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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

January 30, 201712 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2017, 1:17 PM MST for 12 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2017, 1:17 PM MST (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 2017, 5:28 PM MST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2017-01-30Temperature 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 2017-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 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
1971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

391 
WWUS73 KBIS 302017
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
217 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

NDZ031-037-040>048-050-051-310100-
/O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.170130T2017Z-170131T0100Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BEACH, JAMESTOWN, MARMARTH, MOTT, 
NEW ENGLAND, ELGIN, CARSON, NEW LEIPZIG, BOWMAN, HETTINGER, 
FORT YATES, SELFRIDGE, SOLEN, LINTON, STRASBURG, NAPOLEON, 
GACKLE, LAMOURE, EDGELEY, KULM, WISHEK, ASHLEY, OAKES, 
AND ELLENDALE
217 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 /117 PM MST MON JAN 30 2017/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WORKING OUTDOORS ON
  ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

NDZ001>003-009>013-017>023-025-032>036-302130-
/O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0300Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BILLINGS-
STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CROSBY, BOWBELLS, POWERS LAKE, LIGNITE, 
COLUMBUS, PORTAL, MOHALL, GLENBURN, SHERWOOD, WILLISTON, 
NEW TOWN, STANLEY, PARSHALL, MINOT, VELVA, TOWNER, DRAKE, RUGBY, 
WATFORD CITY, KILLDEER, HALLIDAY, BEULAH, HAZEN, CENTER, 
GARRISON, WASHBURN, UNDERWOOD, WILTON, TURTLE LAKE, MCCLUSKY, 
GOODRICH, HARVEY, FESSENDEN, CARRINGTON, MEDORA, DICKINSON, 
MANDAN, BISMARCK, STEELE, AND TAPPEN
217 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 /117 PM MST MON JAN 30 2017/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA, THUS THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

KS
1 follow-up statement
530 
WWUS73 KBIS 310028
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
628 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017

NDZ031-037-040>048-050-051-310130-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-170131T0100Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BEACH, JAMESTOWN, MARMARTH, MOTT, 
NEW ENGLAND, ELGIN, CARSON, NEW LEIPZIG, BOWMAN, HETTINGER, 
FORT YATES, SELFRIDGE, SOLEN, LINTON, STRASBURG, NAPOLEON, 
GACKLE, LAMOURE, EDGELEY, KULM, WISHEK, ASHLEY, OAKES, 
AND ELLENDALE
628 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 /528 PM MST MON JAN 30 2017/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE WIND ADVISORY ACROSS SOUTHERN
NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$
WAA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 10:16 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryBISBottineau, Rolette15 hr
Jan 29, 10:24 PM MSTHigh Wind WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey and 24 more15 hr

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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.