Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 5, 2005, 2:59 PM CDT for Clay County, Norman County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 5, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2005, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 5, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2005, 3:52 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Clay County, MN, Norman County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 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 051959 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 259 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005 ...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER EXTREME WESTERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE MOST OF THE NIGHT AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MNZ005>008-052300- /X.CON.KFGF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051005T2300Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN 259 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET...BUT WILL STILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 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. $$ MNZ002-003-029-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-060400- /X.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.051005T2300Z-051006T1100Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 259 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CDT THURSDAY. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ JCA
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KFGF 052302 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 602 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF GRAND FORKS AT 6 PM CDT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE MOST OF THE NIGHT AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MNZ005>008-060015- /X.EXP.KFGF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051005T2300Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN 602 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...BUT COMBINED WITH EXPECTED LIGHT SNOW...THESE CONDITIONS WILL WARRANT THE ISSUANCE OF A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ002-003-029-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-060715- /X.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051006T1100Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 602 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT THURSDAY... WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ CJS/DK
000 WWUS73 KFGF 060023 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 723 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF GRAND FORKS AT 7 PM CDT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE MOST OF THE NIGHT AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NDZ028>030-038-060130- /X.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051006T1100Z/ GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY 723 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WITH MORE SNOW FALLING THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MNZ002-003-029-NDZ039-049-052-053-060830- /X.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051006T1100Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 723 PM CDT WED OCT 5 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT THURSDAY... STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 5O MPH AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ SCHULTZ/KELLENBENZ
000 WWUS73 KFGF 060852 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 350 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2005 ...STRONG WINDS DIMINISHING... .LOW PRESSURE LOCATED JUST NEAR BEMIDJI WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST EARLY THIS MORNING. NORTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THE REST OF THE EARLY MORNING TO JUST BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. MNZ002-003-029-NDZ039-049-052-053-060930- /X.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051006T1100Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 350 AM CDT THU OCT 6 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING TO JUST BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. IT WILL STILL BE WINDY THOUGH THROUGH DAWN WITH NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED AND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. $$ RIDDLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 8:58 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 9 hr |
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.