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High Wind Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 13, 2011Grant County, Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this high wind warning at Jun 13, 2011, 7:05 AM CDT for Grant County, Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 115 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 13, 2011, 7:05 AM CDT (12:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Grant County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:07 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 235 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2011-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2011-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1027 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 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.

068 
WWUS73 KFGF 131205
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
705 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2011

...LOCALIZED HIGH WINDS OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

.DISSIPATING SHOWERS OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS PRODUCING WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE FERGUS FALLS AREA. THESE WINDS ARE BRIEFLY
INTENSE AND WILL DIMINISH BEFORE 9 AM. 

MNZ029>031-040-131400-
/O.NEW.KFGF.HW.W.0003.110613T1205Z-110613T1400Z/
WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...
NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE
705 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING...UNTIL 9 AM

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH. 
 
* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL DOWN TREES AND MAYBE POWERLINES

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.

&&

$$


DTR
1 follow-up statement
759 
WWUS73 KFGF 131400
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
900 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2011

...HIGH WIND THREAT HAS SUBSIDED...

MNZ029>031-040-131500-
/O.EXP.KFGF.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110613T1400Z/
WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...
NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE
900 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HIGH WIND GUSTS HAS PASSED SO THE HIGH
WIND WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

Nearby

High 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.