Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2005

Wind Advisory 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

December 23, 20054 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Dec 23, 2005, 8:23 AM MST for 4 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 23, 2005, 1:00 PM MST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2005, 8:23 AM MST (15:23 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2005, 1:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 23, 2005, 10:44 PM MST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2005-12-23Temperature 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 2005-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 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
1255 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KBIS 231523
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
923 AM CST FRI DEC 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT
MST TONIGHT...

.DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
TO SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM. THIS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMI TRUCKS AND SUVS. USE CAUTION WHEN
DRIVING. CHECK THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES FORECASTS FOR
ANY UPDATES.

NDZ040-041-043-044-232330-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.051223T2000Z-051224T0700Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
823 AM MST FRI DEC 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT
MST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. 

LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS
AFTERNOON...AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE DAKOTAS. THIS
WILL RESULT IN A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE
STATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND MAY REACH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35
MPH IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING...AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM STRENGTHENS. THE WINDS ARE
THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY THE MIDNIGHT HOUR...WHEN THE WEATHER
SYSTEM MOVES EAST OUT OF THE REGION.

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.

$$

JC
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KBIS 232128
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
328 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
TO SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM. THIS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. CHECK THE LATEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES FORECASTS FOR ANY UPDATES.

NDZ040-041-043-044-240530-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051224T0700Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
228 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. 

STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT...WHEN THEY WILL DIMINISH.
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS
TO AROUND 40 MPH.

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.

$$

JC
000 
WWUS73 KBIS 240316
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
916 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
TO SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS WEATHER
SYSTEM. THIS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. CHECK THE LATEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES FORECASTS FOR ANY UPDATES.

NDZ040-041-043-044-240700-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051224T0700Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
816 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT...

STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT...WHEN THEY WILL
DIMINISH. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.

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.

$$

WAA
000 
WWUS73 KBIS 240544
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1144 PM CST FRI DEC 23 2005

...THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED IN THE SOUTHWEST...

.THE WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

NDZ040-041-043-044-240645-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-051224T0700Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
1044 PM MST FRI DEC 23 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$
WAA

Nearby

Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2005Every wind advisory in 2005

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.