Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at May 26, 2007, 3:09 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2007, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 20:10 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 12:00Z, 8.2 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
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 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 262009 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 309 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY... .A STRONG SPRING STORM WILL CAUSE NORTHERLY WINDS TO GUST UP TO 40 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY MIDNIGHT...AS THE LOW SLOWLY MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-270300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.070526T2009Z-070527T0300Z/ 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 309 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER 10 MPH...AS HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS INTO THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ DK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KFGF 262020 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 320 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...FROST IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN... .UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR HAS OVERSPREAD NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. ONCE WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND AREAS OF FROST WILL FORM. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CAUSE A COMBINATION OF LIGHTER WINDS...AND COLD TEMPERATURES LATER TONIGHT. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND COVER TENDER VEGETATION. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-271200- /O.NEW.KFGF.FR.Y.0001.070527T0600Z-070527T1200Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070527T0300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 320 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AREAS OF FROST ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN SOUTH INTO BARNES COUNTY. COLD AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION...COUPLED WITH SUBSIDING WINDS LATER TONIGHT WILL CAUSE FROST TO FORM. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ008-016-027-029-030-039-049-052-053-270300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070527T0300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CAVALIER... GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 320 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER 10 MPH...AS HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY BUILDS INTO THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ DK
000 WWUS73 KFGF 270310 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1010 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...FROST IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN... .UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR HAS OVERSPREAD NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. ONCE WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND AREAS OF FROST WILL FORM. A COMBINATION OF LIGHT WIND AND CLEAR SKIES...AND COLD TEMPERATURES LATER TONIGHT WILL MAKE FOR FROSTY CONDITIONS FROM HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND COVER TENDER VEGETATION. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-271200- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070527T0300Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.FR.Y.0001.070527T0600Z-070527T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 1010 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY. AREAS OF FROST ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN SOUTH INTO BARNES COUNTY. COLD AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION...COUPLED WITH DECREASING WINDS LATER TONIGHT WILL CAUSE FROST TO FORM. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. SO THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ008-016-027-029-030-039-049-052-053-270415- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-070527T0300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CAVALIER... GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 1010 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. SO THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ HOPPES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner, Walsh | 17 hr |
| May 26, 3:20 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 3 more | 15 hr |
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.