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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2012, 10:38 PM MDT for 32 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 7, 2012, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2012, 10:38 PM MDT (04:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2012, 3:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2012, 7:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 32 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
4 follow-up statements
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
738 WWUS73 KBIS 072042 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 342 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AROUND SUNSET. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-080200- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120408T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 342 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 /242 PM MDT SAT APR 7 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS...EXPECT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...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. && $$ RK
587 WWUS73 KBIS 080110 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 810 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW 30 MPH AND WIND GUSTS HAVE FALLEN BELOW 45 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-080215- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120408T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 810 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 /710 PM MDT SAT APR 7 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW 30 MPH AND WIND GUSTS HAVE FALLEN BELOW 45 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ TM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:02 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Grant and 10 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:14 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Dickey, Emmons, Grant, Hettinger and 5 more | 10 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.