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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 11, 20169 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Jul 11, 2016, 4:37 PM MDT for 9 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2016, 4:37 PM MDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

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

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2016-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

513 
WWUS73 KBIS 112237
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
537 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-120300-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.160711T2237Z-160712T0300Z/
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...
MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
537 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 /437 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS WILL EVENING.

* WINDS...WESTERLY GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS
  WORKING CONDITIONS TO THOSE ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING OR DOING WORK ON ELEVATED
STRUCTURES.

&&

$$

CJS
1 follow-up statement
011 
WWUS73 KBIS 120258
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
958 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-120400-
/O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-160712T0300Z/
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...
MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
958 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 /858 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

WINDS ARE SLOWLY DECREASING. STRONG...GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY.

$$

CJS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 6:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISStark3 hr
Jul 10, 6:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISBurke49 min
Jul 10, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux, Stark58 min
Jul 10, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMercer, Oliver47 min
Jul 10, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean, Mercer, Oliver65 min
Jul 10, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux62 min
Jul 10, 7:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurleigh, Morton3 hr
Jul 10, 7:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMcHenry, McLean, Sheridan51 min
Jul 10, 8:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRenville40 min
Jul 10, 8:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Morton and 1 more56 min
Jul 10, 8:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISPierce, Sheridan, Wells44 min
Jul 10, 9:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISBurleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh19 hr
Jul 10, 9:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISFoster, Sheridan, Wells57 min
Jul 10, 9:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman34 min
Jul 10, 9:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 1 more61 min
Jul 10, 10:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISFoster, Stutsman3 hr
Jul 10, 10:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman67 min
Jul 10, 10:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey, LaMoure32 min
Jul 10, 11:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Hettinger63 min
Jul 10, 11:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons43 min
Jul 10, 11:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Sioux63 min
Jul 10, 11:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant32 min
Jul 10, 11:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Sioux65 min
Jul 11, 12:04 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Morton35 min
Jul 11, 12:40 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons, Logan35 min
Jul 11, 12:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons55 min
Jul 11, 12:52 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Morton, Sioux23 min
Jul 11, 1:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey44 min
Jul 11, 1:41 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISEmmons, Logan, McIntosh64 min
Jul 11, 2:45 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey, LaMoure, McIntosh45 min
Jul 11, 2:58 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons32 min
Jul 11, 3:21 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons, Logan24 min
Jul 11, 3:51 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan24 min
Jul 11, 4:33 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons, Logan27 min
Jul 11, 6:25 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningBISDickey, LaMoure3 hr
Jul 11, 9:08 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningBISDickey27 hr
Jul 11, 12:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISLogan36 min
Jul 11, 1:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISGrant34 min
Jul 11, 2:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISSioux50 min
Jul 11, 2:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMorton24 min
Jul 11, 2:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMorton41 min
Jul 11, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISMorton, Sioux42 min
Jul 11, 3:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISSioux47 min
Jul 11, 4:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISEmmons, Kidder, Logan48 min
Jul 11, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISWells24 min
Jul 11, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISFoster, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, Stutsman, Wells44 min

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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.