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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 26, 201221 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2012, 3:27 PM CDT for 21 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 27, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2012, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 27, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 27, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
All 21 counties

Bottineau County, ND, Burke 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, Mountrail 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), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2012-04-26Temperature 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 2012-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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.

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
8 follow-up statements
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
116 
WWUS73 KBIS 271221
NPWBIS

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

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...

.A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...INCLUDING AREAS FROM STANLEY TO BOTTINEAU...AND SOUTH
THROUGH BEULAH...GARRISON...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...JAMESTOWN...FLASHER
AND OAKES. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE EVENING. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40
MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH A FEW GUSTS IN THE 50S. THOSE DRIVING
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...OR WORKING OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS
SHOULD USE CAUTION.

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-272030-
/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
721 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /621 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND LOCALLY OVER 50 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.

&&

$$

RK
812 
WWUS73 KBIS 271755
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1255 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...

.A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
INCLUDING AREAS FROM STANLEY TO BOTTINEAU...AND SOUTH THROUGH
BEULAH...GARRISON...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...JAMESTOWN...FLASHER
AND OAKES. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE EVENING. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH A FEW GUSTS IN THE 50S. THOSE DRIVING
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...OR WORKING OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS
SHOULD USE CAUTION.

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-280200-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-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
1255 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /1155 AM MDT FRI APR 27 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND LOCALLY OVER 50 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.

&&

$$
575 
WWUS73 KBIS 272030
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
330 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY...

.A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...
INCLUDING AREAS FROM STANLEY TO BOTTINEAU...AND SOUTH THROUGH
BEULAH...GARRISON...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...JAMESTOWN...FLASHER
AND OAKES. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH
THE EVENING. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH A FEW
GUSTS IN THE 50S. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...OR WORKING
OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS SHOULD USE CAUTION.

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-280200-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-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
330 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /230 PM MDT FRI APR 27 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

* WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND LOCALLY OVER 50 MPH...ARE
  EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA 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.

&&

$$
704 
WWUS73 KBIS 280206
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
906 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

...WINDS DIMINISHING ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

.STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH ACROSS
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE. IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH
WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH.

NDZ002>005-010>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-280315-
/O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-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
906 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 /806 PM MDT FRI APR 27 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY TO
WINDY THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH AT TIMES.

$$
TWH

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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.