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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Jun 3, 2011, 6:54 AM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jun 3, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2011, 6:54 AM CDT (11:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 2239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
372 WWUS73 KFGF 031154 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 654 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS A PORTION OF THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THIS AFTERNOON... .A SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS CANADA WILL INCREASE WESTERLY WINDS TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. NDZ006-007-014-015-054-040200- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.110603T1700Z-110604T0200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...ADAMS 654 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE STRONGST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. * WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. 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. && $$ TG
2 follow-up statements
783 WWUS73 KFGF 031614 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1114 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ACROSS A PORTION OF THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THIS AFTERNOON... .A SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS CANADA WILL INCREASE WESTERLY WINDS TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. NDZ006-007-014-015-054-040200- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.110603T1700Z-110604T0200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...ADAMS 1114 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. * WAVES OF 3 TO 6 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
841 WWUS73 KFGF 040203 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 903 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...WINDS IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN TO DECREASE BY SUNSET... .AS SUNSET APPROACHES...THE CONDITIONS TO MAINTAIN STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. NDZ006-007-014-015-054-040315- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110604T0200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...ADAMS 903 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS THE RED RIVER BASIN AS SUNSET APPROACHES. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM. $$ BRAMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs, Steele | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 1 more | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Steele, Traill | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 3:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Nelson | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Walsh | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 3:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Pembina, Walsh | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 4:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 4:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Nelson, Pembina, Walsh | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.