Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 27, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at May 10, 2012, 1:35 AM MDT for 16 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 10, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2012, 1:35 AM MDT (07:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2012, 3:12 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
977 WWUS73 KBIS 100735 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 235 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING WEST THROUGH CENTRAL... .A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY MORNING...AND THEN ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL FIRST EXPERIENCE GUSTY WINDS BY MID THURSDAY MORNING...AND PERSIST INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. PLACES LIKE WATFORD CITY...BEACH...BOWMAN...KILLDEER...DICKINSON...AND HETTINGER. BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE IN PLACES LIKE...CROSBY...WILLISTON...STANLEY...MINOT...GARRISON...CENTER... FLASHER...ELGIN...AND SELFRIDGE. EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-101600- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0027.120510T1500Z-120511T0200Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 235 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 /135 AM MDT THU MAY 10 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR WORKING ON ROOFTOPS SHOULD TAKE 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. && $$ NDZ001-002-009>011-019>021-034-042-045-101600- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0027.120510T2000Z-120511T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON- GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...MINOT...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN... ELGIN...FORT YATES 235 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 /135 AM MDT THU MAY 10 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR WORKING ON ROOFTOPS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KS
2 follow-up statements
147 WWUS73 KBIS 101542 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1042 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING WEST THROUGH CENTRAL... .A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING...AND THEN ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL FIRST EXPERIENCE GUSTY WINDS BY MID THURSDAY MORNING...AND PERSIST INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. PLACES LIKE WATFORD CITY...BEACH...BOWMAN...KILLDEER... DICKINSON...AND HETTINGER. BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE IN PLACES LIKE...CROSBY...WILLISTON...STANLEY...MINOT... GARRISON...CENTER... FLASHER...ELGIN...AND SELFRIDGE. EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-102345- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-120511T0200Z/ MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN- ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH... MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1042 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 /942 AM MDT THU MAY 10 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR WORKING ON ROOFTOPS SHOULD TAKE 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. && $$ NDZ001-002-009>011-019>021-034-042-045-102345- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0027.120510T2000Z-120511T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON- GRANT-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...MINOT...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MANDAN... ELGIN...FORT YATES 1042 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 /942 AM MDT THU MAY 10 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. * THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR WORKING ON ROOFTOPS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TWH
666 WWUS73 KBIS 102112 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 412 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. EXPECT TWO OR THREE HOURS OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NDZ001-002-009>011-017>021-031>034-040>045-102215- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-120511T0200Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON... NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN... CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN... MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 412 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 /312 PM MDT THU MAY 10 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. EXPECT TWO OR THREE HOURS OF WINDS TO 25 MPH WITH GUST TO 35 MPH. HOWEVER WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 4:34 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Bottineau, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn, Emmons and 17 more | 7 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.