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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 22, 20077 counties in Minnesota; Grand Forks County, Traill County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at May 22, 2007, 5:44 PM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota; Grand Forks County, Traill County, North Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2007, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2007, 8:48 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-05-22Temperature 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 222244
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
544 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...STRONG WINDS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND
PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS
EVENING IS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY
AND PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.  

MNZ001-002-005-007-008-013>015-022-NDZ027-030-230200-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.070522T2244Z-070523T0200Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-
RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-GRAND FORKS-TRAILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS...
RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN...GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE
544 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS
EVENING IS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY
AND PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT
GUSTS TO 50 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 230148
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
848 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED...

MNZ001-002-005-007-008-013>015-022-NDZ027-030-230300-
/O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-070523T0200Z/
WEST POLK-NORMAN-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-
RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-GRAND FORKS-TRAILL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...
HALSTAD...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS...
RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN...GRAND FORKS...MAYVILLE
848 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THE
WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THUS...THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

NG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPennington, Polk, Red Lake34 min
May 21, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson54 min
May 21, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Towner65 min
May 21, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson56 min
May 21, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier59 min
May 21, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner33 min
May 21, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier62 min
May 21, 11:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFBenson13 hr
May 21, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson62 min
May 22, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPembina34 min

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.