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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Sep 30, 2009, 11:30 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 30, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2009, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 30, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2009, 7:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 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
- 1602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 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 301630 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1130 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SURFACE WINDS BY MID AFTERNOON TODAY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE RED RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD TO THE DEVILS LAKE AND VALLEY CITY AREAS. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT TO 8 PM CDT. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-010100- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0009.090930T1900Z-091001T0100Z/ 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 1130 AM CDT WED SEP 30 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ARE EXPECT BY MID AFTERNOON TODAY...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE RED RIVER VALLEY...WESTWARD TO THE DEVILS LAKE AND VALLEY CITY AREAS. A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT TO 8 PM CDT. 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. && $$ SPEICHER
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KFGF 010016 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 716 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2009 MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-010130- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091001T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 716 PM CDT WED SEP 30 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE REMAINED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. HOWEVER...SE WINDS MAY CONTINUE TO GUST TO 25-30 KTS THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ HOMANN/TG
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.