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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 22, 202510 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Aug 22, 2025, 3:25 AM CDT for 10 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Aug 22, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2025, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 22, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 22, 2025, 5:53 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Bottineau County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z on 2025-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 271 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2025-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -85 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
271 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.5

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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.