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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 17, 2011, 11:58 AM MDT for 22 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2011, 11:58 AM MDT (17:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2011, 5:58 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 22 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Dunn 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), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 1626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
978 WWUS73 KBIS 171758 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1258 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY EARLY EVENING. A QUICK MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION IS THE MAIN CULPRIT FOR THE STRONG WINDS. NDZ018>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-180000- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0005.110317T1758Z-110318T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER- GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1258 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2011 /1158 AM MDT THU MAR 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DEVELOPING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * THE STRONG WINDS COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR DRIVERS IN 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. && $$ TWH
1 follow-up statement
543 WWUS73 KBIS 172358 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 658 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2011 ...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS EXPIRED... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AS SUNSET HAS APPROACHED. THE WINDS ARE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THE ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NDZ018>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-180100- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110318T0000Z/ DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER- GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 658 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2011 /558 PM MDT THU MAR 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2:24 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Billings | 7 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:46 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Billings, Golden Valley | 51 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:32 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Morton, Sioux | 10 days |
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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.