Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Nov 25, 2011, 3:23 PM CST for 14 counties in North Dakota; Clay County, Grant County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 26, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2011, 3:23 PM CST (21:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 26, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 1168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
382 WWUS73 KFGF 252123 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 323 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...GUSTY TO WINDS TO HERALD COLDER TEMPERATURES... .LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER WISCONSIN SATURDAY RESULTING IN RAPIDLY RISING PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL CAUSE NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THE NORTH DAKOTA SIDE OF THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY DURING SATURDAY. NDZ024-028-029-038-039-049-052-053-270000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.111126T1200Z-111127T0000Z/ EDDY-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 323 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. 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. && $$ WJB
4 follow-up statements
234 WWUS73 KFGF 260320 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 920 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS TO HERALD COLDER TEMPERATURES... .LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER WISCONSIN ON SATURDAY RESULTING IN RAPIDLY RISING PRESSURES OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL CAUSE NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY FOR SATURDAY. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. MNZ003-029-040-NDZ006-014-015-026-054-270000- /O.EXA.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.111126T1200Z-111127T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-GRANT-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...ELBOW LAKE... CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...LAKOTA...ADAMS 920 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE TEMPORARILY REDUCED WHERE SNOW SHOWERS COMBINE WITH THE WINDS. * IMPACTS...WAVES IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 3 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SHORES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ024-028-029-038-039-049-052-053-270000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.111126T1200Z-111127T0000Z/ EDDY-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 920 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * TIMING...DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE TEMPORARILY REDUCED WHERE SNOW SHOWERS COMBINE WITH THE WINDS. 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. && $$ BRAMER
200 WWUS73 KFGF 261048 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 448 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER WISCONSIN TODAY RESULTING IN RAPIDLY RISING PRESSURES OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL CAUSE NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND DEVILS LAKE BASIN. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. MNZ003-029-040-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052>054- 270000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.111126T1200Z-111127T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-GRANT-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...ELBOW LAKE... CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON...ADAMS 448 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE TEMPORARILY REDUCED WHERE SNOW SHOWERS COMBINE WITH THE WINDS. * IMPACTS...WAVES IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 3 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SHORES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
254 WWUS73 KFGF 261605 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1005 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER WISCONSIN TODAY RESULTING IN RAPIDLY RISING PRESSURES OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL CAUSE NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND DEVILS LAKE BASIN. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. NDZ007-270000- /O.EXA.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ CAVALIER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANGDON 1005 AM CST SAT NOV 26 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...DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE TEMPORARILY REDUCED WHERE SNOW SHOWERS COMBINE WITH THE WINDS. * IMPACTS...WAVES IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 3 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SHORES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ MNZ003-029-040-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052>054- 270000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-GRANT-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...ELBOW LAKE... CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON...ADAMS 1005 AM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. VISIBILITIES MAY BE TEMPORARILY REDUCED WHERE SNOW SHOWERS COMBINE WITH THE WINDS. * IMPACTS...WAVES IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 3 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN SHORES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
125 WWUS73 KFGF 270004 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 604 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... MNZ003-029-040-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049- 052>054-270115- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-111127T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON- GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...ELBOW LAKE... CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD... LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 604 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. WINDS IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH SOME GUSTS UP AROUND 25 MPH WILL FURTHER WEAKEN OVERNIGHT. $$
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.