Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2011, 2:15 PM MST for 19 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2011, 2:15 PM MST (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2011, 11:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons 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, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
677 WWUS73 KBIS 172115 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 315 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. ISOLATED REDUCED VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN ANY SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL. NDZ018>020-031>035-040>046-180300- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0004.110217T2115Z-110218T0300Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON 315 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 /215 PM MST THU FEB 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
195 WWUS73 KBIS 180018 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 618 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH MID EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING. NDZ018>020-031>035-040>046-180300- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110218T0300Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON 618 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 /518 PM MST THU FEB 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TWH/JPM
185 WWUS73 KBIS 180303 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 903 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WINDS DIMINISHING SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL...BUT WILL CONTINUE IN THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY...FROM JAMESTOWN...TO ASHLEY...ELLENDALE AND OAKES. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. NDZ018>020-031>035-040>046-180415- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110218T0300Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON 903 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 /803 PM MST THU FEB 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. WIND HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ NDZ036-037-047-048-050-051-180600- /O.EXB.KBIS.WI.Y.0004.110218T0303Z-110218T0600Z/ KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 903 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. * DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS ON NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TWH
909 WWUS73 KBIS 180556 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1156 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WINDS EXPECTED TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT... .THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. NDZ036-037-047-048-050-051-180700- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110218T0600Z/ KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON... EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1156 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ JV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 10:53 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, McKenzie, Mountrail and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:53 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:40 PM MST | River Flood Advisory | BIS | Ward | 2 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011
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.