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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Jan 15, 2012, 2:59 AM CST for 11 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jan 15, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2012, 2:59 AM CST (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 15, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Williams County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
310 WWUS73 KBIS 150859 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 259 AM CST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN PLACES LIKE WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY...CROSBY...MINOT...GARRISON...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...AND RUGBY. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND FALL BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL CRITERIA FROM WEST TO EAST SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. NDZ001>005-009>013-017-018-021-151700- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.120115T1800Z-120116T0100Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...GARRISON 259 AM CST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND NOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * THE GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE WORKING OUTSIDE OR DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ KS/RK
2 follow-up statements
284 WWUS73 KBIS 152105 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 305 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL EXIT WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN PLACES LIKE WILLISTON... WATFORD CITY...CROSBY...MINOT...GARRISON...BOTTINEAU ...ROLLA...AND RUGBY. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND FALL BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL CRITERIA FROM WEST TO EAST SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. NDZ001>005-009>013-017-018-021-160100- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120116T0100Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...GARRISON 305 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * THE GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE WORKING OUTSIDE OR DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
199 WWUS73 KBIS 160101 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 701 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2012 NDZ001>005-009>013-017-018-021-160215- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120116T0100Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...GARRISON 701 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE BRISK THIS EVENING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVIOSRY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVIOSRY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ 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.