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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Dec 26, 2011, 3:56 AM CST for 12 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 26, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2011, 3:56 AM CST (09:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2011, 7:02 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
324 WWUS73 KFGF 260956 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 356 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER MANITOBA WILL MOVE OFF INTO ONTARIO TODAY. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST BY AFTERNOON. WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND AFTERNOON HEATING MIXING HIGHER UPPER LEVEL WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE...THE WEST WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE WINDY ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND INTO THE SHEYENNE VALLEY. WEST WINDS WILL DECREASE AND SHIFT TO THE NORTH BY MONDAY EVENING. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-270300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0017.111226T1800Z-111227T0300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- RANSOM-SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 356 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID DAY AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING. * WEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ JR
3 follow-up statements
448 WWUS73 KFGF 261647 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1047 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER MANITOBA WILL MOVE OFF INTO ONTARIO TODAY. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE WEST AND INCREASE. WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND DAYTIME HEATING MIXING HIGHER UPPER LEVEL WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE...THE WEST WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE WINDY ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND INTO THE SHEYENNE VALLEY. WEST WINDS WILL DECREASE AND SHIFT TO THE NORTH BY MONDAY EVENING. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-270300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0017.111226T1800Z-111227T0300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- RANSOM-SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 1047 AM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID DAY AND WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE DECREASING. * WEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
231 WWUS73 KFGF 262145 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 345 PM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS INTO THE EVENING... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS ONTARIO TONIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND SWITCH TO THE NORTH LATER TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE REGION. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-270300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-111227T0300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- RANSOM-SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 345 PM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ VOELKER
111 WWUS73 KFGF 270102 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 702 PM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...WINDS SUBSIDING THIS EVENING... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-270215- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-111227T0300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- RANSOM-SARGENT-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER...ADAMS 702 PM CST MON DEC 26 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME SNOW SHOWERS AND SLICK ROADS IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. $$ DK
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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.