Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2007, 4:11 AM CST for 17 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 23, 2007, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2007, 4:11 AM CST (10:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2007, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 23 counties
Clay County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Polk 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), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 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 231011 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 411 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...STRONG WINDS TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY. SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE REGION WILL BE BETWEEN DEPARTING HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST...PLACING THE REGION IN A FAVORABLE POSITION FOR STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-240000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.070223T1200Z-070224T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-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...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 411 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND DISSIPATE BELOW ADVISORY CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. 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. $$ TG
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KFGF 231657 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1057 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...STRONG WINDS TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE REGION WILL BE BETWEEN DEPARTING HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST AND DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST...PLACING THE REGION IN A FAVORABLE POSITION FOR STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-240000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070224T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 1057 AM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND DISSIPATE BELOW ADVISORY CONDITIONS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HOPKINS
000 WWUS73 KFGF 240002 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 602 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-240115- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070224T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-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...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 602 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. $$ DTR
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2007Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007
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.