Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2008, 4:13 AM CST for 6 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 2, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2008, 4:13 AM CST (10:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 2, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2008, 9:15 AM CST
- In force
- 3 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 10:10 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 00:00Z, 10.2 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
- 2125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 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 021013 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 413 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA...BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-030300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.080302T1200Z-080303T0300Z/ 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 413 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE DEVILS LAKE AND VALLEY CITY AREA. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST EARLY IN THE MORNING AND INCREASE. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. 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. $$ MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ008-016-027-029-030-039-049-052-053-030300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.080302T1500Z-080303T0300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CAVALIER... GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 413 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE RED RIVER VALLEY. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY LATE MORNING AND INCREASE. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ TG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KFGF 021515 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 915 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY TO BE REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... A WINTER ADVISORY WILL REPLACE THE WIND ADVISORY TODAY. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING...INCREASING WINDS COMBINED WITH LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATER TODAY MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-021615- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-080303T0300Z/ 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 915 AM CST SUN MAR 2 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND ADVISORY WILL BE REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING COMBINED WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW LATER TODAY MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. $$ JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:16 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2008Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2008Every wind advisory in 2008
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.