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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 28, 2009Beltrami County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this high wind warning at Jun 28, 2009, 7:03 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Minnesota. It was in force for 117 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2009, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

County Beltrami County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2009-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2009-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KFGF 290003
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
703 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...STRONG WINDS TO PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES THROUGHOUT
LAKES COUNTRY THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

MNZ017-290200-
/O.UPG.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090629T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.HW.W.0002.090629T0003Z-090629T0200Z/
SOUTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BEMIDJI
703 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH...WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTY THROUGH 
THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREE DAMAGE HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
PAST HOUR. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET...BUT STILL BE
QUITE STRONG THROUGH THE NIGHT. BOATERS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS...
SINCE WINDS OVER BODIES OF WATER MAY BE STRONGER THAN FELT ON
LAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

MNZ005-006-008-009-013>016-022>024-027-028-031-032-290200-
/O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090629T0200Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-
RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-
HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN...
RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...
BAGLEY...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...
WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA
703 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH...WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA LAKES COUNTRY THROUGH
THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET...BUT STILL
BE QUITE STRONG THROUGH THE NIGHT. BOATERS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS...
SINCE WINDS OVER BODIES OF WATER MAY BE STRONGER THAN FELT ON
LAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KFGF 290150
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
850 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...WINDS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE OVER LAKES COUNTRY...

.NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING OVER
MINNESOTA LAKES COUNTRY. A FEW GUST TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH 10 PM...BEFORE WINDS DECREASE.

MNZ017-290300-
/O.EXP.KFGF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090629T0200Z/
SOUTH BELTRAMI-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BEMIDJI
850 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS
EVENING...AND WILL FURTHER SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. THEREFORE...THE
HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM.

$$

MNZ005-006-008-009-013>016-022>024-027-028-031-032-290300-
/O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090629T0200Z/
ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-
RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-
HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN...
RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...
BAGLEY...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...
WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA
850 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WINDS CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS
EVENING...AND WILL FURTHER SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. THEREFORE...THE
WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM.

$$
DK

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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.