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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Bismarck, ND

March 30, 20164 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 30, 2016, 2:02 PM MDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 31, 2016, 3:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2016, 2:02 PM MDT (20:02 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 31, 2016, 3:00 AM MDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2016, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Adams County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Slope County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2016-03-30Temperature 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 2016-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -73 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
908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

064 
WWUS73 KBIS 302002
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
302 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

NDZ040-041-043-044-310415-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0005.160331T0900Z-160401T0000Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
202 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
WAA
6 follow-up statements
618 
WWUS73 KBIS 310248
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
948 PM CDT WED MAR 30 2016

NDZ040-041-043-044-311100-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0005.160331T0900Z-160401T0000Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
848 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT
THURSDAY...

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE 
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU NEED TO DRIVE IN FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

$$

CJS
004 
WWUS73 KBIS 310528
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1228 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

NDZ040-041-043-044-311330-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0005.160331T0900Z-160401T0000Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
1128 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM MDT
THURSDAY...

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE 
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU NEED TO DRIVE IN FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

$$
AJ
994 
WWUS73 KBIS 310816
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
316 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

NDZ040-041-043-044-311630-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0005.160331T0900Z-160401T0000Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
216 AM MDT THU MAR 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE 
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU NEED TO DRIVE IN FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

$$
AJ
895 
WWUS73 KBIS 311123
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
623 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

NDZ040-041-043-044-312000-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160401T0000Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
523 AM MDT THU MAR 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE 
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU NEED TO DRIVE IN FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA TODAY.

&&

$$

JJS
888 
WWUS73 KBIS 311426
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
926 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

NDZ040-041-043-044-312230-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160401T0000Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
826 AM MDT THU MAR 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 
  MPH. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES. WORKING ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES WILL BE 
  HAZARDOUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU NEED TO DRIVE IN FAR SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA TODAY.

&&

$$
675 
WWUS73 KBIS 312030
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
330 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

NDZ040-041-043-044-312130-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160401T0000Z/
SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
230 PM MDT THU MAR 31 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. THEREFORE...THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

ZH

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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.