Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Jan 2, 2012, 5:24 PM MST for 12 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jan 3, 2012, 7:00 AM MST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2012, 5:24 PM MST (00:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 3, 2012, 7:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 2325 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
092 WWUS73 KBIS 030024 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 624 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL TUESDAY... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE ON TUESDAY MORNING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES THE AREA JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. PLACES LIKE BOWMAN...BEACH...MOTT... DICKINSON AND WATFORD CITY WILL SEE THE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP AFTER SUNRISE. NORTH AND EAST OF THIS AREA WILL SEE WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL. AFTER SUNSET THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY. NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-030830- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.120103T1400Z-120104T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 624 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012 /524 PM MST MON JAN 2 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST /7 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST /7 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. * THE WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. WORKING OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR ELEVATED AREAS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ WAA
5 follow-up statements
958 WWUS73 KBIS 030726 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 126 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL TUESDAY... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE ON TUESDAY MORNING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE DAYTIME HOURS ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES THE AREA JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. PLACES LIKE BOWMAN...BEACH...MOTT... DICKINSON AND WATFORD CITY WILL SEE THE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP AFTER SUNRISE. NORTH AND EAST OF THIS AREA WILL SEE WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL. AFTER SUNSET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY. NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-031200- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.120103T1400Z-120104T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 126 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2012 /1226 AM MST TUE JAN 3 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST /7 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. * THE WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. WORKING OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR ELEVATED AREAS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NH
839 WWUS73 KBIS 030947 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 347 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...STRONG WINDS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE THIS TUESDAY MORNING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FOR TODAY...SOUTH AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. PLACES LIKE BOWMAN...BEACH...HETTINGER...WATFORD CITY...MOTT...AND DICKINSON WILL SEE THE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP THIS MORNING AFTER SUNRISE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP NORTH AND EAST OF THIS AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON...INCLUDING BEULAH...CENTER...NEW SALEM...ELGIN...AND FORT YATES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. AFTER SUNSET LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY. NDZ019-020-034-042-045-031800- /O.EXA.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.120103T1400Z-120104T0000Z/ MERCER-OLIVER-MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...MANDAN... ELGIN...FORT YATES 347 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2012 /247 AM MST TUE JAN 3 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST /7 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST /7 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. * THE WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. WORKING OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR ELEVATED AREAS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-031800- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.120103T1400Z-120104T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 347 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2012 /247 AM MST TUE JAN 3 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST /7 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE THIS TUESDAY MORNING. * THE WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. WORKING OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR ELEVATED AREAS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HEINERT
641 WWUS73 KBIS 031317 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 717 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...STRONG WINDS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON... .A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE TODAY...BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH AND WEST OF LAKE SAKAKAWEA AND THE MISSOURI RIVER...WHERE NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. BOWMAN...BEACH...HETTINGER...WATFORD CITY... MOTT...AND DICKINSON WILL SEE THE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP THIS MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP NORTH AND EAST OF THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON... INCLUDING BEULAH...CENTER...NEW SALEM...ELGIN...AND FORT YATES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET. NDZ017>020-031>034-040>045-032130- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.120103T1400Z-120104T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 717 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2012 /617 AM MST TUE JAN 3 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. * THE WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. WORKING OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR ELEVATED AREAS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 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. && $$ TWH
461 WWUS73 KBIS 032055 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 255 PM CST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...STRONG WINDS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH AND WEST OF LAKE SAKAKAWEA AND THE MISSOURI RIVER...WHERE NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET. NDZ017>020-031>034-040>045-040000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120104T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 255 PM CST TUE JAN 3 2012 /155 PM MST TUE JAN 3 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT. WORKING OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR ELEVATED AREAS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TM
674 WWUS73 KBIS 032349 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 549 PM CST TUE JAN 3 2012 ...WINDS DIMINISHING THIS EVENING... .A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND HAS DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. BY LATE EVENING...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL DROP BELOW 15 MPH ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ017>020-031>034-040>045-040100- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120104T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 549 PM CST TUE JAN 3 2012 /449 PM MST TUE JAN 3 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND HAS DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED. $$ KINNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 12:33 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more | 4 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.