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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Sep 20, 2011, 7:08 PM CDT for 13 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2011, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Bottineau County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
467 WWUS73 KBIS 210008 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 708 PM CDT TUE SEP 20 2011 ...WINDS DIMINISHING BELOW WARNING CRITERIA... .THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ENOUGH TO END THE HIGH WIND WARNING OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS TUESDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...A WIND ADVISORY WILL NOW REPLACE THE WARNING ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN SOUTH THROUGH THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS...AS WELL AS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-210300- /O.EXP.KBIS.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110921T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0021.110921T0008Z-110921T0300Z/ 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 708 PM CDT TUE SEP 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING EXPIRED AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING EXPIRED AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. * THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ NDZ002-003-010-011-019>021-034-035-042-045-046-210115- /O.EXP.KBIS.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110921T0000Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON- BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...NEW TOWN...MINOT... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON 708 PM CDT TUE SEP 20 2011 /608 PM MDT TUE SEP 20 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING EXPIRED AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING EXPIRED AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND ARE NO LONGER A HAZARD. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED. $$ WAA
1 follow-up statement
887 WWUS73 KBIS 210300 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1000 PM CDT TUE SEP 20 2011 ...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS MINNESOTA WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST TONIGHT AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. THERE WILL BE SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MIDNIGHT BUT THEN SHOULD GENERALLY DIMINISH. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-210400- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110921T0300Z/ 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 1000 PM CDT TUE SEP 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL REMAIN GUSTY FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY...BUT SHOULD DROP BELOW 30 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT. $$ WAA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 3:17 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more | 18 hr |
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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.