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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 3, 200732 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at May 3, 2007, 2:38 AM MDT for 32 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 3, 2007, 8:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2007, 2:38 AM MDT (08:38 UTC)
In effect from
May 3, 2007, 8:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 3, 2007, 8:18 PM MDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
All 32 counties

Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2007-05-03Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 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 030838
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
338 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

...VERY WINDY AGAIN ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
TODAY AND TONIGHT... 

.STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH...WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE
INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
TONIGHT.

TRAVEL WILL AGAIN BE DIFFICULT ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.


NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-031700-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.070503T1400Z-070504T0600Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
338 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 /238 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING
TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY. 

STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH...WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE
INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
DURING THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 

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.

$$

NH
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KBIS 031657
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1157 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

...VERY WINDY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TONIGHT.

TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-040100-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070504T0600Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1157 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 /1057 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
FRIDAY. 

STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

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.

$$

JV
000 
WWUS73 KBIS 032036
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
336 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

...CONTINUED VERY WINDY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THIS EVENING...

.PEAK GUSTS AROUND THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN 56 MPH AT
DICKINSON...47 MPH IN WILLISTON...46 MPH IN MINOT...43 MPH IN
BISMARCK...AND 43 MPH IN JAMESTOWN. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25
TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THIS
EVENING...AND DECREASE GRADUALLY TONIGHT. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO BECOME WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH OVER FAR WEST NORTH DAKOTA AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-040445-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070504T0600Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
336 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 /236 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
FRIDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
FRIDAY. 

STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY
TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

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.

$$

JV
000 
WWUS73 KBIS 040218
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
918 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007

...WINDS SLOWLY DECREASING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

.WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-040330-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-070504T0600Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...
MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...
NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
918 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 /818 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE SLOWLY DIMINISHED OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 3:05 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 30 more17 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007

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.