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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 19, 20137 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Jun 19, 2013, 2:55 AM MDT for 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jun 19, 2013, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2013, 2:55 AM MDT (08:55 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 19, 2013, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 19, 2013, 8:38 PM MDT
In force
12 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 08:56 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 00:00Z, 8.9 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 00:00Z on 2013-06-19Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2013-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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.

832 
WWUS73 KBIS 190855
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
355 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA FROM 9
AM MDT THIS MORNING...UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A SOUTHEAST
WIND WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH STRONG WINDS
PERSISTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT SUSTAINED
SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...AS
WELL AS THOSE OCCUPYING ELEVATED LOCATIONS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS OR
TOWERS.

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-191700-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.130619T1500Z-130620T0300Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
255 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

CK/RK
5 follow-up statements
767 
WWUS73 KBIS 191150
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
650 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA FROM
9 AM MDT THIS MORNING...UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A SOUTHEAST
WIND WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH STRONG WINDS
PERSISTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT SUSTAINED
SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...AS
WELL AS THOSE OCCUPYING ELEVATED LOCATIONS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS OR
TOWERS.

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-192000-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.130619T1500Z-130620T0300Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
550 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
MDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES.

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.

&&

$$

CK/RP KINNEY
416 
WWUS73 KBIS 191611
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1111 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A SOUTHEAST WIND WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 
EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...AS
WELL AS THOSE OCCUPYING ELEVATED LOCATIONS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS OR
TOWERS.

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-200015-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130620T0300Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
1011 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. 

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
403 
WWUS73 KBIS 192048
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
348 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND
40 MPH. 

THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...AS
WELL AS THOSE OCCUPYING ELEVATED LOCATIONS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS OR
TOWERS.

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-200300-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130620T0300Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
248 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. 

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
416 
WWUS73 KBIS 192331
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
631 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA
UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH...AND GUSTS AROUND
40 MPH.

THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...AS
WELL AS THOSE OCCUPYING ELEVATED LOCATIONS SUCH AS ROOFTOPS OR
TOWERS.

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-200300-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130620T0300Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
531 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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/WAA
889 
WWUS73 KBIS 200238
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
938 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA IS CANCELLED...

.SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

NDZ031>033-040-041-043-044-200345-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-130620T0300Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...
MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
838 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE WEAKENED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...THUS
THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

KS

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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.