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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 10, 20167 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2016, 11:41 AM CDT for 7 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2016, 11:41 AM CDT (16:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 240 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 2016-04-10Temperature 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 2016-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -72 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

601 
WWUS73 KFGF 101641
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1141 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

NDZ006>008-014-015-024-054-102300-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.160410T1641Z-160410T2300Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...
DRAYTON...PEMBINA...NECHE...ST. THOMAS...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...
LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...EDINBURG...
ADAMS...LANKIN
1141 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

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

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

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

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH MID DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF
  EARLY THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
748 
WWUS73 KFGF 102248
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
548 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

NDZ006>008-014-015-024-054-110000-
/O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160410T2300Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...
DRAYTON...PEMBINA...NECHE...ST. THOMAS...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...
LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...EDINBURG...
ADAMS...LANKIN
548 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

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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.