Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2005

Wind Advisory 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 1, 200517 counties in North Dakota; 13 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Sep 1, 2005, 4:04 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 1, 2005, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2005, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 1, 2005, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 1, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 30 counties

Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 280 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 00:00Z on 2005-09-01Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2005-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
2436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KFGF 010904
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
404 AM CDT THU SEP 1 2005

...WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TODAY...

.WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING HOURS
AND REMAIN STRONG INTO THE AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE DURING THE
EVENING HOURS.

MNZ001>004-007-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-
038-039-049-052>054-011715-
/X.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.050901T1200Z-050901T2300Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...
PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...
LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...
NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...
MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...
ADAMS
404 AM CDT THU SEP 1 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND
REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA.
WINDS WILL SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

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.

$$
TG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KFGF 011743
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1243 PM CDT THU SEP 1 2005

...WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TODAY...

.GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WINDS
WILL SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

MNZ001>004-007-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-
038-039-049-052>054-012300-
/X.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-050901T2300Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...
PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...
FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...
LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...
NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...
MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...
ADAMS
1243 PM CDT THU SEP 1 2005

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

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS
MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING
HOURS.

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.

$$
KENNEDY

Nearby

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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.