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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 9, 201613 counties in North Dakota; Kittson County, Marshall County, Polk County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 9, 2016, 12:38 PM CDT for 13 counties in North Dakota; Kittson County, Marshall County, Polk County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 9, 2016, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired
Oct 9, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Polk County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 254 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.

755 
WWUS73 KFGF 091738
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1238 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016

MNZ001-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-054-100000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0011.161009T1738Z-161010T0000Z/
WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-
RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-
TRAILL-BARNES-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE...
CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA...
NECHE...ST. THOMAS...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...NEW ROCKFORD...
LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...
FINLEY...HOPE...MAYVILLE...HILLSBORO...HATTON...PORTLAND...
VALLEY CITY...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN
1238 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 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...SOUTH WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.  

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.

&&

$$

JAM
1 follow-up statement
534 
WWUS73 KFGF 100005
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
705 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016

MNZ001-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-054-100115-
/O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-161010T0000Z/
WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-
RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-
TRAILL-BARNES-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE...
CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA...
NECHE...ST. THOMAS...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...NEW ROCKFORD...
LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...
FINLEY...HOPE...MAYVILLE...HILLSBORO...HATTON...PORTLAND...
VALLEY CITY...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN
705 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STRONG WINDS WILL LESSEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS WITH
GUSTS DECREASING IN FREQUENCY AND SPEED.

$$

KAISER

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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.