Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2006, 9:00 AM CST for 17 counties in North Dakota; 14 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2006, 9:00 AM CST (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2006, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 31 counties
Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater 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, 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), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:59 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 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 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 311500 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 900 AM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES TODAY ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-312100- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.060331T1500Z-060331T2100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- 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...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...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 900 AM CST FRI MAR 31 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. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES TODAY ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. 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. $$ DK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KFGF 312055 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 255 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING ACROSS THE REGION... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE BREEZY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...WITH WINDS QUICKLY DECREASING AROUND SUNSET...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-312200- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060331T2100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY- EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 255 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE AROUND SUNSET...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. $$ DK
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.