Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at May 1, 2011, 3:50 AM CDT for 19 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2011, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Bottineau County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
674 WWUS73 KBIS 010850 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 350 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. NDZ037-045>048-050-051-011700- /O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110501T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.110501T0850Z-110502T0000Z/ STUTSMAN-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 350 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REPLACED BY WIND ADVISORY...IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WARNING. * WINDS WILL BE NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. * STRONG WINDS AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THIS MORNING. * MANY ROADS ARE ICE AND SNOW COVERED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ003-011-019>023-025-034>036-042-011700- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.110501T0850Z-110502T0000Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...ELGIN 350 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 /250 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE COMBINATION OF ICY ROADS AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ004-005-012-013-011700- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.110501T1500Z-110502T0000Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY 350 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE COMBINATION OF ICY ROADS AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 3O MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
102 WWUS73 KBIS 011441 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 941 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 EAST OF MINOT INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH ICY ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. NDZ004-005-012-013-012200- /O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.110501T1800Z-110502T0000Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY 941 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE COMBINATION OF ICY ROADS AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS COULD CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 3O MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ003-011-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-012200- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110502T0000Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 941 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 /841 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * THE COMBINATION OF ICY ROADS AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TM
778 WWUS73 KBIS 011755 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1255 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. NDZ004-005-012-013-020000- /O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.110501T1755Z-110502T0000Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY 1255 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 3O MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ003-011-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-020000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110502T0000Z/ RENVILLE-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON- BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1255 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 /1155 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TM
940 WWUS73 KBIS 012000 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-020000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110502T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 300 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 /200 PM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS 30 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TM
308 WWUS73 KBIS 020009 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 709 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED CENTRAL... .THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-020115- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110502T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 709 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 /609 PM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED. $$ WAA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:41 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette | 3 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.