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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

January 27, 20168 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2016, 8:46 AM CST for 8 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2016, 8:46 AM CST (14:46 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 2016, 3:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Foster County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 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 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2016-01-27Temperature 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2016-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 401 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
1380 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
401 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
416 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

266 
WWUS73 KBIS 271446
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
846 AM CST WED JAN 27 2016

NDZ003>005-011>013-021>023-025-272100-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.160127T1446Z-160127T2100Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-
WELLS-FOSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON
846 AM CST WED JAN 27 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THIS MORNING UNTIL 3PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WORKING ON TALL
  STRUCTURES MAY BE HAZARDOUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MM
2 follow-up statements
331 
WWUS73 KBIS 271744
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1144 AM CST WED JAN 27 2016

NDZ003>005-011>013-021>023-025-272100-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-
WELLS-FOSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON
1144 AM CST WED JAN 27 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...UNTIL 3PM THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WORKING ON TALL 
  STRUCTURES MAY BE HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

MM
499 
WWUS73 KBIS 272100
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
300 PM CST WED JAN 27 2016

NDZ003>005-011>013-021>023-025-272200-
/O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-
WELLS-FOSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON
300 PM CST WED JAN 27 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

ALTHOUGH WINDS REMAIN GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON...WIND SPEEDS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

$$

JV

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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.