Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2011, 12:14 PM CST for 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 17, 2011, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2011, 12:14 PM CST (18:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2011, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Barnes County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
300 WWUS73 KFGF 171814 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1214 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WINDS TO INCREASE LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM FARGO TO BAUDETTE THIS AFTERNOON. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE LOW WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH OVER AREAS WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. NDZ024-026-028-029-038-049-052-180600- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.110217T2100Z-110218T0600Z/ EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER 1214 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: 3 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT * WINDS: 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. && $$ DTR
3 follow-up statements
605 WWUS73 KFGF 172141 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 341 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WINDS TO INCREASE LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE MOVED FROM JAMESTOWN TO NEAR BAUDETTE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOONO. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE LOW WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH OVER AREAS WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. NDZ024-026-028-029-038-049-052-180600- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110218T0600Z/ EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER 341 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: UNTIL MIDNIGHT * WINDS: 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DTR
002 WWUS73 KFGF 180051 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 651 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WINDS TO REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR BAUDETTE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE AREA THIS EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE LOW WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH OVER AREAS WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. NDZ024-026-180200- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110218T0600Z/ EDDY-NELSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA 651 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT. $$ NDZ028-029-038-049-052-180600- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110218T0600Z/ GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY... LISBON...GWINNER 651 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * WINDS WILL BLOW UNTIL MIDNIGHT * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JR
436 WWUS73 KFGF 180619 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1219 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST ONTARIO WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH. NDZ028-029-038-049-052-180730- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110218T0600Z/ GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY... LISBON...GWINNER 1219 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. SO THE WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. $$ HOPPES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 6:52 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Cass, Richland | 5 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:12 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina and 3 more | 18 hr |
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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.