Alert archive / North Dakota / High Wind Watches in 2011
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this high wind watch at May 30, 2011, 3:09 PM CDT for 9 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 31, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2011, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 31, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 31, 2011, 3:44 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 991 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
559 WWUS73 KFGF 302009 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 309 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...VERY STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE TOMORROW... .A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER AREA TOMORROW. AS IT DOES STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE TOMORROW MORNING CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NDZ014-015-024-026-028-038-049-052-053-010000- /O.NEW.KFGF.HW.A.0002.110531T1500Z-110601T0000Z/ BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 309 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING. * WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. * HIGH WAVES ON LARGER LAKES WILL RESULT IN FLOATING DEBRIS WASHING UP ON ROADWAYS AND BEACH EROSION. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
054 WWUS73 KFGF 310844 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 344 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO MANITOBA AND ONTARIO TODAY...LEAVING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. WESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY MID MORNING...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA. NDZ014-015-024-026-028-038-049-052-053-010300- /O.UPG.KFGF.HW.A.0002.110531T1500Z-110601T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.110531T1500Z-110601T0300Z/ BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 344 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING AND DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. * WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * HIGH WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE EASTERN SHORES OF LARGER LAKES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOATING DEBRIS WASHING UP ON ROADWAYS AND BEACH EROSION. * TRAVEL WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ001>005-007-008-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-016-027- 029-030-039-054-010300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.110531T1500Z-110601T0300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES... WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...GRAFTON... GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO...ADAMS 344 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING...AND SHOULD DIMINISH BY THE EVENING HOURS. * WEST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ JR
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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.