Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 15, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2012, 2:01 AM MDT for 15 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 2, 2012, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2012, 2:01 AM MDT (08:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2012, 6:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 2173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
082 WWUS73 KBIS 020801 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 301 AM CDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR AND POINTS SOUTH THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE FORECAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-94. SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL...WHILE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. NDZ020-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-021915- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.120402T1200Z-120403T0000Z/ OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 301 AM CDT MON APR 2 2012 /201 AM MDT MON APR 2 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ NDZ033-040-041-043-044-021915- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.120402T1200Z-120402T2100Z/ STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN... HETTINGER 201 AM MDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. * SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. * STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AYD
3 follow-up statements
897 WWUS73 KBIS 021757 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1257 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR AND POINTS SOUTH THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE FORECAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-94. SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL...WHILE WINDS WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST BY MID AFTERNOON. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. NDZ020-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-030000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120403T0000Z/ OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 1257 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 /1157 AM MDT MON APR 2 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ NDZ033-040-041-043-044-022100- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120402T2100Z/ STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN... HETTINGER 1157 AM MDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. * STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TWH
010 WWUS73 KBIS 022053 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 353 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH 7 PM CDT. AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM HEBRON...THROUGH BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN...SOUTH TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. NDZ033-040-041-043-044-022200- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120402T2100Z/ STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN... HETTINGER 253 PM MDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NDZ020-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-030000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120403T0000Z/ OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 353 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 /253 PM MDT MON APR 2 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TWH
354 WWUS73 KBIS 022347 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 647 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .THE WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A NORTH BREEZE HAS DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET IN THE WISHEK AND OAKES AREAS. NDZ020-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-030100- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120403T0000Z/ OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE... JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY... ASHLEY...OAKES 647 PM CDT MON APR 2 2012 /547 PM MDT MON APR 2 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A NORTH BREEZE HAS DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET IN THE WISHEK AND OAKES AREAS. $$ RK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:07 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BIS | Logan, Stutsman | 39 min |
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.