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Wind Advisory 39, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Nov 5, 2012, 2:47 PM MST for 18 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2012, 2:47 PM MST (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2012, 8:25 PM MST
- 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, McHenry County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Renville County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
474 WWUS73 KBIS 052147 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 347 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THROUGH THIS EVENING WEST AND CENTRAL... .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. A STRONG FRONT IS MOVING INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT AND INCREASE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. EXPECT PERIODS OF SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 35 MPH...AND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT CST. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. NDZ001>003-009>012-017>021-031>034-040>044-060400- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0039.121105T2147Z-121106T0400Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE- DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 347 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012 /247 PM MST MON NOV 5 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST /9 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST /9 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED UP TO 35 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KINNEY
1 follow-up statement
188 WWUS73 KBIS 060325 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 925 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .THE WIND SPEEDS OVER WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. NDZ001>003-009>012-017>021-031>034-040>044-060430- /O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121106T0400Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-MCKENZIE- DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON- SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER... BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 925 PM CST MON NOV 5 2012 /825 PM MST MON NOV 5 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND SPEEDS OVER WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ TM
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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.