Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 20, 2008, 3:39 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 20, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2008, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 08:36 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 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
- 3213 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 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 200839 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 339 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2008 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA. STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO LATE EVENING. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-210300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.080420T1800Z-080421T0300Z/ 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 339 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 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 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA. STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO LATE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH AND FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING TODAY. $$ KAISER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KFGF 202050 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 350 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2008 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-210300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080421T0300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 350 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH AND FREQUENT GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SO USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING TODAY. $$ TG
000 WWUS73 KFGF 210307 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1007 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... .SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-210415- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-080421T0300Z/ 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 1007 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SURFACE WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AFTER A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. $$ BRAMER
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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.