Alert archive / North Dakota / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this high wind warning at May 1, 2008, 6:57 PM CDT for 7 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 5 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 1, 2008, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2008, 11:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Burleigh County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Oliver County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 33 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KBIS 012357 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 657 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND MOST OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... .STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE BISMARCK AND MANDAN AREAS...AS WELL AS THE LINTON...ELGIN...AND CENTER AREAS. SURROUNDING THIS AREA...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH. THIS INCLUDES THE JAMESTOWN...DICKINSON AND WASHBURN AND MINOT AREAS. A DEEP BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN NEBRASKA WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT CAUSING WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY AND WARNING CRITERIA AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SHOULD USE CAUTION. NDZ020-034>036-042-045>047-050-020500- /O.UPG.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080502T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.HW.W.0002.080501T2357Z-080502T0500Z/ OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 657 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 /557 PM MDT THU MAY 1 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 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. $$ NDZ011>013-018-019-021>023-025-033-037-041-048-051-020500- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080502T0500Z/ WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- STARK-STUTSMAN-HETTINGER-LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...KILLDEER... BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... DICKINSON...JAMESTOWN...MOTT...EDGELEY...OAKES 657 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 /557 PM MDT THU MAY 1 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ ABELING
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KBIS 020246 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 946 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND MOST OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 5 AM CDT... .STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE BISMARCK AND MANDAN AREAS...AS WELL AS THE LINTON...ELGIN...AND CENTER AREAS. AFTER THE HIGH WIND WARNNG EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT CDT...A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH. THIS INCLUDES THE JAMESTOWN...WASHBURN...BISMARCK AND MANDAN AREAS. A DEEP BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN NEBRASKA WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT CAUSING WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY AND WARNING CRITERIA AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SHOULD USE CAUTION. NDZ020-034>036-046-047-050-021000- /O.EXB.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.080502T0500Z-080502T1000Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080502T0500Z/ OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 946 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. 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. $$ NDZ042-045-020500- /O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080502T0500Z/ GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELGIN...FORT YATES 946 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 /846 PM MDT THU MAY 1 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ NDZ010-020500- /O.EXA.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080502T0500Z/ MOUNTRAIL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEW TOWN 946 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NDZ018-019-021>023-025-037-048-051-021000- /O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080502T1000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY...OAKES 946 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 /846 PM MDT THU MAY 1 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ FRIDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ FRIDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NDZ011>013-033-041-020500- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080502T0500Z/ WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-STARK-HETTINGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...DICKINSON... MOTT 946 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 /846 PM MDT THU MAY 1 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS73 KBIS 020446 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1146 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL... ...A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 5 AM CDT... .STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE JAMESTOWN...WASHBURN...BISMARCK AND MANDAN AREAS...AND LINTON...ELLENDALE...AND OAKES. A DEEP BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN NEBRASKA WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TONIGHT CAUSING WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY MORNING. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... SHOULD USE CAUTION. NDZ020-034>036-046-047-050-021000- /O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080502T0500Z/ /O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.080502T0446Z-080502T1000Z/ OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 1146 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NDZ042-045-020600- /O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080502T0500Z/ GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELGIN...FORT YATES 1146 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 /1046 PM MDT THU MAY 1 2008/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FRIDAY. 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. $$ NDZ010>013-033-041-020600- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080502T0500Z/ MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-STARK-HETTINGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY... DICKINSON...MOTT 1146 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 /1046 PM MDT THU MAY 1 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. $$ NDZ018-019-021>023-025-037-048-051-021000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080502T1000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY...OAKES 1146 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2008 /1046 PM MDT THU MAY 1 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ FRIDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ FRIDAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:28 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Billings, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn, Emmons, Foster and 16 more | 41 hr |
| May 1, 4:10 PM CDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Grant, Hettinger and 2 more | 19 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in North Dakota, 2008Every high wind warning in 2008
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.