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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 14, 20074 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this high wind warning at May 14, 2007, 1:34 AM MDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 2 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
May 14, 2007, 1:34 AM MDT (07:34 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2007, 4:00 AM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Dunn County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2007-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1399 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 140734
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
234 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...HIGH WINDS IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH 
DAKOTA...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE 
DICKINSON...RICHARDTON....KILLDEER...BEULAH AND HAZEN...
CENTER...AND NEW SALEM AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS MAY 
GUST UP TO 65 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH 5 AM CDT OR 4 AM MDT.

NDZ018>020-033-034-141000-
/O.NEW.KBIS.HW.W.0004.070514T0734Z-070514T1000Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-STARK-MORTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
DICKINSON...MANDAN
234 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 /134 AM MDT MON MAY 14 2007/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ EARLY
THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ EARLY THIS
MORNING. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE
DICKINSON...RICHARDTON....KILLDEER...BEULAH AND HAZEN...CENTER...
AND NEW SALEM AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS MAY GUST UP TO 65
MPH AT TIMES THROUGH 5 AM CDT OR 4 AM MDT. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE
HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AT DICKINSON.

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.

$$

CJS/JF
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KBIS 141000
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
500 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

...HIGH WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED...

.THE VERY STRONG WINDS WHICH OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MORNING IN
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAVE ENDED. 
THUS THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

NDZ018>020-033-034-141100-
/O.EXP.KBIS.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070514T1000Z/
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-STARK-MORTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
DICKINSON...MANDAN
500 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2007 /400 AM MDT MON MAY 14 2007/

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ EARLY
THIS MORNING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

THE VERY STRONG WINDS WHICH OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MORNING HAVE 
ENDED. HOWEVER...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE STILL
EXPECTED TODAY.

$$

CJS/JF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie43 min
May 13, 9:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBowman, Golden Valley, Slope64 min
May 13, 9:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGolden Valley, McKenzie49 min
May 13, 10:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings50 min
May 13, 10:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope, Stark65 min
May 13, 11:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Dunn61 min
May 13, 11:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Grant, Hettinger, Morton, Sioux, Stark58 min
May 14, 12:08 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMercer, Oliver67 min
May 14, 12:47 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Grant, Morton, Sioux58 min
May 14, 1:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISOliver30 min
May 14, 1:25 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean50 min
May 14, 1:44 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Kidder, Sheridan61 min
May 14, 2:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISSheridan, Wells31 min

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.