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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
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.
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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
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 34 min |
| May 21, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 54 min |
| May 21, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Towner | 65 min |
| May 21, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson | 56 min |
| May 21, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 59 min |
| May 21, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Towner | 33 min |
| May 21, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 62 min |
| May 21, 11:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Benson | 13 hr |
| May 21, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson | 62 min |
| May 22, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 34 min |
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.