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Wind Advisory 41, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Dec 2, 2012, 2:50 PM MST for 8 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 3, 2012, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2012, 2:50 PM MST (21:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 3, 2012, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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 180 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
- 1542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
219 WWUS73 KBIS 022150 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 350 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...STRONG WINDS SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND MONDAY...BRINGING STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. GUSTY WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND THEN INCREASE ONCE AGAIN FROM LATE MORNING...INTO THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM BOWMAN AND BEACH...EAST THROUGH DICKINSON...HETTINGER AND KILLDEER. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. IT WILL BE BREEZY TO WINDY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-030600- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0041.121203T1500Z-121204T0000Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 350 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2012 /250 PM MST SUN DEC 2 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ MONDAY. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT...A LULL EARLY MORNING THEN SUSTAINED WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. THOSE WORKING ON TOWERS OR ELEVATED AREAS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES. 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. && $$ TWH
6 follow-up statements
231 WWUS73 KBIS 030056 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 656 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...STRONG WINDS SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY...BRINGING STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. GUSTY WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND THEN INCREASE ONCE AGAIN FROM LATE MORNING...INTO THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM BOWMAN AND BEACH...EAST THROUGH DICKINSON...HETTINGER AND KILLDEER. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. IT WILL BE BREEZY TO WINDY ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MONDAY BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-030900- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0041.121203T1500Z-121204T0000Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 656 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2012 /556 PM MST SUN DEC 2 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT...A LULL EARLY MORNING THEN SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. THOSE WORKING ON TOWERS OR ELEVATED AREAS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES. 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. && $$ TWH/RK
209 WWUS73 KBIS 030343 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 943 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2012 ...STRONG WINDS SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY...BRINGING STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. GUSTY WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND THEN INCREASE ONCE AGAIN FROM LATE MORNING...INTO THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM BOWMAN AND BEACH...EAST THROUGH DICKINSON...HETTINGER AND KILLDEER. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-031145- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0041.121203T1500Z-121204T0000Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 943 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2012 /843 PM MST SUN DEC 2 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ MONDAY... * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT...A LULL EARLY MORNING THEN SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. THOSE WORKING ON TOWERS OR ELEVATED AREAS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES. 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. && $$ TWH/RK
369 WWUS73 KBIS 031004 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 404 AM CST MON DEC 3 2012 ...STRONG WINDS SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BEHIND A COLD FRONT TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM BOWMAN AND BEACH...EAST THROUGH DICKINSON...HETTINGER AND KILLDEER. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-031815- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0041.121203T1500Z-121204T0000Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 404 AM CST MON DEC 3 2012 /304 AM MST MON DEC 3 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. THOSE WORKING ON TOWERS OR ELEVATED AREAS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HEINERT
639 WWUS73 KBIS 031609 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1009 AM CST MON DEC 3 2012 ...STRONG WINDS SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BEHIND A COLD FRONT TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM BOWMAN AND BEACH...EAST THROUGH DICKINSON...HETTINGER AND KILLDEER. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY MONDAY EVENING. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-040000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-121204T0000Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1009 AM CST MON DEC 3 2012 /909 AM MST MON DEC 3 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. THOSE WORKING ON TOWERS OR ELEVATED AREAS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES. 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. && $$ TWH
038 WWUS73 KBIS 032139 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 339 PM CST MON DEC 3 2012 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM BOWMAN AND BEACH...EAST THROUGH DICKINSON...HETTINGER AND KILLDEER. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-040000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-121204T0000Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 339 PM CST MON DEC 3 2012 /239 PM MST MON DEC 3 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION. THOSE WORKING ON TOWERS OR ELEVATED AREAS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TWH
317 WWUS73 KBIS 040002 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 602 PM CST MON DEC 3 2012 ...DIMINISHING WINDS THIS EVENING... .THE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 6 PM CST HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE STATE. NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-040115- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0041.000000T0000Z-121204T0000Z/ DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON... MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 602 PM CST MON DEC 3 2012 /502 PM MST MON DEC 3 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DROP OFF TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE STATE. $$ RK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 8:40 PM MST | Dense Fog Advisory | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide, Dunn and 18 more | 12 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.