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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Bismarck, ND

October 10, 201327 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 10, 2013, 2:56 PM MDT for 27 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 11, 2013, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 10, 2013, 2:56 PM MDT (20:56 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 11, 2013, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 12, 2013, 5:40 AM MDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
All 27 counties

Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2013-10-10Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2013-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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.

741 
WWUS73 KBIS 102056
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
356 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND PARTS OF
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE PERIODS...FROM DICKINSON AND
GLEN ULLIN...SOUTH TO BOWMAN...HETTINGER AND ELGIN. SUSTAINED
WINDS AROUND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
ISOLATED GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS
COULD RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND CREATE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN CLEAN-UP EFFORTS
AFTER THE RECENT SNOWFALL.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES AREAS FROM
WILLISTON...MINOT AND RUGBY...THROUGH GARRISON...BISMARCK...AND
JAMESTOWN. THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30
MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING OR DELAY
TRAVEL. OUTSIDE WORKERS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS.

NDZ033-040>045-110500-
/O.UPG.KBIS.HW.A.0004.131011T1500Z-131012T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.HW.W.0003.131011T1500Z-131012T0600Z/
STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...
BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
356 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013 /256 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ FRIDAY
TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ FRIDAY TO
1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...40 MPH...GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH
  POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR WORKERS. DOWNED
  LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...AND OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ034-110500-
/O.UPG.KBIS.HW.A.0004.131011T2100Z-131012T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.HW.W.0003.131011T1500Z-131012T0600Z/
MORTON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANDAN
356 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT
SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...40 MPH...GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH
  POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR WORKERS.
  DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...AND OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031-032-110500-
/O.UPG.KBIS.HW.A.0004.131011T1500Z-131012T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T1500Z-131012T0900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA
356 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013 /256 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ FRIDAY TO
4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ FRIDAY TO
4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO
  IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ019>021-110500-
/O.UPG.KBIS.HW.A.0004.131011T2100Z-131012T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T1500Z-131012T0900Z/
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON
356 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM CDT
SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO
  IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ003-004-011-012-110500-
/O.UPG.KBIS.HW.A.0004.131011T2100Z-131012T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T2100Z-131012T1200Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WARD-MCHENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...MINOT...TOWNER
356 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO
  IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ035-046-110500-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T1500Z-131012T0900Z/
BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISMARCK...LINTON
356 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO
  IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ005-013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-110500-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T2100Z-131012T1200Z/
ROLETTE-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...
CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...
OAKES
356 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO
  IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

RP KINNEY/JV
12 follow-up statements
866 
WWUS73 KBIS 110029
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
729 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND PARTS OF
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE PERIODS...
FROM DICKINSON AND GLEN ULLIN...SOUTH TO BOWMAN...HETTINGER AND
ELGIN. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. ISOLATED GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE
STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND
CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN CLEAN-UP
EFFORTS AFTER THE RECENT SNOWFALL.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES AREAS FROM
WILLISTON...MINOT AND RUGBY...THROUGH GARRISON...BISMARCK...AND
JAMESTOWN. THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...
WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING OR DELAY
TRAVEL. OUTSIDE WORKERS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS.

NDZ033-034-040>045-110830-
/O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0003.131011T1500Z-131012T0600Z/
STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
729 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013 /629 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/
FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...40 MPH...GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS AROUND 65 
  MPH POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR 
  WORKERS. DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...AND OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017>021-031-032-035-046-110830-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T1500Z-131012T0900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...BISMARCK...LINTON
729 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013 /629 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/
FRIDAY TO 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-110830-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T2100Z-131012T1200Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
729 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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
046 
WWUS73 KBIS 110540
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1240 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND PARTS OF
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE PERIODS...
FROM DICKINSON AND GLEN ULLIN...SOUTH TO BOWMAN...HETTINGER AND
ELGIN. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER
LINES...AND CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN
CLEAN-UP EFFORTS AFTER THE RECENT SNOWFALL.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES AREAS FROM
WILLISTON...MINOT AND RUGBY...THROUGH GARRISON...BISMARCK...AND
JAMESTOWN. THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...
WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING OR DELAY
TRAVEL. OUTSIDE WORKERS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS.

NDZ033-034-040>045-111345-
/O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0003.131011T1500Z-131012T0600Z/
STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
1240 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /1140 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...40 MPH...GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. ISOLATED GUSTS AROUND 65 
  MPH POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR 
  WORKERS. DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...AND OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017>021-031-032-035-046-111345-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T1500Z-131012T0900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...BISMARCK...LINTON
1240 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /1140 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-111345-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T2100Z-131012T1200Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1240 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

AYD
302 
WWUS73 KBIS 110844
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
344 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND PARTS OF
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...AND A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT. THIS INCLUDES 
DICKINSON AND GLEN ULLIN...SOUTH TO BOWMAN...HETTINGER AND ELGIN.
SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER
LINES...AND CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN
CLEAN-UP EFFORTS AFTER THE RECENT SNOWFALL.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES AREAS
FROM WILLISTON...MINOT AND RUGBY...THROUGH GARRISON...BISMARCK...AND
JAMESTOWN. THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...
WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

NDZ033-034-040>045-111645-
/O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0003.131011T1500Z-131012T0600Z/
STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
344 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /244 AM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...40 MPH...GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR 
  WORKERS. DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...AND OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ019>021-035-046-111645-
/O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T2300Z-131012T0900Z/
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
BISMARCK...LINTON
344 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED TO 30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-111645-
/O.EXT.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131012T0300Z-131012T1200Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
344 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031-032-111645-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T1500Z-131012T0900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA
344 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /244 AM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

AYD
750 
WWUS73 KBIS 111345
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
844 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND PARTS OF
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...AND A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT. THIS INCLUDES
DICKINSON AND GLEN ULLIN...SOUTH TO BOWMAN...HETTINGER AND ELGIN.
SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS COULD RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER
LINES...AND CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN
CLEAN-UP EFFORTS AFTER THE RECENT SNOWFALL.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES AREAS
FROM WILLISTON...MINOT AND RUGBY...THROUGH GARRISON...BISMARCK...
AND JAMESTOWN. THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND
30 MPH... WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

NDZ033-034-040>045-112145-
/O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0003.131011T1500Z-131012T0600Z/
STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
844 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /744 AM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT
MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...40 MPH...GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR 
  WORKERS. DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...AND OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031-032-112145-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T1500Z-131012T0900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA
844 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /744 AM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ019>021-035-046-112145-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T2300Z-131012T0900Z/
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
BISMARCK...LINTON
844 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED TO 30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-112145-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131012T0300Z-131012T1200Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
844 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

TH
549 
WWUS73 KBIS 111752
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1252 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL SPREAD
INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT. 

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL. THIS INCLUDES DICKINSON AND GLEN ULLIN...SOUTH TO
BOWMAN...HETTINGER...ELGIN AND SELFRIDGE. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND
40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS
COULD RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND CREATE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN CLEAN-UP EFFORTS
AFTER THE RECENT SNOWFALL.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES AREAS FROM WILLISTON...MINOT
AND RUGBY...THROUGH GARRISON...BISMARCK... AND JAMESTOWN. THESE
AREAS CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS
AROUND 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

NDZ033-034-040>045-120200-
/O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131012T0600Z/
STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
1252 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /1152 AM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT
MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...40 MPH...GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR 
  WORKERS. DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...AND OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031-032-120200-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T0900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA
1252 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /1152 AM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ019>021-035-046-120200-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T2300Z-131012T0900Z/
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
BISMARCK...LINTON
1252 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM
CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED TO 30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-120200-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131012T0300Z-131012T1200Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1252 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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
930 
WWUS73 KBIS 112056
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
356 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THROUGH TONIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL. THIS INCLUDES DICKINSON AND GLEN ULLIN...SOUTH TO
BOWMAN...HETTINGER...ELGIN AND SELFRIDGE. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND
40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS
COULD RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND CREATE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN CLEAN-UP EFFORTS
AFTER THE RECENT SNOWFALL.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES AREAS FROM WILLISTON...MINOT
AND RUGBY...THROUGH GARRISON...BISMARCK AND JAMESTOWN. THESE
AREAS CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS
TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

NDZ033-034-040>045-120500-
/O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131012T0600Z/
STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
356 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /256 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT
MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...40 MPH...GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR 
  WORKERS. DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...AND OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031-032-120500-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T0900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA
356 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /256 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ019>021-035-046-120500-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131011T2300Z-131012T0900Z/
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
BISMARCK...LINTON
356 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED TO 30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-120500-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131012T0300Z-131012T1200Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
356 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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
119 
WWUS73 KBIS 112331
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
631 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
TONIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THROUGH LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL. THIS INCLUDES DICKINSON AND GLEN ULLIN...SOUTH TO
BOWMAN...HETTINGER...ELGIN AND SELFRIDGE. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND
40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS
COULD RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND CREATE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN CLEAN-UP EFFORTS
AFTER THE RECENT SNOWFALL.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES AREAS FROM WILLISTON...MINOT
AND RUGBY...THROUGH GARRISON...BISMARCK AND JAMESTOWN. THESE
AREAS CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

NDZ033-034-040>045-120600-
/O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131012T0600Z/
STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
631 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /531 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT
MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...40 MPH...GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR 
  WORKERS. DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...AND OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017>021-031-032-035-046-120745-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T0900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...BISMARCK...LINTON
631 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /531 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-120745-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131012T0300Z-131012T1200Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
631 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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/RP KINNEY
884 
WWUS73 KBIS 120236
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
936 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA TONIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF WEST AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAR SOUTHWEST.

THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FAR SOUTHWEST
WHERE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS BOWMAN AND SLOPE COUNTIES. THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED FOR BILLINGS AND GOLDEN VALLEY
COUNTIES.

THE HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL
AND A PORTION OF THE SOUTHWEST. THIS INCLUDES DICKINSON AND GLEN
ULLIN...SOUTH TO ELGIN AND SELFRIDGE. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS
COULD RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND CREATE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR WORKERS INVOLVED IN CLEAN-UP EFFORTS
AFTER THE RECENT SNOWFALL.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES AREAS FROM WILLISTON...MINOT
AND RUGBY...THROUGH GARRISON...BISMARCK AND JAMESTOWN. THESE
AREAS CAN EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

NDZ040-043-120345-
/O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131012T0600Z/
SLOPE-BOWMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...BOWMAN
836 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING FOR SLOPE AND BOWMAN COUNTIES.

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. A PORTION
OF THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED ACROSS THE FAR
SOUTHWEST.

$$

NDZ031-032-120345-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T0900Z/
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEACH...MEDORA
836 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWEST. A PORTION OF
THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR GOLDEN VALLEY AND
BILLINGS COUNTIES.

$$

NDZ033-034-041-042-044-045-120600-
/O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131012T0600Z/
STARK-MORTON-HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MOTT...ELGIN...
HETTINGER...FORT YATES
936 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 /836 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT
MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...40 MPH...GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR 
  WORKERS. DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...AND OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017>021-035-046-120900-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T0900Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...BISMARCK...LINTON
936 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-121045-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.131012T0300Z-131012T1200Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
936 PM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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
860 
WWUS73 KBIS 120500
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1200 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH AND PORTIONS OF
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...

.A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR
MORTON...GRANT AND SIOUX COUNTIES. NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED TO 40
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. FOR LOCATIONS FROM
BOWBELLS...THROUGH GARRISON...BISMARCK...LINTON AND POINTS
EAST...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. NORTHWEST
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THESE AREAS. WINDS THIS
STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES.

NDZ033-041-044-120600-
/O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131012T0600Z/
STARK-HETTINGER-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DICKINSON...MOTT...HETTINGER
1100 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE TONIGHT. 

$$

NDZ001-009-017-018-120600-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T0900Z/
DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY...
KILLDEER
1200 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE TONIGHT. 

$$

NDZ034-042-045-120600-
/O.CON.KBIS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131012T0600Z/
MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES
1200 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013 /1100 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT
MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...40 MPH...GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR 
  WORKERS. DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...AND OR
GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-121200-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T1200Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1200 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ002-010-019>021-035-046-120900-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T0900Z/
BURKE-MOUNTRAIL-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...NEW TOWN...BEULAH...HAZEN...
CENTER...GARRISON...BISMARCK...LINTON
1200 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. WORK ON ROOFTOPS OR TOWERS MAY BE 
  DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$

AYD
432 
WWUS73 KBIS 120547
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1247 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
TONIGHT. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.


NDZ034-042-045-120900-
/O.CAN.KBIS.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-131012T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T0900Z/
MORTON-GRANT-SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANDAN...ELGIN...FORT YATES
1247 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013 /1147 PM MDT FRI OCT 11 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ EARLY
THIS MORNING. THIS REPLACES THE HIGH WIND WARNING THAT WAS IN
EFFECT.  

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY 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.

&&

$$

NDZ002-010-120700-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T0900Z/
BURKE-MOUNTRAIL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...NEW TOWN
1247 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH TONIGHT.

$$

NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-121200-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T1200Z/
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT...
TOWNER...RUGBY...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1247 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY 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.

&&

$$

NDZ019>021-035-046-120900-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T0900Z/
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
BISMARCK...LINTON
1247 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* WINDS...30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY 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.

&&

$$

AYD
925 
WWUS73 KBIS 120834
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
334 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING...

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...

.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE
EARLY THIS MORNING FROM BOTTINEAU AND BELCOURT SOUTH THROUGH
STEELE AND JAMESTOWN. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING 
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT ANY
SENSITIVE VEGETATION...EXPOSED WATER LINES AND HOSES.

NDZ003-011-047-048-050-051-121645-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.FZ.W.0003.131013T0600Z-131013T1500Z/
RENVILLE-WARD-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...MINOT...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...
ASHLEY...OAKES
334 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY.

* TIMING...TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 25 TO 30. 

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NDZ019>021-034-035-042-045-046-121645-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KBIS.FZ.W.0003.131013T0600Z-131013T1500Z/
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-MORTON-BURLEIGH-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
MANDAN...BISMARCK...ELGIN...FORT YATES...LINTON
334 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013 /234 AM MDT SAT OCT 12 2013/

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 10 AM
CDT /9 AM MDT/ SUNDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO
10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 25 TO 30. 

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-121645-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FZ.W.0003.131013T0600Z-131013T1500Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T1200Z/
BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY...
MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
334 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY. 


* WINDS...SUSTAINED 30 MPH...GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH THIS MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 25 TO 30 TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 

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.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-121645-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FZ.W.0003.131013T0600Z-131013T1500Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
334 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013 /234 AM MDT SAT OCT 12 2013/

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 10 AM
CDT /9 AM MDT/ SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO
10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 25 TO 30. 

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

AYD
374 
WWUS73 KBIS 121140
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
640 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...

.WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. AS A RESULT...THE
WIND ADVISORY WAS CANCELLED.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT ANY
SENSITIVE VEGETATION...EXPOSED WATER LINES AND HOSES.

NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-036-037-121945-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-131012T1200Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0003.131013T0600Z-131013T1500Z/
BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY...
MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...JAMESTOWN
640 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
SUNDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. THE FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. 

* TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 25 TO 30 TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NDZ001>003-009>011-017>021-031>035-040>048-050-051-121945-
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0003.131013T0600Z-131013T1500Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...
HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...
BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...
FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
640 AM CDT SAT OCT 12 2013 /540 AM MDT SAT OCT 12 2013/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
TO 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SUNDAY...

* TIMING...TONIGHT.

* TEMPERATURE...OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 25 TO 30.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

TM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Oct 10, 2:18 PM MDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 2:18 PM MDT, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
318 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 318 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUES ARE STRONG WINDS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT...POTENTIAL FOR OVERLAND FLOODING SOUTH CENTRAL...AND
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY FRIDAY.

10/12 UTC MODELS AND BUFR SOUNDINGS IN AGREEMENT FORECASTING 50-60+ KT OF
UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW AT THE TOP OF A RELATIVELY SHALLOW MIXED
LAYER...TRANSITIONING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. WILL REPLACE HIGH WIND WATCH WITH A HIGH
WIND WARNING SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL...AND A WIND ADVISORY
ACROSS THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED OVER AREAS ALREADY HARD HIT BY THE RECENT HEAVY SNOWFALL.
BASED ON THE WINDS ALOFT...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW
GUSTS AROUND 65 MPH.

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FAR SOUTH CENTRAL LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. SEE HYDRO DISCUSSION BELOW FOR DETAILS.

THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY IS OUTLOOKED IN SLIGHT RISK FOR FRIDAY
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. LOW-TOPPED SUPERCELLS WILL BE THE MAIN
ISSUE...ESPECIALLY IN THE 2 PM-7 PM CDT TIME FRAME. ALL TYPES OF
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 259 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

THE MAIN HIGHLIGHT IN THE EXTENDED IS LINGERING GUSTY WINDS ON
SATURDAY...WITH FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES SATURDAY
NIGHT...THEN ATTENTION TURNS TO THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT
MAINLY SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

ON SATURDAY THE STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL AFFECT THE STATE THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE EXITING THE AREA ON SATURDAY.
BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING THIS STACKED LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM
IS FORECAST TO BE NEAR WINNIPEG...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE
SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM REACHING 20 TO 35 MPH FROM WILLISTON TO
JAMESTOWN AND NORTH...AND 115 TO 20 MPH SOUTHWEST. LINGERING SHOWERS
MAY OCCUR SATURDAY MORNING IN THE BOTTINEAU AND TURTLE MOUNTAIN
AREA...BUT MAINLY DECREASING CLOUDS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY.

SATURDAY NIGHT...CONTINUED DECREASING CLOUDS AND WIND WITH COOLER
AIR IN PLACE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO
LOWER 30S ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SOME LOCALES MAY
SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S. SHOULD LATER MODEL RUNS
CONSISTENTLY INDICATE THESE TEMPERATURES LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO
ISSUE A FREEZE WARNING.

BY SUNDAY...AN UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO DIVE INTO SOUTHERN
IDAHO/NEVADA. THE SHARP JET WILL ROUND THE BASE OF THIS LOW/TROUGH
AND SEND UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND MOISTURE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS MOISTURE RETURN AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE SHOULD
GENERATE A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS SOUTH OF I-94 SUNDAY. AS THIS LOW
APPROACHES THE NORTHERN PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS ARE NOW A BIT COOLER WITH TEMPERATURES ALOFT. THIS WILL LEAD
TO A CHANCE FOR A WINTRY MIX SOUTHWEST LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT.

AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS MONDAY AND
TUESDAY...A WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE
SOUTHERN 2/3 OF THE STATE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE EXITING THE
REGION BY TUESDAY NIGHT. AGAIN...ANY ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN
LIGHT. DRY CONDITIONS ARE THEN FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AS SHORTWAVE
RIDGING DEVELOPS OVER THE REGION. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE
STATE THURSDAY WILL BRING ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

REGARDING TEMPERATURES SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...HIGHS MAINLY IN THE
40S AND 50S WITH LOWS MAINLY IN THE 30S.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 318 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE EARLY THIS EVENING. A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO AVIATION IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY AS A MAJOR STORM IS FORECAST TO BRING STRONG WINDS AND
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BECOME
MVFR AND IFR AT KDIK/KBIS AROUND 06Z WITH RAIN AND FOG...SPREADING
TO KISN AFT 09Z AND TO KMOT BY 12Z. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
KJMS/KBIS AS WELL AFT 12Z.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 318 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

SOILS REMAIN SATURATED ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...WHERE
HEAVY SNOW FELL THIS PAST WEEKEND AND HAS BEEN MELTING THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS. A STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BRING MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE
ABOVE MENTIONED AREA...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE FLOOD WATCH
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MID-MORNING
SATURDAY. 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA...LOCALLY
HIGHER...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR OVERLAND FLOODING WHEN
COMBINED WITH THE SATURATED GROUND.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ FRIDAY TO 4 AM CDT /3 AM
MDT/ SATURDAY FOR NDZ001-002-009-010-017>021-031-032-035-046.

HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ FRIDAY TO 1 AM CDT
/MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY FOR NDZ033-034-040>045.

FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING FOR NDZ041-042-044-045.

WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR
NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051.

&&

SHORT TERM...RP KINNEY
LONG TERM...JV
AVIATION...JV
HYDROLOGY...JV
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 10, 2:28 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
328 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

NDZ041-042-044-045-112030-
HETTINGER-GRANT-ADAMS-SIOUX-
328 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013 /228 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER ALL
OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF A WINTRY MIX
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING. THE CHANCE OF A WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING...HIGH WINDS...AND
IMPACTS TO THE BISMARCK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NDZ033-034-040-043-112030-
STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-BOWMAN-
328 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013 /228 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER ALL
OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF A WINTRY MIX
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING. THE CHANCE OF A WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WINDS AND IMPACTS TO THE
BISMARCK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NDZ001-002-009-010-017>021-031-032-035-046-112030-
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-
MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-BURLEIGH-EMMONS-
328 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013 /228 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SEE
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS.

WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY FROM WILLISTON
TO JAMESTOWN AND POINTS NORTH OF THIS LINE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER ALL
OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF A WINTRY MIX
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING. THE CHANCE OF A WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ003>005-011>013-022-023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-112030-
RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
328 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY.
A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SEE
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS.

WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY FROM WILLISTON
TO JAMESTOWN AND POINTS NORTH OF THIS LINE.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER ALL
OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF A WINTRY MIX
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING. THE CHANCE OF A WINTRY MIX IS POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
IN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

RP KINNEY/JV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 2:56 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Grant, Hettinger, Slope, Stark33 hr

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Sources

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