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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Nov 15, 2011, 12:03 PM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Nov 15, 2011, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 2011, 12:03 PM CST (18:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 15, 2011, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
518 WWUS73 KFGF 151803 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1203 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPACT BUT INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL AFFECT AREAS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED...DIMINISHING TOWARDS SUNSET. MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ028-029-038-039-049-052-053-160000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0015.111115T1900Z-111116T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS- RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1203 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. THE STRONG WINDS AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MAY ALSO BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS. 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. && $$ VOELKER
2 follow-up statements
956 WWUS73 KFGF 152134 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 334 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... .STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPACT BUT INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL AFFECT AREAS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED...DIMINISHING TOWARDS SUNSET. MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ028-029-038-039-049-052-053-160000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111116T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS- RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 334 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. THE STRONG WINDS AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MAY ALSO BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE OR LESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
635 WWUS73 KFGF 160004 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 604 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ028-029-038-039-049-052-053-160115- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-111116T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS- RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 604 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE STRONG WINDS OF EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAVE DIMINISHED GREATLY AND REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. PEAK WIND GUSTS RECORDED EARLIER TODAY WAS 52 MPH AT FARGO HECTOR AIRPORT AND 53 MPH AT MOORHEAD AIRPORT. 59 MPH WAS RECORDED AT JAMESTOWN. $$ DTR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 10:52 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey | 2 hr |
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.