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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 12, 2012, 11:42 AM CDT for 19 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2012, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2012, 7:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Bottineau 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, 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
821 WWUS73 KBIS 121642 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1142 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...VERY WINDY CENTRAL TODAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WERE CAUSED BY THE INTERACTION OF A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND LOW PRESSURE ACROSS MONTANA. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-130000- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0035.121012T1642Z-121013T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-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...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1142 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 /1042 AM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING ON ELEVATE LOCATIONS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS AND TOWERS. 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. && $$ WAA
2 follow-up statements
403 WWUS73 KBIS 122016 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 316 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...VERY WINDY CENTRAL TODAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH EARLY THIS FRIDAY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WERE CAUSED BY THE INTERACTION OF A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND LOW PRESSURE ACROSS MONTANA. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-130000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121013T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MERCER-OLIVER- MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN- GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 316 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 /216 PM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS 30 MPH GUSTING AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING ON ELEVATE LOCATIONS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS AND TOWERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WAA
247 WWUS73 KBIS 130001 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 701 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS ARE DIMINISHING SLOWLY OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT HAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NDZ003>005-011>013-019>023-025-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-130115- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-121013T0000Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-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...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY... HARVEY...CARRINGTON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 701 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 /601 PM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE DIMINISHING SLOWLY OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT HAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 3:39 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BIS | Dickey, Emmons, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh, Sioux | 15 hr |
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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.