Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2010
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Sep 2, 2010, 3:13 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 2, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2010, 3:13 AM CDT (08:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 2, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2010, 7:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 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 08:16 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, 8.2 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
- 296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
155 WWUS73 KFGF 020813 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 313 AM CDT THU SEP 2 2010 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY AFTERNOON ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY...AND GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH BY THIS EVENING. A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE ARROWHEAD OF MINNESOTA WILL HELP PRODUCE THESE STRONG WINDS. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY FRIDAY EVENING. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-030300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.100902T2100Z-100903T0300Z/ 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 313 AM CDT THU SEP 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 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 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. * SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY MIX STRONGER WINDS TO THE SURFACE AS WELL...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR ANY STRONGER STORMS. * IT WILL REMAIN WINDY INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY EVENING. * WAVES FROM 3 TO 5 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. 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
3 follow-up statements
442 WWUS73 KFGF 021620 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1120 AM CDT THU SEP 2 2010 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL INCREASE THE NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH MOST OF THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN VERY LATE THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-030300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.100902T2100Z-100903T0300Z/ 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 1120 AM CDT THU SEP 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ACROSS AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING LATE THIS EVENING. * SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY MIX STRONGER WINDS TO THE SURFACE AS WELL...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR ANY STRONGER STORMS. * IT WILL REMAIN WINDY INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY EVENING. * WAVES FROM 3 TO 5 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. 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. && $$ G2/TG
986 WWUS73 KFGF 022007 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 307 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2010 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL INCREASE THE NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH MOST OF THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN VERY LATE THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-030300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.100902T2100Z-100903T0300Z/ 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 307 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ACROSS AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING BEFORE WEAKENING LATE THIS EVENING. * SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY MIX STRONGER WINDS TO THE SURFACE AS WELL...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR ANY STRONGER STORMS. * IT WILL REMAIN WINDY INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY EVENING. * WAVES FROM 3 TO 5 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. 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. && $$ G2
920 WWUS73 KFGF 030003 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 703 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2010 ...STRONG WIND THREAT DIMINISHING... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-030115- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-100903T0300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 702 PM CDT THU SEP 2 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2010Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2010Every wind advisory in 2010
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.