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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 28, 20097 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Sep 28, 2009, 2:19 PM MDT for 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 29, 2009, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 2009, 2:19 PM MDT (20:19 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 29, 2009, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
Sep 29, 2009, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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 186 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 12:00Z on 2009-09-28Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2009-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
92 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 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 282019
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
319 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2009

...FROST ADVISORY ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...
...A WIND ADVISORY ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE MONDAY NIGHT STRETCHING FROM MANITOBA INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL BRING CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE
LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT UNTIL 9 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING. COVER SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS OR BRING THEM
INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

ON MONDAY THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST WITH LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL MONTANA. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A
RESULT REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER SOUTHWEST
PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA FROM DICKINSON AND BEACH TO BOWMAN AND
HETTINGER. 

NDZ041-044-290430-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.090929T1500Z-090930T0200Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0010.090929T0800Z-090929T1400Z/
HETTINGER-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOTT...HETTINGER
219 PM MDT MON SEP 28 2009

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM MDT
TUESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT
/8 AM MDT/ TUESDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. A
FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM MDT TUESDAY. 

PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND SOUTHEAST WINDS TO 5 TO 10 WILL
RESULT IN EARLY MONDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGING IN THE MIDDLE
AND UPPER 30S.

WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE
MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.


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>033-040-043-290430-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.090929T1500Z-090930T0200Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-BOWMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
BOWMAN
219 PM MDT MON SEP 28 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. 

WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE
MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-290430-
/O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0010.090929T0800Z-090929T1400Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
319 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 /219 PM MDT MON SEP 28 2009/

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO
9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ TUESDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO
9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. 

CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO
THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FROST LATE
MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KBIS 290201
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
901 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2009

...FROST ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE FROM MANITOBA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL
BRING LIGHT WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. EASTERN
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL SEE CLEAR SKIES. FARTHER
WEST...FROM BISMARCK TO MINOT...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF LOW
CLOUDS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT. IF THIS HAPPENS...TEMPERATURES
WILL BE LITTLE WARMER THAN FORECAST. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S FROM BOTTINEAU AND ROLETTE...SOUTH
THROUGH HARVEY AND JAMESTOWN...TO ELLENDALE. FARTHER WEST...
TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S ARE EXPECTED. A FROST
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT UNTIL 9 AM CDT TUESDAY
MORNING. COVER SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS OR BRING THEM INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE.

ON MONDAY THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST WITH LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL MONTANA. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A
RESULT...REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER
SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...FROM DICKINSON AND BEACH TO BOWMAN AND
HETTINGER.

NDZ041-044-291015-
/O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0010.090929T0800Z-090929T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.090929T1500Z-090930T0200Z/
HETTINGER-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOTT...HETTINGER
801 PM MDT MON SEP 28 2009

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM MDT
TUESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT
TUESDAY...

MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND SOUTHEAST WINDS TO 5 TO 10 WILL RESULT IN
EARLY MONDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGING IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER
30S.

WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE
MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

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.

&&

$$

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-291015-
/O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0010.090929T0800Z-090929T1400Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
901 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 /801 PM MDT MON SEP 28 2009/

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO
9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ TUESDAY...

CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO
THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S. THIS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FROST LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

NDZ031>033-040-043-291015-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.090929T1500Z-090930T0200Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-BOWMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
BOWMAN
801 PM MDT MON SEP 28 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT
TUESDAY...

WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE
MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
THE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY 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 290848
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
348 AM CDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...FROST ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE FROM MANITOBA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA IS
CAUSING LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES IN CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES ARE AVERAGING IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S
FROM BOTTINEAU AND ROLETTE...SOUTH THROUGH HARVEY AND
JAMESTOWN...AND FROM BISMARCK TO ELLENDALE. THUS THE FROST
ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 9 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING. COVER SENSITIVE
OUTDOOR PLANTS OR BRING THEM INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA WILL 
INDUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
OVER WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL BY MID MORNING INTO
THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT BUT
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO ABATE AROUND SUNSET TUESDAY
EVENING.

NDZ041-044-291730-
/O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090929T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.090929T1500Z-090930T0200Z/
HETTINGER-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOTT...HETTINGER
248 AM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT THIS MORNING...

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT THIS MORNING. 

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING.

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

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.

&&

$$

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-291400-
/O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090929T1400Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
348 AM CDT TUE SEP 29 2009 /248 AM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009/

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING. 

EARLY TUESDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE IN THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 30S THROUGH 9 AM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

NDZ031>033-040-043-291730-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.090929T1500Z-090930T0200Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-BOWMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
BOWMAN
248 AM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

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.

&&

$$

KS
000 
WWUS73 KBIS 290856
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
356 AM CDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...FROST ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...

...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE FROM MANITOBA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA IS
CAUSING LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES IN CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES ARE AVERAGING IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S
FROM BOTTINEAU AND ROLETTE...SOUTH THROUGH HARVEY AND JAMESTOWN...
AND FROM BISMARCK TO ELLENDALE. THUS THE FROST ADVISORY CONTINUES
UNTIL 9 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING. COVER SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS OR
BRING THEM INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA WILL
INDUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH OVER WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL BY MID MORNING
INTO THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY
NIGHT...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO ABATE AROUND SUNSET
TUESDAY EVENING.

NDZ041-044-291730-
/O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090929T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.090929T1500Z-090930T0200Z/
HETTINGER-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOTT...HETTINGER
256 AM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT THIS MORNING...

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT THIS MORNING. A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING. 

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT THIS MORNING.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING.

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

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.

&&

$$

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-291400-
/O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090929T1400Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
356 AM CDT TUE SEP 29 2009 /256 AM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009/

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING. 

EARLY TUESDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE IN THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 30S THROUGH 9 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

NDZ031>033-040-043-291730-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.090929T1500Z-090930T0200Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-BOWMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
BOWMAN
256 AM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

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.

&&

$$

KS/SCHECK
000 
WWUS73 KBIS 291429
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
929 AM CDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...FROST ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...
.TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN FROM THE LOWER 30S TO THE MID AND UPPER
30S ACROSS MOST OF THE AFFECTED AREA. THE FROST ADVISORY WHICH WAS
IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA WILL
INDUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH OVER WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL BY MID MORNING
INTO THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY
NIGHT...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO ABATE AROUND SUNSET
TUESDAY EVENING.

NDZ041-044-292230-
/O.EXP.KBIS.FR.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090929T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.090929T1500Z-090930T0200Z/
HETTINGER-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOTT...HETTINGER
829 AM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...
...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MDT THIS MORNING...

THE FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM MDT THIS MORNING. A WIND
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
MDT THIS EVENING.

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.


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.

&&

$$

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-291530-
/O.EXP.KBIS.FR.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-090929T1400Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
929 AM CDT TUE SEP 29 2009 /829 AM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009/

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING...

THE FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN FROM THE LOWER 30S TO THE MID AND UPPER
30S ACROSS MOST OF THE AFFECTED AREA. THE FROST ADVISORY WHICH WAS
IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE..

$$

NDZ031>033-040-043-292230-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.090929T1500Z-090930T0200Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-BOWMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
BOWMAN
829 AM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

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 292021
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
321 PM CDT TUE SEP 29 2009


...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING...

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA WILL
INDUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH OVER WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL BY MID MORNING
INTO THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY
NIGHT...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO ABATE AROUND SUNSET
TUESDAY EVENING.

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-300200-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090930T0200Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
221 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

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 292026
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
326 PM CDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING...

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA WILL
INDUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
40 MPH OVER WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL BY MID MORNING
INTO THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY
NIGHT...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO ABATE AROUND SUNSET
TUESDAY EVENING.

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-300200-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090930T0200Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
226 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

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 300157
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
857 PM CDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHWEST EXPIRES AT 8 PM MDT...

.WIND ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 8 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-300300-
/O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-090930T0200Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
757 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

DIMINISHING WINDS THIS EVENING WILL ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO
EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 8 PM MDT.

$$

WA

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 28, 1:29 PM MDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 1:29 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
229 PM CDT MON SEP 28 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM WESTERN MANITOBA THROUGH THE WESTERN
DAKOTAS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST. NORTHERLY FLOW ON EAST SIDE HIGH
PRESSURE AND RETURN FLOW BEGINNING ON WEST SIDE OF RIDGE FROM K2WX
TO KISN.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
CONCERNS TODAY INCLUDE OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT...WINDS AND FIRE
WEATHER ON TUESDAY. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT AND WILL USE A
BLEND OF MODEL GUIDANCE FOR THE GRIDS.

HIG PRESSURE OVER WESTERN DAKOTAS MOVES SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT WITH
LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH DAKOTA.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO THE MID 30S ACROSS AREAS FROM OAKES TO
JAMESTOWN TO BOTTINEAU TO STANLEY SOUTH TO SIOUX COUNTY INCLUDING
THE CITES OF BISMARCK AND MANDAN. FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THIS AREA.

WEST OF RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE RETURN FLOW HAS BEGUN WITH
INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER WESTERN...ESPECIALLY SOUTHWESTERN
COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS STRONGER PRESSURE
GRADIENTS THAN YESTERDAYS HIGH WIND WARNING BUT LINKAGE ALOFT NOT
AS FAVORABLE WITHOUT THE COLD ADVECTION IN LOWER LAYERS. EXPECT
WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE OVER SOUTHWEST COUNTIES AND HAVE
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY OVER SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA. SEE FIRE WEATHER SECTION FOR COMMENTS ON FIRE DANGER
TOMORROW.

NEXT SYSTEM MOVING ONSHORE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FORECAST BY MODELS TO
NORTHERN PLAINS ON THURSDAY WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION FORECAST
BY ALL MODELS. CONDITIONS ARE ON THE EDGE FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION
WEST AND WILL LEAVE MENTION THIS FORECAST CYCLE.

.LONG TERM...
THE LONG TERM PERIOD BEGINS WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SOUTHEAST OF THE
STATE...CENTERED OVER SD/NE/IA/MN BORDER. THE PRECIPITATION FIELD
FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL KEEP A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER THE
FORECAST AREA FRIDAY...AND A LESSER CHANCES FRIDAY NIGHT. THE MODELS
ARE HINTING THAT COLD AIR MOVING INTO THE STATE ON THE NORTHWEST
SIDE OF THE LOW MAY BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SOME OF THE RAIN SHOWERS TO
BE SNOW SHOWERS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN THE WEST. BY SATURDAY
MORNING THE MODELS ARE MOVING THE LOW EAST/SOUTHEAST INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/WESTERN GREAT LAKES AREA. THE COLD AIR CONTINUES
TO MOVE INTO THE STATE AND FROST-LIKE/FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY
NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING. BY SUNDAY THE LOW IS OVER THE GREAT LAKES
AND MOVING EAST OR NORTHEAST.

MEANWHILE ON THE WEST COAST...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGS SOUTHWARD
ON FRIDAY AND BEGINS TO CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN FLOW OF THE WESTERLIES
BY SATURDAY. THIS CUTOFF LOW DEVELOPS AND MOVES INTO THE ROCKIES
SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NORTH DAKOTA REMAINS BETWEEN THESE TWO UPPER LOW
SYSTEMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY AND WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY.

THE LONG TERM IS EXPECTED TO BE COOLER THAN AVERAGE...WITH HIGHS IN
THE 50S TO LOWER 60S...AND LOWS MAINLY IN THE 30S.

.AVIATION...

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MANITOBA AND NOSING
INTO EASTERN MONTANA/WESTERN DAKOTAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE INTENSE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT VERY STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION
YESTERDAY WAS OVER THE GREAT LAKES AREA...WITH ITS LARGE CLOUD
SHIELD SURROUNDING THE LOW EXTENDING WESTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN
DAKOTAS. THE MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT TONIGHT THE CLOUD SHIELD
WILL MOVE WESTWARD INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. BASICALLY HAVE NORTHWEST WINDS DECREASING AND
BECOMING EASTERLY TONIGHT...THEN SOUTHEASTERLY ON TUESDAY AND
INCREASING DURING THE MORNING. KDIK WILL HAVE SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30
TO 40 KTS ON TUESDAY. ASIDE FROM THE MVFR CLOUD SHIELD LATE TONIGHT
OVER MAINLY KMOT/KJMS/KBIS...VFR CONDITIONS OVER THE TAF SITES
EXPECTED.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
A MARGINAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERN OVER WESTERN COUNTIES AS RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL FALL IN THE 20S WITH INCREASING SOUTHEAST WINDS
OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. WILL CONTINUE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THESE
COUNTIES FROM CROSBY...WILLISTON DICKINSON AND HETTINGER EAST TO
SIOUX COUNTY.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FROST ADVISORY FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/
TUESDAY FOR NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-041-042-
044>048-050-051.

FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040>045.

WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR NDZ031>033-040-
041-043-044.

&&

HW/JV
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 4:05 AM MDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
505 AM CDT MON SEP 28 2009

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-291015-
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
505 AM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 /405 AM MDT MON SEP 28 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FROST ADVISORY CONTINUES IN THE FAR WEST EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HIGH
PRESSURE LOCATED FROM EASTERN MONTANA INTO EASTERN WYOMING WILL
BRING LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO FAR WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 30S FROM WILLISTON TO DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. A FROST
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT MONDAY MORNING. COVER
SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS OR BRING THEM INDOORS IF POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR STRONG
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING FROM
MANITOBA INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE IN
SOUTHEAST MONTANA IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH OVER WESTERN AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
MINIMUM AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES ARE PROJECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND
30 PERCENT. RANGELAND FIRE DANGER INDICES ARE FORECAST IN THE VERY
HIGH TO EXTREME CATEGORY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY VEGETATION COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THUS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY BRINGING IN MUCH
COLDER AIR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP DURING
THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THERE
COULD BE A PERIOD OF A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE
WEST. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-291015-
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
505 AM CDT MON SEP 28 2009 /405 AM MDT MON SEP 28 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FROST ADVISORY ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE
MONDAY NIGHT WILL STRETCH FROM MANITOBA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA AND BRING CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TO CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. A FROST
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT UNTIL 9 AM CDT TUESDAY
MORNING. COVER SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS OR BRING THEM INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY BRINGING IN MUCH
COLDER AIR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP DURING
THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HIGH
TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 50S.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 2:38 AM MDTFrost AdvisoryBISAdams, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons and 17 more29 hr
Sep 28, 3:13 AM MDTFire Weather WatchBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Divide, Dunn, Golden Valley and 7 more24 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.