Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Jan 28, 2011, 6:34 PM CST for 17 counties in North Dakota; 12 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2011, 6:34 PM CST (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2011, 11:55 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 29 counties
Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake 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), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
040 WWUS73 KFGF 290034 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 634 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING OUT OF CANADA AND WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-290500- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.110129T0034Z-110129T0500Z/ 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...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 634 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING. * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE ICY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW MORE TIME REACH YOUR DESTINATION 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
463 WWUS73 KFGF 290158 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 758 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING OUT OF CANADA AND WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-290500- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110129T0500Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY- NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 758 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING. * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE ICY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. WET ROADWAYS FROM THIS AFTERNOONS MILD CONDITIONS WILL FREEZE AS COLDER AIR MOVES QUICKLY INTO THE AREA. ALSO VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES FROM BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW MORE TIME REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$
160 WWUS73 KFGF 290325 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 925 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING OUT OF CANADA AND WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MNZ001>004-007-008-013>015-022-027-029>031-040-290600- /O.EXB.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110129T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... ELBOW LAKE 925 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE ICY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. WET ROADWAYS FROM THIS AFTERNOONS MILD CONDITIONS WILL FREEZE AS COLDER AIR MOVES QUICKLY INTO THE AREA. ALSO VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES FROM BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW MORE TIME REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-290500- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110129T0500Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY- NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 925 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING. * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE ICY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. WET ROADWAYS FROM THIS AFTERNOONS MILD CONDITIONS WILL FREEZE AS COLDER AIR MOVES QUICKLY INTO THE AREA. ALSO VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES FROM BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW MORE TIME REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$
681 WWUS73 KFGF 290510 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1110 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING OUT OF CANADA AND WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-290615- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110129T0500Z/ 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...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 1110 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS HAVE DECREASED BUT WILL REMAIN BRISK FROM THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. SO THE WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. HOWEVER MOTORISTS NEED TO BE AWARE THAT MANY HIGHWAYS WILL STAY ICY TONIGHT AND VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL BE LESS THAN IDEAL AT TIMES. $$ MNZ001>004-007-008-013>015-022-027-029>031-040-290615- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110129T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... ELBOW LAKE 1110 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADS WILL MOST LIKELY PRODUCE ICY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. WET ROADWAYS FROM THIS AFTERNOONS MILD CONDITIONS WILL FREEZE AS COLDER AIR MOVES QUICKLY INTO THE AREA. ALSO VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES FROM BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW MORE TIME REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$
752 WWUS73 KFGF 290555 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1155 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...WINDS WILL SETTLE DOWN OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND WEAKEN TONIGHT. SO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT. MNZ001>004-007-008-013>015-022-027-029>031-040-290700- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110129T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... ELBOW LAKE 1155 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. * WINDS HAVE DECREASED BUT WILL REMAIN BRISK FROM THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HOWEVER MOTORISTS NEED TO BE AWARE THAT MANY HIGHWAYS WILL STAY ICY TONIGHT AND VISIBILITIES AT TIMES WILL BE LESS THAN IDEAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 3:14 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 3 days |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2011Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2011Every wind advisory 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.