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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 17, 2011Divide County, Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this high wind warning at Jun 17, 2011, 5:47 PM CDT for Divide County, Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 17, 2011, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 9:56 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Divide County, ND, Williams County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Glasgow Intl Airport, MT (KGGW), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 234 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, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 63 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Glasgow Intl Airport, MT at 12:00Z on 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 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.

324 
WWUS73 KBIS 172247
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
547 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WILLIAMS AND DIVIDE COUNTIES
OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING....

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...COMBINED
WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE TO PRODUCING VERY GUSTY WINDS OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. WINDS OF 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER FAR NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
FROM WILLISTON...NORTH TO CROSBY. BE PREPARD FOR DANGEROUS WINDS
GUSTS THIS EVENING IN THE AFFECTED AREA.

NDZ001-009-180600-
/O.NEW.KBIS.HW.W.0006.110617T2247Z-110618T0600Z/
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON
547 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY. 


* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND LAST TO NEAR MIDNIGHT.

* WINDS:WEST WINDS 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS:HIGH WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN HIGH
  PROFLILE VECHILES.


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.

&&

$$

HW
1 follow-up statement
152 
WWUS73 KBIS 180256
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
956 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

NDZ001-009-180400-
/O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110618T0600Z/
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON
956 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM NORTHEAST MONTANA INTO WESTERN
WILLIAMS AND DIVIDE COUNTIES HAVE DIMINISHED. THEREFORE THE HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$
TWH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 9:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISDivide9 hr
Jun 17, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningBISLaMoure23 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in North Dakota, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011

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.