Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Aug 31, 2005, 9:06 AM CDT for 11 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Aug 31, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2005, 9:06 AM CDT (14:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 31, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:09 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KFGF 311406 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 906 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY... .WEST WINDS WILL BLOW TODAY BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATER TONIGHT. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-049-052-054-312215- /X.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.050831T1800Z-050901T0300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES-RANSOM- SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 906 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN SOUTH TO AROUND VALLEY CITY WILL SUSTAIN THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...BUT STILL BLOW BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KELLENBENZ
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KFGF 311532 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1032 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .WEST WINDS WILL BLOW TODAY BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS WILL BE STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATER TONIGHT. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-312345- /X.UPG.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.050831T1800Z-050901T0600Z/ /X.NEW.KFGF.HW.W.0001.050831T1800Z-050901T0300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 1032 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN SOUTH TO AROUND VALLEY CITY WILL SUSTAIN THE STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...BUT STILL BLOW BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. $$ MNZ001>005-007-008-013>016-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ008-016-027-029- 030-039-053-312345- /X.EXB.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.050831T2100Z-050901T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS- STEELE-TRAILL-CASS-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO... WAHPETON 1032 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH BY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE GRAND FORKS AND FARGO AREAS BY 4 PM...THEN SPREAD EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT STILL BLOW BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ NDZ049-052-312345- /X.EXT.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.050831T2100Z-050901T0600Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...GWINNER 1032 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY EXTENDED FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT STILL BLOW BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ KELLENBENZ
000 WWUS73 KFGF 312024 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 324 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .WEST WINDS WILL BLOW TONIGHT BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS WILL BE STRONG THROUGH TONIGHT...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-010300- /X.EXB.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.050901T0300Z-050901T1200Z/ /X.CON.KFGF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050901T0300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 324 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN SOUTH TO AROUND VALLEY CITY THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THEREAFTER...BUT STILL REMAIN IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE THROUGH THE NIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR STRONGER WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION IF VENTURING OUTDOORS. $$ MNZ001>005-007-008-013>016-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ008-016-027-029- 030-039-049-052-053-010300- /X.EXT.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.050831T2100Z-050901T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS- STEELE-TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 324 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ DK
000 WWUS73 KFGF 010223 AAA NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 923 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...STRONG WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHTER... .WEST WINDS HAVE GREATLY DECREASED AS THE LOSS OF SUNSHINE AND COOLING HAS CAUSED THE STRONG WINDS TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE SURFACE. THOUGH WINDS WILL STILL BE WINDY IN NORTHERN PARTS OF THE REGION THEY WILL BE LESS THAN EXPECTED EARLIER. SO THE WIND WARNING FOR PART OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE BALANCE OF THE NIGHT HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-010330- /X.CAN.KFGF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050901T0300Z/ /X.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.050901T0300Z-050901T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 923 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ MNZ001>005-007-008-013>016-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ008-016-027-029- 030-039-049-052-053-010330- /X.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-050901T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS- STEELE-TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 923 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ GV
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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.