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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 25, 201211 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 25, 2012, 2:43 PM MDT for 11 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 26, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2012, 2:43 PM MDT (20:43 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 26, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 27, 2012, 4:00 AM MDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2012-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2012-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

783 
WWUS73 KBIS 252043
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
343 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES NORTH AND EAST TONIGHT THEN
INCREASING WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.COLD HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT BRINGING A HARD FREEZE TO THE
NORTH CENTRAL...WITH TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS THE UPPER 20S AT
PLACES LIKE MOHALL...MINOT...VELVA BOTTINEAU AND RUGBY. AREAS OF
FROST WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 30S ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AS WELL...AT
PLACES LIKE CROSBY...STANLEY...BOWBELLS...WASHBURN...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...SOUTH TO EDGELEY AND OAKES. NEW TENDER PLANTS WILL
NEED TO BE PROTECTED TONIGHT IN THESE PLACES ALSO.

ON THURSDAY...DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS MONTANA AND WYOMING
WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA. WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT PLACES LIKE BOWMAN...
DICKINSON...MOTT...WATFORD CITY AND KILLDEER. TRAVELERS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND THOSE WORKING ON
ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS...SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.

NDZ003>005-011>013-260445-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FZ.W.0001.120426T0600Z-120426T1500Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY
343 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...FALLING TO 28 TO 32 TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TENDER PLANTS WILL FREEZE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-010-021>023-025-036-037-048-051-260445-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FR.Y.0001.120426T0600Z-120426T1500Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-MOUNTRAIL-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...NEW TOWN...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...
EDGELEY...OAKES
343 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES FALLING TO 32 TO 36.

* IMPACTS...FROST POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.

&&

$$

NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-260445-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0023.120426T1600Z-120427T0200Z/
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...
MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
343 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012 /243 PM MDT WED APR 25 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM CDT
/8 PM MDT/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 9 PM
CDT /8 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...10 AM MDT THURSDAY THROUGH8 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVELERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY
  CAREFUL. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

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.

&&

$$
WAA
8 follow-up statements
927 
WWUS73 KBIS 252340
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
640 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.COLD HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS THE UPPER
20S ARE EXPECTED FOR PLACES LIKE MOHALL...MINOT...VELVA...BOTTINEAU
AND RUGBY. FROST WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 30S ARE
EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS SUCH AS CROSBY...STANLEY...BOWBELLS
...WASHBURN...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...SOUTH TO EDGELEY AND OAKES
TONIGHT. NEW...TENDER PLANTS WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED TONIGHT.

ON THURSDAY...DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS MONTANA AND WYOMING
WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 2. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT PLACES
LIKE BOWMAN... DICKINSON...MOTT...WATFORD CITY AND KILLDEER.
THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS OR
TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.

NDZ003>005-011>013-260745-
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0001.120426T0600Z-120426T1500Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY
640 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...FALLING TO 28 TO 32 TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...TENDER PLANTS WILL FREEZE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-010-021>023-025-036-037-048-051-260745-
/O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0001.120426T0600Z-120426T1500Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-MOUNTRAIL-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...NEW TOWN...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...
EDGELEY...OAKES
640 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES FALLING TO 32 TO 36.

* IMPACTS...FROST POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.

&&

$$

NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-260745-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0023.120426T1600Z-120427T0200Z/
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...
MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
640 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012 /540 PM MDT WED APR 25 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO
9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THURSDAY...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
  WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS OR
  TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE
  HAZARDOUS.

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
746 
WWUS73 KBIS 260247
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
947 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND INTO THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY TONIGHT...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.COLD HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA WILL MOVE INTO
NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS THE UPPER
20S ARE EXPECTED FOR PLACES LIKE MOHALL...MINOT...VELVA...
BOTTINEAU...CARRINGTON AND RUGBY. FROST WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
LOW TO MIDDLE 30S ARE EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS SUCH AS
CROSBY...STANLEY... BOWBELLS
...WASHBURN...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...SOUTH TO EDGELEY AND OAKES
TONIGHT. NEW...TENDER PLANTS WILL NEED TO BE PROTECTED TONIGHT.

ON THURSDAY...DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS MONTANA AND WYOMING
WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 2. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT PLACES
LIKE BOWMAN... DICKINSON...MOTT...WATFORD CITY AND KILLDEER.
THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS OR
TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.

NDZ023-025-261100-
/O.UPG.KBIS.FR.Y.0001.120426T0600Z-120426T1500Z/
/O.EXA.KBIS.FZ.W.0001.120426T0600Z-120426T1500Z/
WELLS-FOSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON
947 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE
FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES NEAR 30 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED.

* FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE PLANTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-261100-
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0001.120426T0600Z-120426T1500Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY
947 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES OF 28 TO 32 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED.

* FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE PLANTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-010-021-022-036-037-048-051-261100-
/O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0001.120426T0600Z-120426T1500Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-MOUNTRAIL-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-
DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...NEW TOWN...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY...OAKES
947 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES OF 32 TO 36 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED.

* FROST MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE PLANTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.

&&

$$

NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-261100-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0023.120426T1600Z-120427T0200Z/
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...
MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
947 PM CDT WED APR 25 2012 /847 PM MDT WED APR 25 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO
9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THURSDAY...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF 
  WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE 
  EVENING. 

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS 
  OR TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. THE STRONG WINDS WILL 
  BE HAZARDOUS. 

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
698 
WWUS73 KBIS 261509
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1009 AM CDT THU APR 26 2012

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

.DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS MONTANA AND WYOMING WILL BRING
GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2.
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT PLACES LIKE
BOWMAN...DICKINSON...MOTT...WATFORD CITY AND KILLDEER. THOSE IN
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS
SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.

NDZ003>005-011>013-023-025-261615-
/O.EXP.KBIS.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120426T1500Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON
1009 AM CDT THU APR 26 2012

...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE FREEZE WARNING HAS ENDED.

$$

NDZ001-262315-
/O.EXP.KBIS.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120426T1500Z/
/O.EXB.KBIS.WI.Y.0023.120426T1600Z-120427T0600Z/
DIVIDE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CROSBY
1009 AM CDT THU APR 26 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY. 

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF 
  WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE 
  EVENING. 

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS OR
  TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE
  HAZARDOUS.

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.

&&

$$

NDZ002-010-021-022-036-037-048-051-261615-
/O.EXP.KBIS.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120426T1500Z/
BURKE-MOUNTRAIL-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...NEW TOWN...GARRISON...
MCCLUSKY...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY...OAKES
1009 AM CDT THU APR 26 2012

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE FROST ADVISORY HAS ENDED.

$$

NDZ009-262315-
/O.EXB.KBIS.WI.Y.0023.120426T1600Z-120427T0600Z/
WILLIAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILLISTON
1009 AM CDT THU APR 26 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY. 

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF 
  WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE 
  EVENING. 

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS 
  OR TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. THE STRONG WINDS WILL 
  BE HAZARDOUS. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-262315-
/O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0023.120426T1600Z-120427T0600Z/
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...
MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
1009 AM CDT THU APR 26 2012 /909 AM MDT THU APR 26 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
FRIDAY...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF 
  WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE 
  EVENING. 

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS 
  OR TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. THE STRONG WINDS WILL 
  BE HAZARDOUS. 

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.

&&

$$
WAA
655 
WWUS73 KBIS 262027
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
327 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE WEST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MORE
WIND DEVELOPING CENTRAL ON FRIDAY...

.DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS MONTANA AND WYOMING WILL BRING
GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED AT PLACES LIKE BOWMAN...DICKINSON...MOTT...WATFORD CITY
AND KILLDEER. THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND THOSE WORKING
ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.

ON FRIDAY...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...WITH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH AT PLACES LIKE MINOT...
BISMARCK...BOTTINEAU...JAMESTOWN AND FORT YATES. A WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING. THOSE EXPOSED TO THE WINDS...OR DRIVING THROUGH
THE REGION...SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTION.

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-270430-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.120427T1500Z-120428T0200Z/
BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-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...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
327 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 /227 PM MDT THU APR 26 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. 

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
  CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING.

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS 
  OR TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. THE STRONG WINDS WILL 
  BE HAZARDOUS. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-270430-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120427T0600Z/
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY...
KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...
BOWMAN...HETTINGER
327 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 /227 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
FRIDAY...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
  WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WORKING ON ROOFTOPS OR
  TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE
  HAZARDOUS.

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.

&&

$$

WAA
564 
WWUS73 KBIS 270230
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
930 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE WEST THURSDAY EVENING WITH MORE WIND
DEVELOPING CENTRAL ON FRIDAY...

.DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS MONTANA AND WYOMING WILL BRING
GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT PLACES LIKE
BOWMAN...DICKINSON...MOTT...WATFORD CITY AND KILLDEER. THOSE IN
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS
SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.

ON FRIDAY...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...WITH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH AT PLACES LIKE MINOT...
BISMARCK...BOTTINEAU...JAMESTOWN AND FORT YATES. A WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THOSE EXPOSED TO THE WINDS...OR DRIVING
THROUGH THE REGION...SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTION.

NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-270600-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120427T0600Z/
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY...
KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...
BOWMAN...HETTINGER
930 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 /830 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
FRIDAY...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF 
  WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WORKING ON ROOFTOPS OR 
  TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE 
  HAZARDOUS. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-271100-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.120427T1500Z-120428T0200Z/
BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-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...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
930 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 /830 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO
9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ FRIDAY...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF 
  CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS 
  OR TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. THE STRONG WINDS WILL 
  BE HAZARDOUS. 

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.

&&

$$

TM
318 
WWUS73 KBIS 270530
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1230 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE WEST THURSDAY NIGHT WITH MORE WIND
DEVELOPING CENTRAL ON FRIDAY...

.DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS MONTANA AND WYOMING WILL BRING
GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT PLACES LIKE BOWMAN...
DICKINSON...MOTT...WATFORD CITY AND KILLDEER. THOSE IN HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES...AND THOSE WORKING ON TOWERS SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.

ON FRIDAY...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...WITH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH AT PLACES LIKE MINOT...
BISMARCK...BOTTINEAU...JAMESTOWN AND FORT YATES. A WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THOSE EXPOSED TO THE WINDS...OR DRIVING
THROUGH THE REGION...SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTION.

NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-271000-
/O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120427T1000Z/
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY...
KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...
BOWMAN...HETTINGER
1230 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /1130 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ EARLY
THIS MORNING...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
  WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY NIGHT.

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR WORKING ON TOWERS SHOULD BE
  ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.

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.

&&

$$

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-271330-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.120427T1500Z-120428T0200Z/
BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-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...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1230 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /1130 PM MDT THU APR 26 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF 
  CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS 
  OR TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. THE STRONG WINDS WILL 
  BE HAZARDOUS. 

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
604 
WWUS73 KBIS 270846
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
346 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS MORNING
THEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON...

.WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS
FAR WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY LATE MORNING AND
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE FORECAST FOR 
PLACES LIKE MINOT...BISMARCK...BOTTINEAU...JAMESTOWN AND FORT
YATES TODAY. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...OR WORKING
OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS SHOULD USE CAUTION.

NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-271000-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120427T1000Z/
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY...
KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...
BOWMAN...HETTINGER
346 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /246 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/
EARLY THIS MORNING...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
  WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. 

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR WORKING OUTDOORS ON TOWERS
  SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.

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.

&&

$$

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-271900-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.120427T1500Z-120428T0200Z/
BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-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...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
346 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /246 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
  CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING.

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS OR
  TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. 

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
373 
WWUS73 KBIS 270958
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
458 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON...

.STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS 
MORNING AND THROUGH THE EVENING. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE
FORECAST FOR PLACES LIKE MINOT...BISMARCK...BOTTINEAU...JAMESTOWN
AND FORT YATES TODAY. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...OR
WORKING OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS SHOULD USE CAUTION.

NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-271100-
/O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120427T1000Z/
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY...
KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...
BOWMAN...HETTINGER
458 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /358 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ EARLY THIS
MORNING...

WIND GUSTS HAVE FALLEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS WESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA. 

$$

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-271800-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.120427T1500Z-120428T0200Z/
BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MOUNTRAIL-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...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...
NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...JAMESTOWN...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...
EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
458 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /358 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF 
  CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. 

* THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING ON ROOFTOPS 
  OR TOWERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. 

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 2:43 PM MDTFrost AdvisoryBISBurke, Dickey, Divide, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure and 4 more18 hr
Apr 25, 2:43 PM MDTFreeze WarningBISBottineau, Foster, McHenry, Pierce, Renville, Rolette and 1 more18 hr

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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.