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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Bismarck, ND

February 23, 20127 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2012, 9:47 AM MST for 7 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2012, 9:47 AM MST (16:47 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2012, 5:49 PM MST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2012-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2012-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

375 
WWUS73 KBIS 231647
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1047 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PLACES
LIKE BOWMAN...HETTINTER...AMIDON...NEW ENGLAND...BEACH...MEDORA
AND BELFIELD ARE ALL IN THE ADVISORY AREA. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
WILL ALSO DEVELOP ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...MAKING TRAVEL MORE
DIFFICULT AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AND FALL BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AS
STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-240100-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0006.120223T1647Z-120224T0100Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
947 AM MST THU FEB 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

* GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS
  SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
  SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ALONG WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...WHICH
  WILL MAKE TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT.

* USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES...AS STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING 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
1 follow-up statement
898 
WWUS73 KBIS 240049
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
649 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012

...WINDS DIMINISHING SOUTHWEST...

.THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED...THERE COULD STILL
BE SOME GUSTY WINDS IN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. 

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-240200-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120224T0100Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
549 PM MST THU FEB 23 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. 

$$
WAA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 6:25 AM MSTWinter Storm WarningBISGrant4 hr
Feb 23, 1:46 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchBISBillings, Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Divide and 22 more24 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.