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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 7, 200613 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2006, 8:41 AM CST for 13 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2006, 8:41 AM CST (14:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2006, 3:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 25 counties

Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:45 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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 296 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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 071441
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
841 AM CST TUE MAR 7 2006

...STRONG WINDS OVER RED RIVER VALLEY REGION TODAY...

.SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO THIS AFTERNOON.
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF DRIFTING SNOW AND WITH THE MILD
TEMPERATURES SNOW WILL STICK TO AREA ROADWAYS CAUSING VERY
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS.

THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM MID AFTERNOON ON AS AN AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE REGION. 

MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027-029-030-040-NDZ008-016-026>030-
038-039-049-052>054-072100-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.060307T1441Z-060307T2100Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-
PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-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...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...
THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN...
DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...
CAVALIER...GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...
FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...
WAHPETON...ADAMS
841 AM CST TUE MAR 7 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL
CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS 
OF DRIFTING SNOW AND WITH THE MILD TEMPERATURES SNOW WILL STICK TO
AREA ROADWAYS CAUSING VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER THIS 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.

$$
VOELKER

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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.