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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at May 19, 2008, 3:13 AM MDT for 25 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 19, 2008, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2008, 3:13 AM MDT (09:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 19, 2008, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2008, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 25 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Renville County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 3215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 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 190913 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 413 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AS HIGH PRESSURE FROM CANADA PUSHES INTO THE STATE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND THE LOW. THE WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES WILLISTON...DICKINSON...BOWMAN...MINOT...BOTTINEAU...MANDAN AND BISMARCK...AND ASHLEY. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING...THEN DECREASE RAPIDLY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-191715- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.080519T1800Z-080520T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 413 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2008 /313 AM MDT MON MAY 19 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 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. $$ JV
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KBIS 191546 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1046 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AS HIGH PRESSURE FROM CANADA PUSHES INTO THE STATE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND THE LOW. THE WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES WILLISTON...DICKINSON...BOWMAN... MINOT...BOTTINEAU...MANDAN AND BISMARCK...AND ASHLEY. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING... THEN DECREASE RAPIDLY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-200000- /O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.080519T1600Z-080520T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 1046 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2008 /946 AM MDT MON MAY 19 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ TWH
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
000 WWUS73 KBIS 200014 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 714 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS PROGRESSED INTO NORTHERN IOWA THIS EVENING...AND A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS PUSHED INTO NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA IN ITS WAKE. NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE GENERALLY DECREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...AND FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. HAVE CANCELLED THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ADVISORY WHERE WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW CRITERIA...BUT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE...EXPECT TO ALLOW EXPIRATION AS PLANNED AT 9 PM CDT. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. NDZ001>004-009>012-017-200115- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080520T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...WATFORD CITY 714 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE CANADIAN SURFACE RIDGE HAS MOVED INTO NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA...AND WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AS OF 7 PM CDT. $$ NDZ018>022-031>036-040>047-050-200200- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080520T0200Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN... HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 714 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2008 /614 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ SCHECK
000 WWUS73 KBIS 200207 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 907 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .WIND OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT CURRENT SUSTAINED WINDS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE FALLEN TO 10 TO 15 MPH...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. SINCE THIS IS WELL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NDZ018>022-031>036-040>047-050-200315- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080520T0200Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN... HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 907 PM CDT MON MAY 19 2008 /807 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2008/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT CURRENT SUSTAINED WINDS ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE FALLEN TO 10 TO 15 MPH...AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. SINCE THIS IS WELL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ SCHECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:29 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh, Divide and 18 more | 17 hr |
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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.