Alert archive / North Dakota / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this high wind warning at Feb 13, 2011, 5:47 AM CST for 16 counties in North Dakota; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 13, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2011, 5:47 AM CST (11:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2011, 9:24 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 23 counties
Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail 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, 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), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:46 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 1829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
427 WWUS73 KFGF 131147 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 547 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND ADJACENT AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT. WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR 60 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. IN ADDITION...WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK CRUSTING OF SNOW AND CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME FALLING SNOW LATER THIS EVENING...AND THIS MAY CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES WHEN COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY. A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHWEST SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY MORNING. MNZ001>003-027-029-030-040-NDZ006-007-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-140600- /O.UPG.KFGF.HW.A.0001.110213T1800Z-110214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.HW.W.0001.110213T1800Z-110214T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- TOWNER-CAVALIER-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...DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 547 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG WESTERLY WINDS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD EAST INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. * IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WHEN SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG WINDS. * WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHWEST SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING MONDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME TRAVELING TODAY. 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. && $$ MNZ004-007-NDZ008-140600- /O.UPG.KFGF.HW.A.0001.110213T1800Z-110214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.110213T1800Z-110214T0600Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER 547 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG WESTERLY WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ALONG WITH SOME SNOW SHOWERS. * IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY WHEN SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS. * WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHWEST SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING MONDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME TRAVELING TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ008-013>016-022-023-028-031-032-140600- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.110213T1800Z-110214T0600Z/ EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 547 AM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * STRONG WESTERLY WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. * WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHWEST SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING MONDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME TRAVELING TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$ DK
2 follow-up statements
422 WWUS73 KFGF 132054 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 254 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING... .VERY GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT TO THE WEST NORTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AND MAY BRING SOME PERIODS OF SUSTAINED 40 MPH WINDS. THE STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED FROM DEVILS LAKE TO VALLEY CITY DOWN TOWARD LISBON. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MNZ001>003-027-029-030-040-NDZ006-007-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-140600- /O.CON.KFGF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110214T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 254 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * STRONG WEST NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME TRAVELING TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ MNZ004-007-008-013>016-022-023-028-031-032-NDZ008-140600- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110214T0600Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-EAST BECKER- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... CAVALIER 254 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * STRONG WEST NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME TRAVELING TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$
878 WWUS73 KFGF 140324 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 924 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MNZ001>003-027-029-030-040-NDZ006-007-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-140600- /O.CAN.KFGF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110214T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110214T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 924 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME TRAVELING TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ004-007-008-013>016-022-023-028-031-032-NDZ008-140600- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110214T0600Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-EAST BECKER- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... CAVALIER 924 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * STRONG WEST NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. * HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME TRAVELING TONIGHT. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 5:47 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 18 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in North Dakota, 2011High Wind Warnings in Minnesota, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011
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.