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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Bismarck, ND

October 25, 201032 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 25, 2010, 10:37 AM MDT for 32 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 26, 2010, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 25, 2010, 10:37 AM MDT (16:37 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 26, 2010, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2010, 3:22 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
All 32 counties

Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 12:00Z on 2010-10-25Temperature 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2010-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 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 wind 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 wind advisory went out at Oct 25, 2:15 AM MDT, 8 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 2:15 AM MDT, 8 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 3:53 AM MDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
453 AM CDT MON OCT 25 2010

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-261000-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
453 AM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 /353 AM MDT MON OCT 25 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LOW PRESSURE AND STRONG COLD FRONT OVER EASTERN MONTANA WILL
MOVE THROUGH WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND THEN ACROSS
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN
SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED. AREAS OF FOG DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE
MAY SLOW TRAVEL DOWN SO PLEASE ALLOW FOR A LITTLE EXTRA TIME IN
REACHING YOUR DESTINATION.

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH TODAY AFTER
THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MENTIONED ABOVE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INTENSIFY
OVER MINNESOTA TUESDAY BEFORE MOVING INTO ONTARIO WEDNESDAY. VERY
STRONG AND PERSISTENT NORTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. COLDER AIR WILL ALSO BE DRAWN DOWN FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TUESDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS
OVER ALL BUT THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS MAY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY AT
TIMES. THIS WILL LIKELY HAMPER TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVER
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AND ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WE WILL ALSO SEE THE
COLDEST WIND CHILLS OF THE SEASON...WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS
TO SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING OVER NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA...WITH SOME
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE.

CHECK BACK FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND/OR ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS
THAT MAY BE NEEDED REGARDING THIS STORM SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-261000-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
353 AM MDT MON OCT 25 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LOW PRESSURE AND STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN
AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
THE WEST AND NORTHWEST FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT.
EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL FALL
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA MONDAY EVENING...HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN
BREEZY AT 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MENTIONED ABOVE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INTENSIFY
OVER MINNESOTA TUESDAY BEFORE MOVING INTO ONTARIO WEDNESDAY. VERY
STRONG AND PERSISTENT NORTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY TO RE-DEVELOP ACROSS
SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. COLDER AIR WILL ALSO BE DRAWN DOWN FROM NORTHERN
NORTH DAKOTA RESULTING IN RAIN SHOWERS TO GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY. A CHANCE OF SNOW IS FORECAST FOR TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO REMAIN UNDER ONE
INCH ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. HOWEVER THE COMBINATION OF THE
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS MAY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY
AT TIMES. WE WILL ALSO SEE THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OF THE SEASON...WITH
WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

CHECK BACK FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND/OR ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS
THAT MAY BE NEEDED REGARDING THIS STORM SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

KS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 25, 2:18 AM MDTWind AdvisoryBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more16 hr
Oct 25, 10:37 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchBISAdams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more5 hr
Oct 25, 3:22 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey and 22 more51 hr
Oct 25, 3:48 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchBISBottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Foster and 13 more12 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2010Every wind advisory in 2010

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.