Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 19, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Aug 16, 2011, 8:55 AM MDT for 24 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2011, 8:55 AM MDT (14:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2011, 2:43 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 24 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
029 WWUS73 KBIS 161455 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 955 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN AND MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SURGES INTO NORTH DAKOTA. THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL LIKELY SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION TODAY. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-031>035-040>044-170000- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0019.110816T1455Z-110817T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER- GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 955 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2011 /855 AM MDT TUE AUG 16 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH 40 MPH GUSTS WILL DEVELOP TODAY. * MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION TODAY. 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. && $$ TM
1 follow-up statement
942 WWUS73 KBIS 162043 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 343 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-031>035-040>044-162145- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-110817T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER- GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 343 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2011 /243 PM MDT TUE AUG 16 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ TM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Morton | 68 min |
| Aug 15, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | McLean | 65 min |
| Aug 15, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Hettinger | 62 min |
| Aug 15, 6:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 66 min |
| Aug 15, 7:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 57 min |
| Aug 15, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Hettinger | 61 min |
| Aug 15, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 7:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 53 min |
| Aug 15, 8:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Morton, Sioux | 66 min |
| Aug 15, 8:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 8:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Morton | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Kidder, Sheridan | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan | 54 min |
| Aug 15, 9:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Hettinger, Slope | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 10:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux | 54 min |
| Aug 15, 11:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton, Sioux | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 2:08 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Emmons, Logan, McIntosh | 4 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.