Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2011, 2:36 PM MST for 21 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 17, 2011, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 85 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2011, 2:36 PM MST (21:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2011, 12:25 PM MST
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 21 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 2218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
721 WWUS73 KBIS 162136 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 336 PM CST WED FEB 16 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... .NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN THE LATE MORNING THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING...USE CAUTION...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND ALERT OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND ROUTE. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-170545- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.110217T1800Z-110218T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 236 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY IN THE EVENING. * INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT BUT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
5 follow-up statements
907 WWUS73 KBIS 170108 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 708 PM CST WED FEB 16 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING... .NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN THE LATE MORNING THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING...USE CAUTION...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND ALERT OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND ROUTE. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-170915- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.110217T1800Z-110218T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 608 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY IN THE EVENING. * INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT BUT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TWH
884 WWUS73 KBIS 170356 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 956 PM CST WED FEB 16 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING... .NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN THE LATE MORNING THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING...USE CAUTION...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND ALERT OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND ROUTE. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-171200- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.110217T1800Z-110218T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 856 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY IN THE EVENING. * INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT BUT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TWH
011 WWUS73 KBIS 170932 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 332 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE MORNING THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING...USE CAUTION...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND ALERT OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND ROUTE. NDZ019-020-022-023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-171745- /O.EXA.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.110217T1800Z-110218T0600Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 332 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 /232 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. * STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH SLOWLY IN THE EVENING. * INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT BUT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-171745- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.110217T1800Z-110218T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 232 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY IN THE EVENING. * INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT BUT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KS
261 WWUS73 KBIS 171554 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 954 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE MORNING THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELING...USE CAUTION...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND ALERT OTHERS OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS AND ROUTE. NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-171700- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.110217T1800Z-110218T0600Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 854 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS REPLACED THE WIND ADVISORY WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. $$ NDZ019-020-022-023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-180000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.110217T1800Z-110218T0600Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 954 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 /854 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. * STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH SLOWLY IN THE EVENING. * INTERMITTENT LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT BUT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AYD
282 WWUS73 KBIS 171925 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 125 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... .IN ADDITION TO WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS FORMED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. NDZ019-020-022-023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-172030- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110218T0600Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 125 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 /1225 PM MST THU FEB 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. IN ADDITION TO WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH...FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS FORMED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ AYD/SCHECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 11:20 PM MST | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Rolette | 6 days |
| Feb 16, 3:13 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more | 48 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.