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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Grand Forks, ND

December 21, 20167 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Dec 21, 2016, 11:10 AM CST for 7 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2016, 11:10 AM CST (17:10 UTC)
Expired
Dec 21, 2016, 5:06 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Barnes County, ND, Cass 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), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-12-21Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-12-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -187 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
1314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

826 
WWUS73 KFGF 211710
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1110 AM CST WED DEC 21 2016

NDZ028-029-038-039-049-052-053-220000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.161221T1710Z-161222T0000Z/
GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...HOPE...
VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...
FORMAN...RUTLAND...WAHPETON
1110 AM CST WED DEC 21 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. THE MAIN
  IMPACT AREA IS JUST WEST OF THE IMMEDIATE RED RIVER VALLEY.  

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND
  SNOW BLOWING OVER ROADS MAKING THEM ICY.  USE CAUTION.

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.

&&

$$

DTR
2 follow-up statements
171 
WWUS73 KFGF 212143
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
343 PM CST WED DEC 21 2016

NDZ028-029-038-039-049-052-053-220000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161222T0000Z/
GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...HOPE...
VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...
FORMAN...RUTLAND...WAHPETON
343 PM CST WED DEC 21 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

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

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM TODAY

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW.

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.

&&

$$

DTR
844 
WWUS73 KFGF 212306
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
506 PM CST WED DEC 21 2016

NDZ028-029-038-039-049-052-053-220015-
/O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-161222T0000Z/
GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...HOPE...
VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...
FORMAN...RUTLAND...WAHPETON
506 PM CST WED DEC 21 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY.

WIND SPEEDS HAVE RAPIDLY DROPPED OFF EARLY THIS EVENING, SO THE
WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED A LITTLE EARLY.

$$

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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.