS CONSISTENT.

AREAS OF FROST WILL OCCUR AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE A FEW
SPOTS THAT WILL FALL TO 32F. A FROST ADVISORY AND/OR A FREEZE
WARNING MIGHT BE ISSUED IN LATER FORECASTS. CHECK BACK FOR
UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

KS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 27, 1:31 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 2:32 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more17 hr
Sep 27, 2:34 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 5 more17 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in North Dakota, 2009Every frost advisory in 2009

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.