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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Nov 4, 2011, 4:55 AM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Nov 4, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2011, 4:55 AM CDT (09:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 4, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 25 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, Roseau County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 296 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
- 2462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
627 WWUS73 KFGF 040955 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 455 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF MONTANA...WYOMING AND COLORADO AND HIGH PRESSURE FROM WISCONSIN TO TEXAS WILL MAKE FOR GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS FOR TODAY. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027-029>031-040-NDZ008-016-026>030- 038-039-049-052>054-042300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.111104T1600Z-111104T2300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH- NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 455 AM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH TODAY. THE WINDY CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN AROUND 11 AM CDT AND SHOULD DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET. * SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELLING ON EAST WEST ORIENTATED ROADS. * WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. 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. && $$ HOPPES
2 follow-up statements
284 WWUS73 KFGF 041730 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1230 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF MONTANA...WYOMING AND COLORADO AND HIGH PRESSURE FROM WISCONSIN TO TEXAS WILL MAKE FOR GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN DAKOTAS INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027-029>031-040-NDZ008-016-026>030- 038-039-049-052>054-042300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-111104T2300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH- NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 1230 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARD 6 PM. * MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY CROSS WINDS...ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON EAST WEST ORIENTATED ROADS. * WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET MAY BE GENERATED ON DEVILS LAKE AND 3 TO 6 FEET ON LAKE OF THE WOODS AND THE UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DTR
595 WWUS73 KFGF 042257 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 557 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...STRONG WINDS DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY TONIGHT... .AS THE SUN GOES DOWN...THERE WILL BE LESS MIXING OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 10 TO 25 MPH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027-029>031-040-NDZ008-016-026>030- 038-039-049-052>054-050000- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-111104T2300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH- NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 557 PM CDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO THE 10 TO 25 MPH RANGE TONIGHT. $$ JR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 4:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 15 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2011Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 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.