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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 25, 2008, 1:44 PM CDT for 7 counties in North Dakota; Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2008, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Steele County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 6.7 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
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 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 251844 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 144 PM CDT FRI APR 25 2008 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE ACROSS MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WITH THE SYSTEM...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ004-007-NDZ008-016-026>029-038-054-260300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.080425T1844Z-080426T0300Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON... LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...ADAMS 144 PM CDT FRI APR 25 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. A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY AND MOVE ACROSS MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WITH THE SYSTEM...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. PERSONS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. 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. $$ HOPKINS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 4:54 AM CDT | Snow Advisory | FGF | Richland | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:54 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FGF | Richland | 38 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:53 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Cass, Ransom, Sargent, Traill | 24 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:19 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Richland | 6 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.