Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2008, 2:46 PM CDT for 13 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2008, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2008, 8:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 21 counties
Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 584 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 291946 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 246 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE ENTIRE RED RIVER VALLEY REGION. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT IS EXPECTED TO TRACK TOWARD NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATER THIS EVENING. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ008-016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-300300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.080329T1946Z-080330T0300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-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... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD... LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 246 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...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. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE ENTIRE RED RIVER VALLEY REGION. 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. $$ GODON
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KFGF 300146 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 846 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ008-016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-300300- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080330T0300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD... LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 846 PM CDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. IT WILL REMAIN WINDY HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OVERNIGHT. $$ VOELKER
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.