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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Bismarck, ND

July 19, 201119 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Jul 19, 2011, 1:57 PM MDT for 19 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jul 20, 2011, 4:12 AM MDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2011, 1:57 PM MDT (19:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 20, 2011, 4:12 AM MDT
Expired
Jul 20, 2011, 6:05 PM MDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Renville County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2011-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4334 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2011-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
4334 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1151 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

498 
WWUS73 KBIS 191957
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
257 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...
...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WEST AND CENTRAL
WEDNESDAY...

.TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100...COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH
HUMIDITY...WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING 105 TO AS
HIGH AS 120 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS TUESDAY.
THE ELEVATED HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS AS WELL. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE
BEEN EXTENDED INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WAVE
WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES FROM WEST
TO EAST ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA...BRINGING MUCH DRIER AIR INTO THE
REGION.

HOWEVER...WHILE THE FRONT WILL BRING IN DRIER AIR...IT WILL ALSO
BRING GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS WEDNESDAY FOR WEST AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOME AREAS INCLUDED IN THE WIND ADVISORY
INCLUDE WILLISTON...MINOT...DICKINSON...BOWMAN...WASHBURN
BISMARCK AND FORT YATES.

BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE BACKSEAT. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS
SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. TEMPERATURES WITHIN A VEHICLE CAN REACH LETHAL
TEMPERATURES VERY QUICKLY. KEEP VEHICLES LOCKED AT HOME WHEN NOT
IN USE TO ENSURE CHILDREN DO NOT UNKNOWINGLY ENTER.

AVOID OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IF POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY OUT
OF THE SUN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-033>035-041-042-044>046-200400-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.110720T1200Z-110721T0100Z/
/O.EXT.KBIS.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110720T1200Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-
SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
MOTT...ELGIN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON
257 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011 /157 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/
WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT
/7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM
CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS 
  WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 105 TO 115 
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. 

* HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION 
  CAN OCCUR IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO
A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL
911.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS IF OUTSIDE. IF POSSIBLE..STAY INDOORS IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED ROOM OUT OF THE SUN.

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.

&&

$$

NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-200400-
/O.EXT.KBIS.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110720T1200Z/
BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY...
MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
257 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS 
  WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 105 TO 115 
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. 

* HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION 
  CAN OCCUR IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO
A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL
911.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS IF OUTSIDE. IF POSSIBLE..STAY INDOORS IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED ROOM OUT OF THE SUN.

&&

$$

NDZ031-032-040-043-200400-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.110720T1200Z-110721T0100Z/
/O.EXT.KBIS.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110720T1200Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN
157 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM MDT WEDNESDAY.
THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. 

* HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION 
  CAN OCCUR IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$
WAA
8 follow-up statements
642 
WWUS73 KBIS 200311
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1011 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... 

...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... 

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY...

.TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S COMBINED WITH VERY HIGH HUMIDITY WILL
PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 90S THROUGH THE LATE EVENING
HOURS. RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WAVE WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY AS A
STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTH
DAKOTA...BRINGING MUCH DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION.

HOWEVER...WHILE THE FRONT WILL BRING IN DRIER AIR...IT WILL ALSO
BRING GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS WEDNESDAY FOR WEST AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOME AREAS INCLUDED IN THE WIND ADVISORY
INCLUDE WILLISTON...MINOT...DICKINSON...BOWMAN...WASHBURN
BISMARCK AND FORT YATES.

BEAT THE HEAT...CHECK THE BACKSEAT. YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS
SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. TEMPERATURES WITHIN A VEHICLE CAN REACH LETHAL
TEMPERATURES VERY QUICKLY. KEEP VEHICLES LOCKED AT HOME WHEN NOT
IN USE TO ENSURE CHILDREN DO NOT UNKNOWINGLY ENTER.

AVOID OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IF POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS AND STAY OUT
OF THE SUN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-033>035-041-042-044>046-201200-
/O.CON.KBIS.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110720T1200Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.110720T1200Z-110721T0100Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-
SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
MOTT...ELGIN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON
1011 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011 /911 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM
MDT/ WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ TO
8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM
MDT/ WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT
/6 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL
  RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 90S THROUGH THE LATE EVENING
  HOURS.

* HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION 
  CAN OCCUR IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO
A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL
911.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS IF OUTSIDE. IF POSSIBLE..STAY INDOORS IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED ROOM OUT OF THE SUN.

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.

&&

$$

NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-201200-
/O.CON.KBIS.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110720T1200Z/
BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY...
MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1011 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL
  RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 90S THROUGH THE LATE EVENING
  HOURS.

* HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION 
  CAN OCCUR IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO
A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL
911.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS IF OUTSIDE. IF POSSIBLE..STAY INDOORS IN AN AIR-
CONDITIONED ROOM OUT OF THE SUN.

&&

$$

NDZ031-032-040-043-201200-
/O.CON.KBIS.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110720T1200Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.110720T1200Z-110721T0100Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN
911 PM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY...

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY. A
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 7 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. 

* HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES SUCH AS HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION 
  CAN OCCUR IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

TM
443 
WWUS73 KBIS 200641
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
141 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

...A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA WEDNESDAY...

.HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 80S TO LOW 90S WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH
OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WAVE OVER WEST AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL ARRIVE ON WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT PUSHES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA...BRINGING
MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION.

HOWEVER...WHILE THE FRONT WILL BRING IN DRIER AIR...IT WILL ALSO
BRING GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS WEDNESDAY FOR WEST AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOME AREAS INCLUDED IN THE WIND ADVISORY
INCLUDE WILLISTON...MINOT...DICKINSON...BOWMAN...WASHBURN
BISMARCK AND FORT YATES.


NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-033>035-041-042-044>046-201445-
/O.CON.KBIS.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110720T1200Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.110720T1200Z-110721T0100Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-
SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
MOTT...ELGIN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON
141 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011 /1241 AM MDT WED JUL 20 2011/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM
MDT/ THIS MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

* TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO 80S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY
  LEVELS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 80S TO LOW 90S
  THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.

* A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING
  AND AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-201200-
/O.CON.KBIS.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110720T1200Z/
BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY...
MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
141 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...


* TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO 80S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY
  LEVELS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 80S TO LOW 90S
  THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. 

&&

$$

NDZ031-032-040-043-201445-
/O.CON.KBIS.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110720T1200Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.110720T1200Z-110721T0100Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN
1241 AM MDT WED JUL 20 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...

* TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S TO 80S COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY
  LEVELS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 80S TO LOW 90S
  THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT HOURS.

* A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHING FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING
  AND AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE
POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

$$

NH
007 
WWUS73 KBIS 200847
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
347 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...

...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AND HEAT ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

.RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WAVE OVER WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL
ARRIVE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES
FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE...BRINGING MUCH DRIER AND
COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION.

HOWEVER...WHILE THE FRONT WILL BRING IN DRIER AIR...IT WILL ALSO
BRING GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY FOR WEST AND PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOME AREAS INCLUDED IN THE WIND ADVISORY
INCLUDE WILLISTON...MINOT...DICKINSON...BOWMAN...WASHBURN BISMARCK
AND FORT YATES.


NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-033>035-041-042-044>046-201700-
/O.CAN.KBIS.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110720T1200Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.110720T1200Z-110721T0100Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-
SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
MOTT...ELGIN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON
347 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011 /247 AM MDT WED JUL 20 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* A COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION
  TODAY...RESULTING IN AN END TO THE HEAT WAVE OVER WEST AND
  CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

* WESTERLY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT.

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.

&&

$$

NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-201000-
/O.CAN.KBIS.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110720T1200Z/
BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY...
MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
347 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. 

* A COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION
  TODAY...RESULTING IN AN END TO THE HEAT WAVE OVER WEST AND
  CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

$$

NDZ031-032-040-043-201700-
/O.CAN.KBIS.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110720T1200Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.110720T1200Z-110721T0100Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-SLOPE-BOWMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...MARMARTH...BOWMAN
247 AM MDT WED JUL 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE HEAT
ADVISORY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* A COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION
  TODAY...RESULTING IN AN END TO THE HEAT WAVE OVER WEST AND
  CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

* WESTERLY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT.

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
681 
WWUS73 KBIS 201012
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
512 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...

...THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING AND HEAT ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

.RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WAVE OVER WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
WILL ARRIVE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT
PUSHES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE...BRINGING MUCH DRIER
AND COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION.

HOWEVER...WHILE THE FRONT WILL BRING IN DRIER AIR...IT WILL ALSO
BRING GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY FOR WEST AND PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOME AREAS INCLUDED IN THE WIND ADVISORY
INCLUDE WILLISTON...MINOT...DICKINSON...BOWMAN...WASHBURN
BISMARCK AND FORT YATES.

NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>035-040>046-201815-
/O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.110720T1012Z-110721T0100Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...
BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...
FORT YATES...LINTON
512 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011 /412 AM MDT WED JUL 20 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...


* A COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION 
  TODAY...RESULTING IN AN END TO THE HEAT WAVE OVER WEST AND 
  CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

* WESTERLY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT.

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.

&&

$$
606 
WWUS73 KBIS 201440
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
940 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
STATE...BRINGING MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION.

GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTS
PASSAGE. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FOR WEST AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. SOME AREAS IN THE WIND ADVISORY
INCLUDE WILLISTON...MINOT...DICKINSON...BOWMAN...WASHBURN
BISMARCK AND FORT YATES.

NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>035-040>046-202245-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110721T0100Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...
BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...
FORT YATES...LINTON
940 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011 /840 AM MDT WED JUL 20 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* A COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION 
  TODAY...RESULTING IN AN END TO THE HEAT WAVE OVER WEST AND 
  CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

* WESTERLY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT.

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.

&&

$$

WAA
352 
WWUS73 KBIS 201448
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
948 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
STATE...BRINGING MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION.

GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTS
PASSAGE. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FOR WEST AND
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. SOME AREAS IN THE WIND
ADVISORY INCLUDE WILLISTON...MINOT...DICKINSON...BOWMAN...
WASHBURN BISMARCK AND FORT YATES.

NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>035-040>046-202300-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110721T0100Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...
BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...
FORT YATES...LINTON
948 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011 /848 AM MDT WED JUL 20 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* A COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION 
  TODAY...RESULTING IN AN END TO THE HEAT WAVE OVER WEST AND 
  CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

* WESTERLY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT.

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.

&&

$$
945 
WWUS73 KBIS 202010
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
310 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL FOLLOW A COLD FRONT
THROUGH WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. A WIND ADVISORY
CONTINUES FOR WEST AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 8 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. SOME AREAS IN THE WIND ADVISORY INCLUDE
WILLISTON...MINOT...DICKINSON...BOWMAN...WASHBURN BISMARCK AND
FORT YATES.

NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>035-040>046-210100-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110721T0100Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...
BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...
FORT YATES...LINTON
310 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011 /210 PM MDT WED JUL 20 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* A COLD FRONT WILL BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION
  THIS EVENING. 

* WESTERLY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT.

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.

&&

$$
WAA
085 
WWUS73 KBIS 210005
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
705 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.WIND SPEEDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAVE FALLEN
TO BELOW 30 MPH THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>035-040>046-210115-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110721T0100Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...
BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...
FORT YATES...LINTON
705 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011 /605 PM MDT WED JUL 20 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND SPEEDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAVE FALLEN
TO BELOW 30 MPH THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

TM

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 Jul 19, 9:09 AM MDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 9:09 AM MDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1009 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

.UPDATE...CLOUDS...GOG AREAS...CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...LARGE AREA OF STRATUS AND FOG PERSISTING THROUGH THE
MORNING. EXPECT CLOUDS AREA TO LIFT/BREAK UP AROUND NOON. THIS WILL
HOLD TEMPERATURES DOWN A BIT EARLY ON. STRONG CAP IN PLACE SO
EXPECT LATE AFTERNOON BUT MORE LIKELY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.AVIATION...IFR CIGS/VSBYS IN FOG AT KDIK/KMOT/KBIS WILL GRADUALLY
LIFT TO VFR AROUND NOON. A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN NORTHERN SOUTH
DAKOTA WILL PUSH NORTH TODAY. EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM
MAINLY WEST AND NORTH AFTER 00Z.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING
FOR NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-033>037-041-042-044>048-050-
051.

HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NDZ031-032-040-043.

&&

SHORT TERM...WAA
AVIATION...JV
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 3:36 AM MDT, 10 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
436 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-200945-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
436 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011 /336 AM MDT TUE JUL 19 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS MAY POSSIBLY DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT INTO TUESDAY EVENING
FOR PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. HEAT INDEX VALUES
OF 105 TO 120 ARE EXPECTED. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL ARRIVE ON
WEDNESDAY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT ENDING THE CURRENT HEAT
WAVE.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
MAINLY OVER WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. A FEW STORMS MAY
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON
AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS WEST AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AND FOR POSSIBLE WIND
HEADLINES.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN A THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND
HEAVY RAIN REPORTS.

NH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 6:22 PM MDTTornado WarningBISAdams38 min
Jul 18, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISAdams, Grant, Sioux62 min
Jul 18, 7:01 PM MDTTornado WarningBISAdams, Grant, Sioux29 min
Jul 18, 7:30 PM MDTTornado WarningBISSioux30 min
Jul 18, 7:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGrant, Sioux45 min
Jul 18, 8:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISSioux9 hr
Jul 19, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISGolden Valley65 min
Jul 19, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley, Slope66 min
Jul 19, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley, Slope61 min
Jul 19, 5:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBISBillings, Golden Valley, Slope4 hr

Nearby

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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.