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WWUS73 KBIS 030343
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
943 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2012

...STRONG WINDS SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL TRACK
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY...BRINGING STRONG
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

GUSTY WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT IN
SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND THEN INCREASE
ONCE AGAIN FROM LATE MORNING...INTO THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED
WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
BOWMAN AND BEACH...EAST THROUGH DICKINSON...HETTINGER AND
KILLDEER. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY EARLY MONDAY
EVENING.

MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE URGED
TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

NDZ018-031>033-040-041-043-044-031145-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0041.121203T1500Z-121204T0000Z/
DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...
MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
943 PM CST SUN DEC 2 2012 /843 PM MST SUN DEC 2 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ TO
6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ MONDAY...

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT...A LULL EARLY 
  MORNING THEN SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 
  MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS...MOTORISTS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE 
  CAUTION. THOSE WORKING ON TOWERS OR ELEVATED AREAS SHOULD TAKE 
  APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND
OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

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TWH/RK