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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 9, 200713 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Jul 9, 2007, 7:14 PM MDT for 13 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2007, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2007, 3:20 AM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.6

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The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KBIS 100114
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
814 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007

...GUSTY WINDS FOR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

.PRESSURE RISES BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE
BRINGING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO EASTERN MONTANA. THESE WINDS
WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-100915-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.070710T0114Z-070710T1000Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
814 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 /714 PM MDT MON JUL 9 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. 

PRESSURE RISES BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE
BRINGING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO EASTERN MONTANA. THESE WINDS
WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 

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.

$$
JF

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS73 KBIS 100920
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
420 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA
BORDER COUPLED WITH HIGH PRESSURE DEVLOPING IN MONTANA WILL BRING
A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN
BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS POSSIBLE TO
45 MPH IN THE EAST CENTRAL AREAS OF NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. PERSONS 
DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION OR DELAY
YOUR TRIP UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE LATER TODAY.


NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-101030-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-070710T1000Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
420 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 /320 AM MDT TUE JUL 10 2007/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 30 MPH AND WILL DROP TO
10 TO 20 MPH BY AFTERNOON. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.


$$

NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-101730-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.070710T0920Z-070710T2100Z/
BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY...
MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
420 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY TO 45 MPH
WILL OCCUR TODAY. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE
BY LATE AFTERNOON. 

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.

$$

VJ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Jul 9, 1:20 PM MDT, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 1:20 PM MDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
220 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
FORECAST PROBLEM TODAY WILL BE CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. CONVECTION ALREADY GETTING GOING IN EASTERN MONTANA.
STRONG SHORTWAVE OVER SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
SOUTHEAST...INCREASING INSTABILITY/LIFT ACROSS THE REGION. AHEAD OF
THIS...SURFACE TO 85H SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING INCREASING MOISTURE TO
THE AREA AS WELL. LOOKS LIKE INGREDIENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A
SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED...DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE MID
LEVEL SHORTWAVE...AND THUS...INCREASING LOW LEVEL FLOW...SHEAR WILL
BE SUFFICIENT FOR A TORNADIC THREAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...WIND/HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS THREAT WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...AS
SYSTEM TRANSFORMS INTO MORE OF A LINEAR MCS. PREVIOUS GRIDS HAD A
PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON THE SITUATION. DID SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO
EXPAND COVERAGE OF HIGHER POPS FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST.

AFTER TONIGHT...WILL SEE A STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW ON TUESDAY.
THINKING WE SHOULD STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT WINDY AND WILL
CARRY ADVISORY ON THE LAKES.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER ON TUESDAY AND WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW
NORMAL THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD.

ONLY CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION AFTER TONIGHT SYSTEM...WILL BE SOME
LINGERING PRECIP IN THE EASTERN CWA ON TUESDAY. ALSO ADDED A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF PRECIP ON WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE DROPS OVER THE
AREA IN NORTHWEST FLOW.

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...
A SHARP UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE
THROUGH THE LONG TERM.  SHORT WAVES MOVING DOWN THE PLAINS SIDE OF
THE RIDGE WILL ONLY BRUSH THE FORECAST INITIALLY...KEEPING THE
CHANCE OF PRECIP LOW AS THE ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS WILL BE MOVING SOUTH
LIMITING THE SUPPLY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE.  WILL PUT A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF TSTMS IN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...AS THE RIDGE LOOSES SOME OF
ITS AMPLITUDE ALLOWING A SHORT WAVE TO MOVE DOWN OVER THE AREA.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGE THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...TIMING OF THE SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT WILL BE THE
PROBLEM FOR AVIATION THIS AFTERNOON.  GOOD MOISTURE ADVECTION AND
STRONG LIFTING AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE.  CURRENT RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE FROM NORTH OF MILES CITY THROUGH WOLF POINT INTO CANADA
MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
EASTERN MONTANA AND NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  STRONG
WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW...WITH LOW STRATUS A POSSIBILITY
IN WRAP AROUND MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY IN NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

TWH/TSW

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 3:03 AM MDT, 16 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
403 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2007

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-100915-
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-
403 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2007 /303 AM MDT MON JUL 9 2007/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

RSL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
638 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND GST     STANLEY                 48.32N 102.39W
07/09/2007  M66 MPH          MOUNTRAIL          ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CJS/JF

Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
653 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STANLEY                 48.32N 102.39W
07/09/2007                   MOUNTRAIL          ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF
            STANLEY...LARGEST APPROXIMATELY 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
            TWO FLAG POLES BROKEN OFF APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET FROM
            THE BASE.

&&

CJS/JF

Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
659 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     HAIL             15 ENE HAYNES           46.06N 102.18W
07/09/2007  E1.00 INCH       ADAMS              ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL RANGED FROM PENNY UP TO QUARTER SIZE. LASTED FROM
            515 PM MDT UNTIL 530 PM MDT.

&&

CJS/JF

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:53 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
753 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0745 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 N MAX                 47.86N 101.29W
07/09/2007  E80 MPH          WARD               ND   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS FROM 70 TO 80 MPH.

&&

CJS/JF

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:54 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
754 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0710 PM     TSTM WND GST     CARPIO                  48.44N 101.71W
07/09/2007  E60 MPH          WARD               ND   PUBLIC

&&

CJS/JF

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:55 PM MDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
755 PM CDT MON JUL 09 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     HAIL             6 SW WHITE SHIELD       47.60N 101.94W
07/09/2007  E1.00 INCH       MCLEAN             ND   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

&&

CJS/JF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 6:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Mercer	59 min
Jul 9, 6:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry	67 min
Jul 9, 6:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McLean, Ward	44 min
Jul 9, 6:51 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	McHenry	24 min
Jul 9, 7:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	McHenry, Pierce	57 min
Jul 9, 7:32 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Burleigh	13 min
Jul 9, 8:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Emmons, Sioux	67 min
Jul 9, 8:29 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Emmons	31 min
Jul 10, 3:20 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan and 7 more	7 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.