Alert archive / North Dakota / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 9, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this high wind warning at Oct 7, 2011, 3:07 AM MDT for 16 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 7, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2011, 3:07 AM MDT (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2011, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 11:31 AM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 12 W Wishek, ND | SUSTAINED 40 MPH GUST TO 51 MPH. RWIS. |
| Oct 7, 11:55 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 S Linton, ND | |
| Oct 7, 12:01 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 43 | 12 W Wishek, ND | RWIS. |
| Oct 7, 12:06 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Medina, ND | NDDOT RWIS. |
| Oct 7, 12:11 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 12 W Wishek, ND | SUSTAINED 45 GUST TO 60 MPH. NDDOT RWIS. |
| Oct 7, 12:30 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | 5 W Goodrich, ND | SUSTAINED 40 MPH GUST TO 50 MPH. DENHOFF NDDOT RWIS. |
| Oct 7, 12:35 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 41 | Carrington, ND | SUSTAINED 41 MPH GUST TO 54 MPH. |
| Oct 7, 1:34 PM MDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 42 | 7 Wsw Kensal, ND | SUSTAINED 42 MPH GUST TO 54 MPH. ARROWWOOD NWR RAWS. |
| Oct 7, 2:06 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Medina, ND | SUSTAINED 48 MPH GUST TO 58 MPH. NDDOT RWIS. |
| Oct 7, 2:34 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 7 Wsw Kensal, ND | SUSTAINED 43 MPH GUST TO 61 MPH. ARROWWOOD NWR RAWS. |
| Oct 7, 2:53 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Jamestown, ND | SUSTAINED 43 MPH GUST TO 61 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 1898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
019 WWUS73 KBIS 070907 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 407 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...VERY STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE PUSHING NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA WILL DEVELOP STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA WHERE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN PEAK GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...AND MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. NDZ023-025-034>037-041>048-050-051-071715- /O.UPG.KBIS.HW.A.0005.111007T1500Z-111008T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.HW.W.0009.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/ WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN... HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY... OAKES 407 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /307 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ NDZ022-040-071715- /O.NEW.KBIS.HW.W.0009.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-SLOPE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...MARMARTH 407 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /307 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NDZ005-013-071715- /O.UPG.KBIS.HW.A.0005.111007T1500Z-111008T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY 407 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED OVER 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY 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. && $$ NDZ004-012-018>021-031>033-071715- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/ BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...TOWNER...KILLDEER... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON 407 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /307 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED OVER 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HEINERT
3 follow-up statements
296 WWUS73 KBIS 071607 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1107 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...VERY STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE PUSHING NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA WILL DEVELOP STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA WHERE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN PEAK GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...AND MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. NDZ022-023-025-034>037-040>048-050-051-080015- /O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH- DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1107 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /1007 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-018>021-031>033-080015- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON 1107 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /1007 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED OVER 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TWH
775 WWUS73 KBIS 072050 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 350 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...VERY STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE PUSHING NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AT 3 PM CDT...WINDS WERE GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WITH A GUST OF 53 MPH AT JAMESTOWN. THESE STRONG GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 PM CDT...THEN DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...AND MAY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. NDZ022-023-025-034>037-040>048-050-051-080200- /O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH- DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 350 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /250 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-018>021-031>033-080200- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON 350 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /250 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED OVER 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TWH
841 WWUS73 KBIS 080204 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 904 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .A WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND HAS CONTINUED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AND IS NOW BELOW ADVISORY AND WARNING CRITERIA. NDZ022-023-025-034>037-040>048-050-051-080315- /O.EXP.KBIS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/ SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE- HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH- DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT... ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 904 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /804 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-018>021-031>033-080315- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON 904 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /804 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ RK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 3:07 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Billings, Bottineau, Dunn, Golden Valley, McHenry, Mercer and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:37 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant and 12 more | 16 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.