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Wind Advisory 26, NWS Bismarck, ND

October 13, 20114 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 13, 2011, 3:05 AM MDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 13, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2011, 3:05 AM MDT (09:05 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 13, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 13, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2011-10-13Temperature 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 2011-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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.

101 
WWUS73 KBIS 130905
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
405 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER BREEZY DAY TODAY
OVER WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE ONCE
AGAIN FORECAST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHWEST...WHERE
WINDS COULD GUST UP TO NEAR 45 MPH.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING.


NDZ040-041-043-044-131715-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0026.111013T1600Z-111014T0000Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
305 AM MDT THU OCT 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING. 

* SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...AND GUSTS UP TO NEAR
  45 MPH...ARE FORECAST FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

NH
4 follow-up statements
226 
WWUS73 KBIS 131519
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1019 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER WINDY DAY OVER
WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE ONCE AGAIN
FORECAST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHWEST... WHERE WINDS
COULD GUST TO 45 MPH.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING.

NDZ040-041-043-044-132330-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0026.111013T1600Z-111014T0000Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
919 AM MDT THU OCT 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 45
  MPH...ARE FORECAST FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

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
405 
WWUS73 KBIS 131823
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
123 PM CDT THU OCT 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER WINDY DAY OVER
WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE ONCE AGAIN
FORECAST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHWEST... WHERE WINDS
COULD GUST TO 45 MPH.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING.

NDZ040-041-043-044-140000-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111014T0000Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
1223 PM MDT THU OCT 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 45 
  MPH...ARE FORECAST FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

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
838 
WWUS73 KBIS 132031
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
331 PM CDT THU OCT 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH 6 PM MDT...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER WINDY DAY OVER
WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE ONCE AGAIN
FORECAST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHWEST... WHERE WINDS
COULD GUST TO 45 MPH.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING.

NDZ040-041-043-044-140000-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111014T0000Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
231 PM MDT THU OCT 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 45 
  MPH...ARE FORECAST FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

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
914 
WWUS73 KBIS 140012
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
712 PM CDT THU OCT 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

.WHILE GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST
NORTH DAKOTA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO
BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN
AFFECT HAS EXPIRED. 
NDZ040-041-043-044-140115-
/O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-111014T0000Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
612 PM MDT THU OCT 13 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 


$$


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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.