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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND

November 2, 20057 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Nov 2, 2005, 4:18 AM CST for 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Nov 2, 2005, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 2, 2005, 4:18 AM CST (10:18 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 2, 2005, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 2, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 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 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 2005-11-02Temperature 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 2005-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
2201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 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 021018
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
418 AM CST WED NOV 2 2005

...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...

.GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET.

NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-054-030000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.051102T1800Z-051103T0000Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...ADAMS
418 AM CST WED NOV 2 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE WEST BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND
INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONG WINDS
WILL DIMINISH TOWARDS SUNSET. 

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.

$$
VOELKER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KFGF 022143
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
343 PM CST WED NOV 2 2005

...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

.GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON UNTIL AROUND SUNSET.

NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-054-030000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051103T0000Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...ADAMS
343 PM CST WED NOV 2 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARDS SUNSET.

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
000 
WWUS73 KFGF 030000
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
600 PM CST WED NOV 2 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-054-030100-
/O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051103T0000Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...ADAMS
600 PM CST WED NOV 2 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH THE VERY STRONG WIND SPEEDS HAVE
DIMINISHED...THEY WILL STILL REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY THROUGH MID
EVENING.

$$

GODON

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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.