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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 16, 2011, 11:05 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 16, 2011, 11:05 AM CDT (16:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Cavalier County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:03 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
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
721 WWUS73 KFGF 161605 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1105 AM CDT SUN OCT 16 2011 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY OVER THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. THE FOREST AREAS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM BAUDETTE THROUGH BEMIDJI WILL SEE GUSTY WINDS BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL BE A TAD BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-022-NDZ007-008-015-016-026-027- 029-030-054-162300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.111016T1605Z-111016T2300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... LANGDON...CAVALIER...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 1105 AM CDT SUN OCT 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET ARE ANTICIPATED ON THE LAKE OF THE WOODS. 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. && $$ DTR
1 follow-up statement
194 WWUS73 KFGF 162251 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 551 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 2011 MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-022-NDZ007-008-015-016-026-027- 029-030-054-170000- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-111016T2300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... LANGDON...CAVALIER...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 551 PM CDT SUN OCT 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY AND ARE JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. EXPECT SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. $$ TG
Nearby
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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.