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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Bismarck, ND

October 9, 201619 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 9, 2016, 11:57 AM CDT for 19 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 9, 2016, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 9, 2016, 6:46 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2016-10-09Temperature 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 2016-10-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1341 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
440 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

468 
WWUS73 KBIS 091657
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1157 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-100000-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.161009T1657Z-161010T0000Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY...
ST. JOHN...MINOT...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD...WILTON...
TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN...
CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...
ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...
LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...
KULM...WISHEK...ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE
1157 AM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 /1057 AM MDT SUN OCT 9 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND FOR
  THOSE WORKING ON ELEVATED SURFACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

KS/JJS
1 follow-up statement
320 
WWUS73 KBIS 092346
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
646 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-100100-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-161010T0000Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...GLENBURN...SHERWOOD...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...DUNSEITH...ROLETTE...SHELL VALLEY...
ST. JOHN...MINOT...VELVA...TOWNER...DRAKE...RUGBY...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...WASHBURN...UNDERWOOD...WILTON...
TURTLE LAKE...MCCLUSKY...GOODRICH...HARVEY...FESSENDEN...
CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...TAPPEN...JAMESTOWN...
ELGIN...CARSON...NEW LEIPZIG...FORT YATES...SELFRIDGE...SOLEN...
LINTON...STRASBURG...NAPOLEON...GACKLE...LAMOURE...EDGELEY...
KULM...WISHEK...ASHLEY...OAKES...ELLENDALE
646 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 /546 PM MDT SUN OCT 9 2016/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ALLOWED THE WIND
ADVISORY TO EXPIRE, AS WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT
HOUR. 

$$

HEINERT

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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.