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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2008, 3:44 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 17, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2008, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2008, 8:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 30 counties
Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau 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), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 3283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 170844 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 344 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...ANOTHER WINDY DAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM MANITOBA INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS TO THE WEST OF THIS SYSTEM WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-180200- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.080517T1800Z-080518T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-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...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON...ADAMS 344 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BECOME SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. 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. $$ DTR
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KFGF 171600 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1100 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...ANOTHER WINDY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LIKE YESTERDAY ...THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. THE AREA REMAINS BETWEEN SYSTEMS...WITH LOW PRESSURE NEAR HUDSON BAY AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE TO BRINGING STRONGER WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CAUSE THE GUSTY WINDS TODAY. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-180200- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.080517T1800Z-080518T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-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...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON...ADAMS 1100 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. THERE COULD AGAIN BE SOME BLOWING DUST IN THE VICINITY OF FRESHLY TILLED FIELDS. 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. $$ GODON
000 WWUS73 KFGF 171956 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 256 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...WINDY THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOLLOWED BY AREAS OF FROST TONIGHT... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA TONIGHT...WIND SPEEDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING. WITH LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES AFTER MIDNIGHT...AREAS OF FROST ARE POSSIBLE BY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200 IN NORTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA. MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-022-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-054-181400- /O.NEW.KFGF.FR.Y.0001.080518T0600Z-080518T1400Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080518T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...ADAMS 256 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF FRESHLY TILLED FIELDS. WIND SPEEDS WILL QUICKLY DROP OFF BY LATE EVENING...WITH AREAS OF FROST POSSIBLE BY MORNING. 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. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ MNZ006-009-016-017-023-024-181400- /O.NEW.KFGF.FR.Y.0001.080518T0600Z-080518T1400Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 256 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING...WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF FROST BY MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ MNZ003-027-029-030-040-NDZ039-049-052-053-180200- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080518T0200Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 256 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH INTO THE EARLY EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF FRESHLY TILLED FIELDS. 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. $$ GODON
000 WWUS73 KFGF 180138 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 838 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT FOLLOWED BY AREAS OF FROST LATE... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING TO SPEEDS UNDER 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA TONIGHT LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF FROST BY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200 IN NORTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA. MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-022-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-054-181400- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080518T0200Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.FR.Y.0001.080518T0600Z-080518T1400Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...ADAMS 838 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ MNZ003-027-029-030-040-NDZ039-049-052-053-180245- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080518T0200Z/ CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 838 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ MNZ006-009-016-017-023-024-181400- /O.CON.KFGF.FR.Y.0001.080518T0600Z-080518T1400Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 838 PM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING... WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF FROST BY MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ PB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:54 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 17 hr |
| May 17, 2:56 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 7 more | 17 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.