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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 7, 20118 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Jun 7, 2011, 11:41 AM CDT for 8 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2011, 11:41 AM CDT (16:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2011, 10:20 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Renville County, ND, Williams County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2011-06-07Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2011-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 538 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
538 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
549 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.

469 
WWUS73 KBIS 071641
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1141 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE NEAR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
TO THE NORTHEAST WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF
THE STORM. THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF NORTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE TO
EXPERIENCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS
STORM...CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT.

NDZ001>003-009>011-017>019-021-080045-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0016.110607T1641Z-110608T0900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
MERCER-MCLEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...GARRISON
1141 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. 

* STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 WILL
  GRADUALLY SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTH THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

JNS
1 follow-up statement
013 
WWUS73 KBIS 080320
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1020 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

...WINDS DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

.A NORTHEAST WIND GUSTING IN THE 30S WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15
BEFORE DAY BREAK.

NDZ001>003-009>011-017>019-021-080430-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110608T0900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
MERCER-MCLEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...GARRISON
1020 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

A GUSTY NORTHEAST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDivide57 min
Jun 7, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton, Stark61 min
Jun 7, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMorton19 min
Jun 7, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBurleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan38 min

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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.