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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 15, 20076 counties in Minnesota; Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 15, 2007, 3:44 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota; Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2007, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Richland County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2007-03-15Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2007-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 152044
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
344 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2007

...STRONG WINDS INTO EARLY EVENING...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTER ALOFT WILL CAUSE GUSTY WINDS INTO
EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. 

MNZ003-027>032-040-NDZ039-053-160000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.070315T2044Z-070316T0000Z/
CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-
EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CASS-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...
BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...
ELBOW LAKE...FARGO...WAHPETON
344 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40
MILES AN HOUR...ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO EARLY EVENING. WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TOWARD SUNSET.

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.

$$

BRAMER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KFGF 152355
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
655 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2007

...WINDS ARE SLOWLY SUBSIDING...

.WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

MNZ003-027>032-040-NDZ039-053-160100-
/O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070316T0000Z/
CLAY-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-
EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-CASS-RICHLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...
BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...
ELBOW LAKE...FARGO...WAHPETON
655 PM CDT THU MAR 15 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...AND BECOME LIGHT
LATER TONIGHT. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM.
SOME WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH 8 PM...BUT WINDS
WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET.

$$
DK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 2:52 AM CDTSnow AdvisoryFGFBecker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Mahnomen and 5 more13 hr
Mar 15, 6:09 AM CDTHeavy Snow WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake10 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2007Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 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.