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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 31, 20055 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this high wind warning at Aug 31, 2005, 10:39 AM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2005, 10:39 AM CDT (15:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2005-08-31Temperature 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 2005-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KBIS 311539
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1039 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005

...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH SOUTHERN MANITOBA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH
GRADUALLY OVERNIGHT.

NDZ002>005-010>013-312200-
/X.UPG.KBIS.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-050831T2300Z/
/X.NEW.KBIS.HW.W.0001.050831T1539Z-050901T0200Z/
BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY
1039 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG WINDS. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...
ESPECIALLY ON ROOFTOPS SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

NDZ021>023-025-036-037-312200-
/X.NEW.KBIS.HW.W.0001.050831T1539Z-050901T0200Z/
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...
CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
1039 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG WINDS. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...
ESPECIALLY ON ROOFTOPS...SHOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL THE WINDS
SUBSIDE.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

NDZ001-009-017-312200-
/X.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.050831T1539Z-050901T0200Z/
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY
1039 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. WORKING ON ROOFTOPS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

NDZ018>020-031>035-040>048-050-051-312200-
/X.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.050831T1539Z-050901T0200Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1039 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 /939 AM MDT WED AUG 31 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. WORKING ON ROOFTOPS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
WAA/JV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide54 min
Aug 30, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurke54 min
Aug 31, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRolette24 min
Aug 31, 4:33 AM CDTWind AdvisoryBISBottineau, Burke, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce, Renville and 1 more13 hr
Aug 31, 10:39 AM CDTWind AdvisoryBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide and 14 more11 hr

Nearby

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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.