Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Aug 31, 2006, 4:05 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Aug 31, 2006, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2006, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 31, 2006, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2006, 3:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 30 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, 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), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 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 310905 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 405 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 ...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION TODAY... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND AFFECT A LARGE PORTION OF THE REGION TODAY. AREAS AFFECTED ARE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ROSEAU TO FERGUS FALLS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY EVENING. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-312100- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.060831T1200Z-060831T2100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST 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... DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...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 405 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE DURING THE DAY. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION 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. $$ VOELKER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KFGF 312039 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 339 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 ...WINDS ARE SLOWLY SLOWLY SUBSIDING OVER THE REGION... .WINDS ARE DECREASING IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING...ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED FROM EARLIER TODAY. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-312145- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060831T2100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON...ADAMS 339 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITHIN THE LAST HOUR. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ 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.