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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Grand Forks, ND

November 11, 20077 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2007, 3:47 AM CST for 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Nov 11, 2007, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2007, 3:47 AM CST (09:47 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 11, 2007, 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 09:50 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, 9.8 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 2007-11-11Temperature 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 2007-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 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 110947
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
347 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2007

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON...

.NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. A STRONG...FAST
MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP INTO
NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AROUND LUNCH TIME. IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE
FRONT WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLY CAUSING TRAVEL
CHALLENGES FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-054-120000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0021.071111T1800Z-071112T0000Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...ADAMS
347 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2007

...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. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN BY
THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY
MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MANITOBA INTO ONTARIO BY EVENING. A STRONG
PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE A RAPIDLY MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS.

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.

$$

EWENS
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KFGF 111734
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1134 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2007

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON...

.NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. A
STRONG...FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA TROUGH MIDDAY. IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT WINDS WILL
GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLY CAUSING TRAVEL CHALLENGES FOR THOSE
IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-054-120000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0021.071111T1800Z-071112T0000Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...ADAMS
1134 AM CST SUN NOV 11 2007

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

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

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THIS
AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40
MPH...SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL NIGHTFALL. 

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.

$$

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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.