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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 5, 20167 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 5, 2016, 10:58 AM CDT for 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 5, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2016, 10:58 AM CDT (15:58 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 5, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 5, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Barnes County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2016-10-05Temperature 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 2016-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 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
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

911 
WWUS73 KFGF 051558
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1058 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

NDZ024-028-029-038-049-052-060000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0010.161005T1700Z-161006T0000Z/
EDDY-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...
HOPE...VALLEY CITY...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...
FORMAN...RUTLAND
1058 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY NOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
  EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL BE TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
9
2 follow-up statements
956 
WWUS73 KFGF 051850
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
150 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

NDZ053-060000-
/O.EXA.KFGF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161006T0000Z/
RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAHPETON
150 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY NOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH 
  EARLY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL BE TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...SUCH AS INTERSTATE
  29...ESPECIALLY ENTERING SOUTH DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

NDZ024-028-029-038-049-052-060000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161006T0000Z/
EDDY-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...
HOPE...VALLEY CITY...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...
FORMAN...RUTLAND
150 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY NOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH 
  EARLY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL BE TO HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
9
548 
WWUS73 KFGF 060003
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
703 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

NDZ024-028-029-038-049-052-053-060115-
/O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161006T0000Z/
EDDY-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...
HOPE...VALLEY CITY...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...
FORMAN...RUTLAND...WAHPETON
703 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING BUT STILL REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 20
MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT.  

$$

DTR

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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.