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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Bismarck, ND

October 7, 201110 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 7, 2011, 3:07 AM MDT for 10 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 7, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2011, 3:07 AM MDT (09:07 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 7, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 7, 2011, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Stark County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-07Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 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.

019 
WWUS73 KBIS 070907
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
407 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...VERY STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
TODAY...

.DEEP LOW PRESSURE PUSHING NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA WILL
DEVELOP STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND ISOLATED GUSTS
TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA WHERE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN PEAK
GUSTS OVER 60 MPH.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...AND MAY CAUSE
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT.


NDZ023-025-034>037-041>048-050-051-071715-
/O.UPG.KBIS.HW.A.0005.111007T1500Z-111008T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.HW.W.0009.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/
WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-HETTINGER-GRANT-
BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...
BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...
HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...
OAKES
407 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /307 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ022-040-071715-
/O.NEW.KBIS.HW.W.0009.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/
SHERIDAN-SLOPE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...MARMARTH
407 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /307 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ005-013-071715-
/O.UPG.KBIS.HW.A.0005.111007T1500Z-111008T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/
ROLETTE-PIERCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY
407 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED OVER 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

NDZ004-012-018>021-031>033-071715-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.111007T1600Z-111008T0200Z/
BOTTINEAU-MCHENRY-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...TOWNER...KILLDEER...
BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON
407 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /307 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED OVER 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

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
3 follow-up statements
296 
WWUS73 KBIS 071607
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1107 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...VERY STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
TODAY...

.DEEP LOW PRESSURE PUSHING NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA WILL
DEVELOP STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND ISOLATED GUSTS
TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA WHERE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN PEAK
GUSTS OVER 60 MPH.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...AND MAY CAUSE
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT.

NDZ022-023-025-034>037-040>048-050-051-080015-
/O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/
SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-
DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...
MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1107 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /1007 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE 
  EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ004-005-012-013-018>021-031>033-080015-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/
BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY...
KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON
1107 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /1007 AM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED OVER 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE 
  EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$
TWH
775 
WWUS73 KBIS 072050
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
350 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...VERY STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
TODAY...

.DEEP LOW PRESSURE PUSHING NORTH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AT 3 PM CDT...WINDS WERE GUSTING TO
AROUND 45 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WITH A GUST OF
53 MPH AT JAMESTOWN. THESE STRONG GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 5 PM
CDT...THEN DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...AND MAY CAUSE
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT.

NDZ022-023-025-034>037-040>048-050-051-080200-
/O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/
SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-
DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...
MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
350 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /250 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/
THIS EVENING. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ004-005-012-013-018>021-031>033-080200-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/
BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY...
KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON
350 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /250 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED OVER 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS FRIDAY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$
TWH
841 
WWUS73 KBIS 080204
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
904 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

.A WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND HAS CONTINUED TO DIMINISH THIS
EVENING...AND IS NOW BELOW ADVISORY AND WARNING CRITERIA.

NDZ022-023-025-034>037-040>048-050-051-080315-
/O.EXP.KBIS.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/
SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-
DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...
MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
904 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /804 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WEST TO SOUTHWEST
WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN
BELOW WARNING CRITERIA.

$$

NDZ004-005-012-013-018>021-031>033-080315-
/O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-111008T0200Z/
BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY...
KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...
DICKINSON
904 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 /804 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WEST TO SOUTHWEST
WIND AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$
RK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 3:07 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 10 more17 hr
Oct 7, 3:37 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBISBottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Grant and 12 more16 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.