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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Jul 23, 2011, 3:04 AM CDT for 21 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2011, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2011, 7:16 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 21 counties
Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1986 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
801 WWUS73 KBIS 230804 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 304 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE WAKE OF AN INTENSE SQUALL LINE THAT IMPACTED MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BOWBELLS THROUGH SELFRIDGE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. NDZ002-003-010-011-231500- /O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110723T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.110723T0804Z-110723T1500Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT 304 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS REPLACED THE HIGH WIND WARNING WITH A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT. * EASTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID SATURDAY MORNING. * THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. 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. && $$ NDZ001-009-017-018-230915- /O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110723T0900Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER 304 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF AN INTENSE SQUALL THAT IMPACTED THE AREA FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT HAVE ENDED. $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-231500- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.110723T0804Z-110723T1500Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 304 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 /204 AM MDT SAT JUL 23 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING. * EASTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID SATURDAY MORNING. * THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. 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. && $$ AYD
2 follow-up statements
895 WWUS73 KBIS 231034 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 534 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH MID SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .STRONG WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE WAKE OF AN INTENSE SQUALL LINE THAT IMPACTED MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. EASTERLY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BOWBELLS THROUGH SELFRIDGE THROUGH MID SATURDAY MORNING. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-231500- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110723T1500Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE- MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA... NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 534 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 /434 AM MDT SAT JUL 23 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING. * EASTERLY WIND GUSTS TO 40 ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID SATURDAY MORNING. * THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AYD
660 WWUS73 KBIS 231216 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 716 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS SUBSIDING THIS MORNING... .A GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND IS DIMINISHING THIS MORNING AND WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-231330- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110723T1500Z/ 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 716 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 /616 AM MDT SAT JUL 23 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS MORNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Slope | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Stark | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, Golden Valley, Stark | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Billings, Stark | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Billings, Dunn, McKenzie, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Billings, Stark | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 8:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Dunn | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope, Stark | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Stark | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dunn, McLean, Mercer, Mountrail, Oliver, Ward | 53 min |
| Jul 22, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Hettinger, Slope | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | McLean, Mercer | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Morton, Oliver | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | 63 min |
| Jul 22, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan | 61 min |
| Jul 22, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Burleigh, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger, Morton and 1 more | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton, Oliver | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Adams, Sioux | 13 min |
| Jul 22, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Foster, Kidder, Morton, Sheridan, Stutsman and 1 more | 68 min |
| Jul 22, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean, Oliver, Sheridan, Wells | 67 min |
| Jul 22, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Emmons, Grant, Logan, Morton, Sioux | 64 min |
| Jul 22, 11:55 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | BIS | Burke, Divide, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Dickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Sioux | 52 min |
| Jul 23, 12:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Kidder, Stutsman | 59 min |
| Jul 23, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger | 54 min |
| Jul 23, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Stutsman | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 1:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Dickey, LaMoure | 50 min |
| Jul 23, 2:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Dunn, McKenzie | 12 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Foster, Kidder, Stutsman, Wells | 8 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.