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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2012, 12:11 AM CDT for 19 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 6, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2012, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2012, 7:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 05:16 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, 5.2 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
- 2588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
226 WWUS73 KBIS 060511 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1211 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...COMBINED WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES...WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH DEVELOPING BY MID MORNING FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...FROM BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN...AND FROM SELFRIDGE TO LINTON AND INTO ELLENDALE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AND FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY AROUND SUNSET. US CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. NDZ004-005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-061315- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0016.120406T1500Z-120407T0200Z/ 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...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1211 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 /1111 PM MDT THU APR 5 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...MID MORNING FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 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. && $$ KS
4 follow-up statements
228 WWUS73 KBIS 060847 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 347 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...COMBINED WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES...WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH DEVELOPING BY MID MORNING FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...FROM BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN...AND FROM SELFRIDGE TO LINTON AND NAPOLEON TO ELLENDALE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AND FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY AROUND SUNSET. US CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. NDZ004-005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-061700- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0016.120406T1500Z-120407T0200Z/ 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...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 347 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 /247 AM MDT FRI APR 6 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MID MORNING FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 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. && $$ KS
003 WWUS73 KBIS 061508 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1008 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...FROM BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN...AND FROM SELFRIDGE TO LINTON AND NAPOLEON TO ELLENDALE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AND FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY AROUND SUNSET. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. NDZ004-005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-062315- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120407T0200Z/ 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...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1008 AM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 /908 AM MDT FRI APR 6 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 30 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. && $$ RK
397 WWUS73 KBIS 062054 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 354 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...FROM BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN...AND FROM SELFRIDGE TO LINTON AND NAPOLEON TO ELLENDALE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE AND FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY AROUND SUNSET. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. NDZ003-070200- /O.EXA.KBIS.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120407T0200Z/ RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MOHALL 354 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE AND IN ELEVATED AREAS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS AND TOWERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ004-005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-070200- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120407T0200Z/ 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...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 354 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 /254 PM MDT FRI APR 6 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 30 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. && $$ RK
960 WWUS73 KBIS 070020 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 720 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING... .SUSTAINED WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS FALLING BELOW 45 MPH. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-070130- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120407T0200Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 720 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2012 /620 PM MDT FRI APR 6 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS FALLING BELOW 45 MPH. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ TM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 4:34 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure and 6 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:01 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:14 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BIS | Burke, Divide, Williams | 18 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.