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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at May 6, 2007, 11:58 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota; Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2007, 11:58 AM CDT (16:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2007, 7:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KFGF 061658 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1158 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY... .SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ002-003-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ039-053-070200- /O.CAN.KFGF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070506T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0006.070506T1658Z-070507T0200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-CASS-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...FARGO...WAHPETON 1158 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING IN PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN RESPONSE TO A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. 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. $$ NG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KFGF 070007 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 707 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... MNZ002-003-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ039-053-070115- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070507T0200Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-CASS-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...FARGO...WAHPETON 707 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO...BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ GODON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:52 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Mahnomen, Norman and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 6, 1:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Ransom, Sargent | 8 hr |
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.