Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 27, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 29, 2011, 2:51 AM MDT for 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 29, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2011, 2:51 AM MDT (08:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2011, 6:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 3264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
027 WWUS73 KBIS 290851 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 351 AM CDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST INTO MANITOBA LATER TODAY. A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE LOW WILL MOVE FROM CENTRAL MONTANA ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST OVER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF UP TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...BOWMAN...AND HETTINGER. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE EVENING...AND TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-291700- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0027.111029T1800Z-111030T0100Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 251 AM MDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JV
3 follow-up statements
132 WWUS73 KBIS 291524 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1024 AM CDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN LATE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST INTO MANITOBA LATER TODAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST OVER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF UP TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...BOWMAN... AND HETTINGER. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE EVENING...AND TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-300100- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0027.111029T1800Z-111030T0100Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 924 AM MDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAA
041 WWUS73 KBIS 292029 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 329 PM CDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY SOUTHWEST REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN LATE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST INTO MANITOBA LATER TODAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST OVER SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF UP TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...BOWMAN... AND HETTINGER. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE EVENING...AND TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-300100- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111030T0100Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 229 PM MDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAA
059 WWUS73 KBIS 300010 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 710 PM CDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA... .A NORTHWEST WIND HAS DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA EARLY THIS EVENING. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-300115- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-111030T0100Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 610 PM MDT SAT OCT 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. EXPECT A NORTHWEST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT...BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 3:10 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Bowman, Slope | 15 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.