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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Sep 26, 2009, 3:20 PM CDT for 25 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 27, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2009, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 27, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 25 counties
Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant 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, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1694 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 262020 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 320 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009 ...HIGH WIND WATCH SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINDER OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND THIS FRONT SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DICKINSON... BOWMAN AND HETTINGER. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS ON THEIR PROPERTIES...AND BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS WHEN TRAVELING. ELSEWHERE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...STRONG WINDS...BELOW WARNING CRITERIA...ARE FORECAST ON SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-270430- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.090927T1500Z-090928T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-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...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 320 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009 /220 PM MDT SAT SEP 26 2009/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ SUNDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES FROM WILLISTON AND MINOT SOUTH TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-270430- /O.CON.KBIS.HW.A.0002.090927T1500Z-090928T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 220 PM MDT SAT SEP 26 2009 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KBIS 270221 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 921 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009 ...HIGH WIND WATCH SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINDER OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND THIS FRONT SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DICKINSON... BOWMAN AND HETTINGER. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS ON THEIR PROPERTY...AND BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS WHEN TRAVELING. ELSEWHERE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...STRONG WINDS...BELOW WARNING CRITERIA...ARE FORECAST ON SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-271115- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.090927T1500Z-090928T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-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...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 921 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009 /821 PM MDT SAT SEP 26 2009/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ SUNDAY... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES FROM WILLISTON AND MINOT SOUTH THROUGH BISMARCK AND JAMESTOWN...TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-271115- /O.CON.KBIS.HW.A.0002.090927T1500Z-090928T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 821 PM MDT SAT SEP 26 2009 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
000 WWUS73 KBIS 270832 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 332 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINDER OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEHIND THIS FRONT SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DICKINSON...BOWMAN AND HETTINGER. THOSE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS ON THEIR PROPERTY...AND BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS WHEN TRAVELING. FURTHERMORE...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST. ELSEWHERE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE FORECAST LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SOME RAIN SHOWERS MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-272200- /O.UPG.KBIS.HW.A.0002.090927T1500Z-090928T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.HW.W.0004.090927T1200Z-090928T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 232 AM MDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH ARE FORECAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SUCH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-272200- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.090927T1500Z-090928T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 332 AM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 /232 AM MDT SUN SEP 27 2009/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE FORECAST LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SOME RAIN SHOWERS MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PJA
000 WWUS73 KBIS 272013 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 313 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINDER OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY... .HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE EAST SLOPE OF THE ROCKIES COMBINED WITH DEEP LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT HETTINGER AND AT DICKINSON THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DICKINSON...BOWMAN AND HETTINGER. THOSE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS ON THEIR PROPERTY...AND BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS WHEN TRAVELING. FURTHERMORE...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AFTER SUNSET. ELSEWHERE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE FORECAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SOME RAIN SHOWERS MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. THE HIGH PRESSURE NEAR THE ROCKIES WILL MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT TO NEAR THE NORTH DAKOTA AND MONTANA BORDER ALLOWING WINDS TO DECREASE AND SKIES TO CLEAR OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA. TEMPERATURE WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S FROM WILLISTON TO DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT OR 9 AM CDT TOMORROW MORNING. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-280415- /O.NEW.KBIS.FR.Y.0009.090928T0900Z-090928T1400Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090928T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 213 PM MDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM MDT MONDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH ARE FORECAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SUCH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-280415- /O.NEW.KBIS.FR.Y.0009.090928T0900Z-090928T1400Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090928T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 313 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-280200- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090928T0200Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 313 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 /213 PM MDT SUN SEP 27 2009/ ...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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
000 WWUS73 KBIS 272102 CCA NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 401 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINDER OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY EVENING... .HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE EAST SLOPE OF THE ROCKIES COMBINED WITH DEEP LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT HETTINGER AND AT DICKINSON THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DICKINSON...BOWMAN AND HETTINGER. THOSE IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD SECURE LOOSE ITEMS ON THEIR PROPERTY...AND BE PREPARED FOR VERY STRONG WINDS WHEN TRAVELING. FURTHERMORE...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AFTER SUNSET. ELSEWHERE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE FORECAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SOME RAIN SHOWERS MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. THE HIGH PRESSURE NEAR THE ROCKIES WILL MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT TO NEAR THE NORTH DAKOTA AND MONTANA BORDER ALLOWING WINDS TO DECREASE AND SKIES TO CLEAR OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA. TEMPERATURE WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S FROM WILLISTON TO DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT OR 9 AM CDT TOMORROW MORNING. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-280530- /O.NEW.KBIS.FR.Y.0009.090928T0900Z-090928T1400Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090928T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 301 PM MDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM MDT MONDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH ARE FORECAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. SUCH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-280530- /O.NEW.KBIS.FR.Y.0009.090928T0900Z-090928T1400Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090928T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 401 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-280200- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090928T0200Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 401 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 /301 PM MDT SUN SEP 27 2009/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
000 WWUS73 KBIS 280218 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 918 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...WINDS DIMINISHING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ...THREAT OF FROST EARLY MONDAY MORNING IN THE FAR WEST... .HIGH PRESSURE NEAR THE ROCKIES WILL MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT TO NEAR THE NORTH DAKOTA AND MONTANA BORDER ALLOWING WINDS TO DECREASE AND SKIES TO CLEAR OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA. TEMPERATURE WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S FROM WILLISTON TO DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MDT...UNTIL 8 AM MDT...MONDAY MORNING. COVER SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS OR BRING THEM INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-281030- /O.EXP.KBIS.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090928T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0009.090928T0900Z-090928T1400Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 818 PM MDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM MDT MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA...AND THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...AS WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...AND SKIES CLEAR...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID 30S. SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY LOW LYING AREAS PROTECTED FROM THE WIND...CAN EXPECT FROST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM MDT MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-281030- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090928T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0009.090928T0900Z-090928T1400Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER 918 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...AS WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...AND SKIES CLEAR...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MID 30S. SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY LOW LYING AREAS PROTECTED FROM THE WIND...CAN EXPECT FROST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-280330- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-090928T0200Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 918 PM CDT SUN SEP 27 2009 /818 PM MDT SUN SEP 27 2009/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY OVERNIGHT WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WEST...AND 20 TO 30 MPH EAST. $$
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 Sep 26, 3:15 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 3:15 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 315 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE OVER FAR NORTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST MONTANA NEAR KGGW. NEAR 5 MB 3HR PRESSURE FALLS AHEAD OF FRONT. WINDS BEGINNING TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY. && .SHORT TERM... MODELS CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. THERE ARE MULTIPLE FORECAST CONCERNS THIS PERIOD WITH WINDY CONDITIONS TOMORROW AND POSSIBLE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AS WELL AS POSSIBLE FROST ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS. CURRENTLY..FLAT UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SITS TO OUR WEST WHILE A CLOSED LOW LIFTS INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. AT THE SURFACE... A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH BISECTS THE STATE FROM MINOT TO DICKINSON. ANOTHER COLD FRONT SITS IN WESTERN SASKATCHEWAN STRETCHING INTO NORTHWEST MONTANA AND IDAHO. THE RIDGE BEGINS TO AMPLIFY TONIGHT AS A DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY MOVING INTO WESTERN ALBERTA MOVES OUT INTO THE CANADIAN PLAINS AND DRIVES THE THE COLD FRONT SOUTHEASTWARD INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY 00 UTC SUNDAY. THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE OVERNIGHT AND IS INTO NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY 12 UTC SUNDAY. MODELS DEPICTS PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING BEHIND THE FRONT AS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT MOVES OVER THE REGION. THE 4KM WRF MODEL RADAR REFLECTIVITY SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING INTO NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA NEAR 06 UTC SUNDAY AND PERSISTING INTO SUNDAY MORNING MAINLY NORTH OF DICKINSON TO BISMARCK. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...STRONG COLD ADVECTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT ARE FORECAST TO BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE STATE ON SUNDAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. MODELS INDICATE STRONG PRESSURE RISES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE MORNING WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 55 TO 60 MPH. STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA BUT THE PRESSURE RISES ARE NOT AS STRONG AS THEY ARE IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE REST OF NORTH DAKOTA IS EXPECTED TO SEE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH SO A WIND ADVISORY IS WARRANTED HERE. DUE TO THESE STRONG WINDS ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER MAY BE POSSIBLE BUT COOLER TEMPERATURES AND CLOUD COVER MAY PREVENT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM DROPPING TO LOW EXCEPT OVER SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. BY MONDAY MORNING VERY COLD AIR IS IN PLACE OVER NORTH DAKOTA WITH 850 TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. THE LIMITING FACTOR FOR FROST OVERNIGHT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WILL BE CLOUD COVER AND WINDS OVERNIGHT WHICH COULD KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM GETTING TOO COLD. FROST MAY AGAIN BE A POSSIBILITY TUESDAY MORNING OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. WINDS BEGIN TO ABATE MONDAY MORNING. .LONG TERM....LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... EXTENDED MODELS IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT TODAY...THUS CONFIDENCE A BIT HIGHER THAN THAT OF YESTERDAY. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING THE MODELS DEPICT THE LARGE-SCALE TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER NORTH DAKOTA DOWNSTREAM FROM THE TROUGH. UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE AND ENERGY IMPULSES WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW ACROSS THE STATE AS THE TROUGH MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD OUT INTO THE PLAINS. BY FRIDAY MORNING THE MODELS DEPICT THE UPPER LOW CENTER SOMEWHERE IN THE DAKOTAS/MINNESOTA/IOWA...AND LIFT IT NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS SOUTHERN MANITOBA/SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO BY SATURDAY MORNING. BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH THIS SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...WITH CLEARING/DRYING FROM WEST TO EAST ON FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE FAIRLY SEASONABLE WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S...THEN COOLING TO THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. FROST-LIKE LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S IN THE WEST FRIDAY MORNING AND OVER THE WHOLE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNINGS. && .AVIATION... COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM A LOW IN NORTHERN MANITOBA/SASKATCHEWAN TO NEAR REGINA AND ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN ALBERTA. WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WERE 20KT GUSTING TO 30KT IN MONTANA AND INCREASING ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS KISN AROUND 00Z THIS EVENING AND TO KMOT AND KDIK AROUND 02Z...KBIS AFTER 06Z...AND KJMS AROUND 08Z. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 KTS AFT 15Z SUNDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...THEN VFR CEILINGS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER 06Z. && && .FIRE WEATHER... CURRENT RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE AS WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AHEAD OF COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS WARNING AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ALSO BEGINNING TO FALL INTO THE MID 20S SOUTH. FOR TOMORROW EXPECTING COOLER CONDITIONS BUT STRONGER WINDS AND WILL LEAVE ONGOING FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN PLACE. && && .BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ SUNDAY FOR NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-034>037-042-045>048- 050-051. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR NDZ017-018-031>033-040>045. HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044. && HW/DC/JV
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 5:25 AM CDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 525 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009 NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-271030- BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 525 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009 /425 AM MDT SAT SEP 26 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY. A POTENT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY SET THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY ON SUNDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT AND RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDICES RANGING FROM VERY HIGH TO EXTREME MAY CREATE ANOTHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR DAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR FROST EXISTS MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL INTO THE MID 30S LATE MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-271030- DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- 525 AM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009 /425 AM MDT SAT SEP 26 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL GENERATE SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT. RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDICES ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA IS VERY HIGH. THUS THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND VERY HIGH RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDICES WILL YIELD A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR DAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY. A POTENT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY SET THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DAY ON SUNDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 20 AND 25 PERCENT AND RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDICES RANGING FROM VERY HIGH TO EXTREME MAY CREATE ANOTHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR DAY. A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 AND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL FOR FROST EXISTS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND SKIES CLEAR. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL INTO THE MID 30S BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. KS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 3:56 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:56 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Sep 26, 3:58 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and 1 more | 24 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.