Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at May 1, 2011, 9:38 AM CDT for 8 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 1, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2011, 9:38 AM CDT (14:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:40 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 1188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 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.
950 WWUS73 KFGF 011438 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 938 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXITING THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY SUNDAY EVENING. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST FEW WEEKS...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY GENERATE WAVES FROM 1 TO 3 FEET ON FLOODED FIELDS AND LARGE LAKES. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF DEBRIS ON ROADS NEAR DEVILS LAKE. THE WAVES MAY CAUSE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF EROSION ON FLOODED ROADWAYS...CLAY LEVEES AND SANDBAG DIKES. IN ADDITION... TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL CAUSE SLICK SPOTS AS THE WINDS PUSH WATER ONTO ROADWAYS AND THE WATER FREEZES. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-054-020000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.110501T1500Z-110501T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0006.110501T1800Z-110502T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...ADAMS 938 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * WAVES OF 1 TO 3 FEET MAY BE GENERATED NEAR LARGE BODIES OF WATER AND ON SWOLLEN RIVERS. THIS MAY CAUSE EROSION OF ROADWAYS...LEVEES AND DIKES. * DEBRIS HAS BEEN REPORTED ON ROADS NEAR DEVILS LAKE...FORCING THE CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 57 FROM THE CASINO TO THE JUNCTION OF ND HIGHWAY 20. * WINDS WILL DECREASE SUNDAY NIGHT TO 10 TO 20 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. && $$ MNZ001>004-007-027-029>031-040-NDZ008-016-027-029-030-038-039-049- 052-053-020000- /O.EXT.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110502T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH- GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 938 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS THE VALLEY REGION. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE FORECAST. * WAVES OF 1 TO 3 FEET MAY BE GENERATED NEAR LARGE BODIES OF WATER AND ON SWOLLEN RIVERS. THIS MAY CAUSE EROSION OF ROADWAYS...LEVEES AND DIKES. * WINDS WILL DECREASE SUNDAY NIGHT TO 10 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DK
1 follow-up statement
317 WWUS73 KFGF 020003 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 703 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WINDS DIMINISHING THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL ALLOW THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO WEAKEN. WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MNZ001>004-007-027-029>031-040-NDZ008-016-027-029-030-038-039-049- 052-053-020115- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110502T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH- GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 703 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT. $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-054-020115- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110502T0000Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...ADAMS 703 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE DROPPING INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ JR
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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.