Alert archive / Minnesota / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
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.
- 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
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.