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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at May 31, 2016, 11:56 AM MDT for 11 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2016, 11:56 AM MDT (17:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
927 WWUS73 KBIS 311756 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1256 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-010000- /O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.160531T1756Z-160601T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT... BOWMAN...HETTINGER 1256 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 /1156 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS WORKING CONDITIONS TO THOSE ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE EXTRA CAUTION AND HANG ON TO THE WHEEL IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. && $$ CJS
2 follow-up statements
358 WWUS73 KBIS 312050 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 350 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-010000- /O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-160601T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT... BOWMAN...HETTINGER 350 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 /250 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CDT...6 PM MDT. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER THAT TIME. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DANGEROUS WORKING CONDITIONS TO THOSE ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE EXTRA CAUTION AND HANG ON TO THE WHEEL IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. && $$ CJS
211 WWUS73 KBIS 312345 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 645 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 NDZ001-009-017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-010045- /O.EXP.KBIS.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-160601T0000Z/ DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE- HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...WATFORD CITY... KILLDEER...HALLIDAY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH... MOTT...NEW ENGLAND...BOWMAN...HETTINGER 645 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 /545 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Dickey | 42 min |
| May 31, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BIS | Rolette | 34 min |
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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.