Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 19, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2012, 1:48 AM MDT for 9 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 11, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2012, 1:48 AM MDT (07:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 8:49 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 2740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
515 WWUS73 KBIS 110748 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 248 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA MID MORNING WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .HIGH PRESSURE IN MINNESOTA AND LOW PRESSURE IN MONTANA WILL RESULT IN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...IN PLACES LIKE KILLDEER...BEACH...DICKINSON...HETTINGER...AND BOWMAN. EXPECT SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...FROM MID MORNING WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...EXPECT 20 TO 30 MPH WIND SPEEDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-111700- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0019.120411T1600Z-120412T0300Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 248 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 /148 AM MDT WED APR 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MID MORNING WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * 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. && $$ KS
4 follow-up statements
173 WWUS73 KBIS 111456 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 956 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .HIGH PRESSURE IN MINNESOTA AND LOW PRESSURE IN MONTANA WILL RESULT IN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...IN PLACES LIKE KILLDEER...BEACH...DICKINSON... HETTINGER...AND BOWMAN. EXPECT SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS INCREASING TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... EXPECT 20 TO 30 MPH WIND SPEEDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-112300- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0019.120411T1600Z-120412T0300Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 956 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 /856 AM MDT WED APR 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KS/RK
017 WWUS73 KBIS 111743 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1243 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...FROM WATFORD CITY AND DUNN CENTER...TO DICKINSON...BOWMAN...AND HETTINGER. EXPECT SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... EXPECT 20 TO 30 MPH WIND SPEEDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. NDZ017-120145- /O.EXA.KBIS.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120412T0300Z/ MCKENZIE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WATFORD CITY 1243 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * 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. && $$ NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-120145- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120412T0300Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1243 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 /1143 AM MDT WED APR 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KS/RK
515 WWUS73 KBIS 112051 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 351 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR MOST OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...FROM WATFORD CITY AND DUNN CENTER...TO DICKINSON...BOWMAN...AND HETTINGER. EXPECT SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING... EXPECT 15 TO 25 MPH WIND SPEEDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-120300- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120412T0300Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 351 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 /251 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * 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. && $$ RK
629 WWUS73 KBIS 120249 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 949 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-120400- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120412T0300Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 949 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 /849 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. $$ TWH
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.