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Wind Advisory 29, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at May 28, 2012, 9:14 AM MDT for 8 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2012, 9:14 AM MDT (15:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2012, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
924 WWUS73 KBIS 281514 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1014 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...WINDY SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE FOUND ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MEMORIAL DAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WERE CAUSED BY LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CAUSE GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SOME GUSTS IN THE SHOWERS COULD BE UP TO 45 MPH. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG WINDS. NDZ031>033-040>045-282315- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0029.120528T1514Z-120529T0100Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 1014 AM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 /914 AM MDT MON MAY 28 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MONDAY AND EARLY MONDAY EVENING * WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...THOSE ON ROOFTOPS OR ELEVATED LOCATIONS SHOULD TALE PRECAUTION. 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. && $$ WAA
1 follow-up statement
723 WWUS73 KBIS 282029 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 329 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...WINDY SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING... .GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL BE FOUND ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WERE CAUSED BY LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA. ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CAUSE GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME GUSTS IN THE SHOWERS COULD BE UP TO 45 MPH. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...BE PREPARED FOR THE STRONG WINDS. NDZ031>033-040>045-290100- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-120529T0100Z/ GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- SIOUX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES 329 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012 /229 PM MDT MON MAY 28 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MONDAY AND EARLY MONDAY EVENING * WINDS...30 TO 40 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...THOSE ON ROOFTOPS OR ELEVATED LOCATIONS SHOULD TALE PRECAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAA
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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.