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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 7, 2016Ransom County, Sargent County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2016, 4:10 AM CDT for Ransom County, Sargent County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 7, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2016, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 7, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 00:00Z on 2016-04-07Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

180 
WWUS73 KFGF 070910
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
410 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

NDZ049-052-080000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.160407T1500Z-160408T0000Z/
RANSOM-SARGENT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...
FORMAN...RUTLAND
410 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING.

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

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER 10 AM THIS MORNING AND
  DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS OUTDOORS SHOULD BE SECURED. HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED GUSTY WINDS. 

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.

&&

$$

HOPPES
3 follow-up statements
899 
WWUS73 KFGF 071500
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1000 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

NDZ049-052-080000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/
RANSOM-SARGENT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...
FORMAN...RUTLAND
1000 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

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

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS OUTDOORS SHOULD BE SECURED. HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED GUSTY WINDS.

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.

&&

$$
800 
WWUS73 KFGF 072002
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
302 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016

NDZ049-052-080000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/
RANSOM-SARGENT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...
FORMAN...RUTLAND
302 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016

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

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS OUTDOORS SHOULD BE SECURED. HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED GUSTY WINDS.

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.

&&

$$
392 
WWUS73 KFGF 072353
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
653 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016

NDZ049-052-080100-
/O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/
RANSOM-SARGENT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...
FORMAN...RUTLAND
653 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DECREASED AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
WIND ADVISORY LEVELS FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. AS A RESULT...THE
WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT.

$$

KNUTSVIG

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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.