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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 25, 201617 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Sep 25, 2016, 10:15 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 2016, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 23 counties

Clay County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 2016-09-25Temperature 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 2016-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 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
683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

395 
WWUS73 KFGF 251515
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1015 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016

MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-
052>054-260000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0009.160925T1515Z-160926T0000Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER-
CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...ADA...
TWIN VALLEY...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...
LANCASTER...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE...BRECKENRIDGE...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...
FARGO...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...FORMAN...RUTLAND...
WAHPETON...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN
1015 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 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...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON

* IMPACTS...SMALL AND LOOSE OBJECTS LIKELY TO BE BLOWN AROUND.  

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
1 follow-up statement
199 
WWUS73 KFGF 252353
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
653 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016

MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-
052>054-260100-
/O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160926T0000Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER-
CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...ADA...
TWIN VALLEY...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...
LANCASTER...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE...BRECKENRIDGE...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...
FARGO...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR...FORMAN...RUTLAND...
WAHPETON...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN
653 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2016

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

WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ALTHOUGH RATHER BREEZY
CONDITIONS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LINGER OVERNIGHT. THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

$$

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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.