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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 5, 20255 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind advisory at May 5, 2025, 10:09 AM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2025, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

Counties Burke County, ND, Divide County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Williams County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at May 4, 6:08 PM CDT, 16 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 6:08 PM CDT, 16 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 5:49 PM CDT, 16 hours 20 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 2:55 PM CDT	Dust Storm Advisory	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	2 hr
May 5, 4:53 PM CDT	Dust Storm Advisory	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley, McKenzie, Williams	112 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.