Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 29, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Nov 15, 2011, 11:32 AM CST for 7 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 2011, 11:32 AM CST (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Dickey County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
257 WWUS73 KBIS 151732 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1132 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WINDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS TODAY... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OVER DICKEY...LAMOURE...LOGAN AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...AFTERNOON SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING TODAY IN THIS AREA. NDZ047-048-050-051-152200- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0029.111115T1732Z-111115T2200Z/ LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1132 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ TWH
2 follow-up statements
509 WWUS73 KBIS 152014 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 214 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WINDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS TODAY... .A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH OVER DICKEY...LAMOURE...LOGAN...MCINTOSH...STUTSMAN AND FOSTER COUNTIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING TODAY IN THIS AREA. NDZ025-036-037-160000- /O.EXB.KBIS.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-111116T0000Z/ FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN 214 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ047-048-050-051-160000- /O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-111116T0000Z/ LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 214 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS...COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ TWH
008 WWUS73 KBIS 152356 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 556 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...STRONG WINDS DIMINISHING THIS EVENING... .A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND HAS DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND THE WIND ADVISORY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NDZ047-048-050-051-160100- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-111116T0000Z/ LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 556 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$ NDZ025-036-037-160100- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-111116T0000Z/ FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN 556 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$ RK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 5:52 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Foster, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce and 4 more | 8 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.