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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 31, 201611 counties in North Dakota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2016-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2016-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISDickey42 min
May 31, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBISRolette34 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.