Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2016, 8:46 AM CST for 8 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2016, 8:46 AM CST (14:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2016, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Bottineau County, ND, Foster County, ND, McHenry County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1380 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
266 WWUS73 KBIS 271446 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 846 AM CST WED JAN 27 2016 NDZ003>005-011>013-021>023-025-272100- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.160127T1446Z-160127T2100Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 846 AM CST WED JAN 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THIS MORNING UNTIL 3PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WORKING ON TALL STRUCTURES MAY BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MM
2 follow-up statements
331 WWUS73 KBIS 271744 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1144 AM CST WED JAN 27 2016 NDZ003>005-011>013-021>023-025-272100- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 1144 AM CST WED JAN 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...UNTIL 3PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WORKING ON TALL STRUCTURES MAY BE HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MM
499 WWUS73 KBIS 272100 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 300 PM CST WED JAN 27 2016 NDZ003>005-011>013-021>023-025-272200- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160127T2100Z/ RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN- WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOHALL...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...MINOT... TOWNER...RUGBY...GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON 300 PM CST WED JAN 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ALTHOUGH WINDS REMAIN GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. $$ JV
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.