Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 27, 2012, 3:12 PM MDT for 16 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2012, 3:12 PM MDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2012, 6:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey 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, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
900 WWUS73 KBIS 272112 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 412 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA...THE HIGH WINDS WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED AREAS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING. NDZ031>033-040>045-280200- /O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.120327T2112Z-120328T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 412 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 /312 PM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED AND REPLACED BY A WIND ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WEST NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE AND IN ELEVATED AREAS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS AND TOWERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE AND IN ELEVATED AREAS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS AND TOWERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. && $$ NDZ034>037-046>048-050-051-280200- /O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.120327T2112Z-120328T0200Z/ MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH- DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 412 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED AND REPLACED BY A WIND ADVISORY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WEST NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH AT TIMES. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE AND IN ELEVATED AREAS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS AND TOWERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE AND IN ELEVATED AREAS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS AND TOWERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ017>023-025-272215- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH... HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 412 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. $$ JV
1 follow-up statement
886 WWUS73 KBIS 280010 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 710 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WINDS DIMINISHING WEST AND CENTRAL... .THE WINDS OVER WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAVE DIMINISHED AS SUNSET APPROACHES. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NDZ031>037-040>048-050-051-280115- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120328T0200Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE- MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN... BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 710 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 /610 PM MDT TUE MAR 27 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE GREATLY DIMINISHED AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ WAA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Grant, Morton | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 3:07 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope | 15 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:28 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Dunn, Foster, McKenzie, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:56 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger and 3 more | 36 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.