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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

February 10, 201519 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Feb 10, 2015, 1:55 AM MST for 19 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 10, 2015, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2015, 1:55 AM MST (08:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2015, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Feb 10, 2015, 11:00 PM MST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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 6 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 2015-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 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.

391 
WWUS73 KBIS 100855
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
255 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL INCLUDING THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING...

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING. 
NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED IN PLACES LIKE BOWMAN...DICKINSON...GARRISON...BISMARCK...
LINTON...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN AND OAKES. 

PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS IN THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST
TUESDAY NIGHT.

NDZ019>022-033>035-040>046-101700-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.150210T1800Z-150211T0300Z/
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
MCCLUSKY...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON
255 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2015 /155 AM MST TUE FEB 10 2015/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO
9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO
9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
  WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

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.

&&

$$

NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-101700-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.150210T2100Z-150211T0600Z/
WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
255 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...TUESDAY MID AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 30 MPH. GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
  WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE HAZARDOUS.

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/TM
4 follow-up statements
219 
WWUS73 KBIS 101835
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1235 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL INCLUDING THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN PLACES LIKE BOWMAN...
DICKINSON...GARRISON...BISMARCK...LINTON...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN
AND OAKES.

PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS IN THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO
EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.

NDZ019>022-033>035-040>046-110245-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150211T0300Z/
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
MCCLUSKY...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON
1235 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015 /1135 AM MST TUE FEB 10 2015/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-110245-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.150210T2100Z-150211T0600Z/
WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1235 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE HAZARDOUS.
  PATCHY BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$
562 
WWUS73 KBIS 102049
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
249 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL INCLUDING THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN PLACES LIKE BOWMAN...DICKINSON...
GARRISON...BISMARCK...LINTON...CARRINGTON...JAMESTOWN AND OAKES.

PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS IN THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO
EAST TUESDAY NIGHT.

NDZ019>022-033>035-040>046-110300-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150211T0300Z/
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
MCCLUSKY...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON
249 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015 /149 PM MST TUE FEB 10 2015/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 

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.

&&

$$

NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-110500-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.150210T2100Z-150211T0600Z/
WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
249 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 
  PATCHY BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. 

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
530 
WWUS73 KBIS 110306
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
906 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...MAINLY THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN PLACES LIKE CARRINGTON...
HARVEY...JAMESTOWN AND OAKES.

PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS. THE WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT.

NDZ019>022-033>035-040>046-110415-
/O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150211T0300Z/
MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-
HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
MCCLUSKY...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...MARMARTH...MOTT...
ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON
906 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015 /806 PM MST TUE FEB 10 2015/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

$$

NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-110600-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150211T0600Z/
WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
906 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE 
  VEHICLES. WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 
  PATCHY BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. 

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.

&&

$$
WA
635 
WWUS73 KBIS 110548
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1148 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT THE THREAT
FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH HAS DIMINISHED. THUS THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED. 

NDZ023-025-036-037-047-048-050-051-110700-
/O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150211T0600Z/
WELLS-FOSTER-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...STEELE...
JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES
1148 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT THE THREAT
FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH HAS DIMINISHED. THUS THE WIND
ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED. 

$$

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.