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Wind Advisory 34, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Sep 21, 2012, 10:29 AM CDT for 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 21, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2012, 10:29 AM CDT (15:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Dickey County, ND, Foster County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
211 WWUS73 KBIS 211529 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1029 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. PLACES LIKE ROLETTE...MOHALL...STANLEY...MINOT...GARRISON... BISMARCK...STEELE... NAPOLEON...AND LINTON WILL EXPERIENCE A KILLING FREEZE. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HARD FREEZE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS LATE SUMMER SEASON. PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED IF NOT BROUGHT IN OR HARVESTED PRIOR TO FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL USHER IN THE COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AREAS FROM ROLLA TO HARVEY... JAMESTOWN AND ELLENDALE CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. NDZ005-013-023-025-212330- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0034.120921T1800Z-120922T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 1029 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 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. 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. && $$ NDZ037-048-051-212330- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0034.120921T2100Z-120922T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/ STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY...OAKES 1029 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY EVENING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-212330- /O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 1029 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 /929 AM MDT FRI SEP 21 2012/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SATURDAY... * TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 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. && $$ TWH
2 follow-up statements
984 WWUS73 KBIS 212046 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 346 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. PLACES LIKE ROLETTE...MOHALL...STANLEY...MINOT...GARRISON... BISMARCK...STEELE...NAPOLEON...AND LINTON MAY EXPERIENCE A KILLING FREEZE...WHERE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW 28 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HARD FREEZE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS LATE SUMMER SEASON. PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED IF NOT BROUGHT IN OR HARVESTED PRIOR TO FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL USHER IN THE COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AREAS FROM ROLLA TO HARVEY... JAMESTOWN AND ELLENDALE CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. NDZ005-013-023-025-220500- /O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-120922T0300Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 346 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AROUND 30 FAR WEST. * IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 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. 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. && $$ NDZ037-048-051-220500- /O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0034.120921T2100Z-120922T0300Z/ STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY...OAKES 346 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY EVENING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 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. 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. && $$ NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-220500- /O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 346 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 /246 PM MDT FRI SEP 21 2012/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SATURDAY... * TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ TWH
644 WWUS73 KBIS 220100 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 800 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY CANCELLED... .WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. PLACES LIKE ROLETTE...MOHALL...STANLEY...MINOT... GARRISON... BISMARCK...STEELE...NAPOLEON...AND LINTON MAY EXPERIENCE A KILLING FREEZE...WHERE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW 28 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HARD FREEZE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS LATE SUMMER SEASON. PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED IF NOT BROUGHT IN OR HARVESTED PRIOR TO FRIDAY NIGHT. A GUSTY NORTH WIND HAS DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING...AND THE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NDZ005-013-023-025-037-048-051-220900- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-120922T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/ ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON... JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY...OAKES 800 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. * WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING...AND WILL BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. * IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 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. && $$ NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-220900- /O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY- MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY- BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT- BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... MCCLUSKY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK... STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER... FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY 800 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 /700 PM MDT FRI SEP 21 2012/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SATURDAY... * TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. * IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KINNEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 3:33 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more | 31 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Adams, Bowman, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, McLean and 6 more | 16 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.