Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2008, 10:30 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 9 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2008, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2008, 9:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 26 counties
Clay County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman 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 nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 2060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 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 141530 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1030 AM CDT MON APR 14 2008 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY REGION OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. THESE WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH IT WILL STILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS MAY INCREASE ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY AS THE WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038- 039-049-052>054-150300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.080414T1530Z-080415T0300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-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...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BRECKENRIDGE... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON...ADAMS 1030 AM CDT MON APR 14 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. SOUTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET...ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTER SUBSIDING TONIGHT. 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. $$ DK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KFGF 142017 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 317 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY REGION OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. THESE WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH IT WILL STILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGH OVERNIGHT. WINDS MAY INCREASE ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY AS THE WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038- 039-049-052>054-150300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080415T0300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-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...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BRECKENRIDGE... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON...ADAMS 317 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET...ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY...AND ANOTHER WINDY DAY IS EXPECTED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. 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. $$ DK
000 WWUS73 KFGF 150228 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 928 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038- 039-049-052>054-150330- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080415T0300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-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...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BRECKENRIDGE... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON...ADAMS 928 PM CDT MON APR 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...THE WINDS HAVE DROPPED ENOUGH TO REMAIN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 5:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 23 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.