Alert archive / North Dakota / High Wind Watches in 2012
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this high wind watch at Apr 14, 2012, 2:49 PM CDT for 8 counties in North Dakota; Clay County, Norman County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 15, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2012, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Clay County, MN, Norman County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 2241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
680 WWUS73 KFGF 141949 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 249 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING... .STRONG WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES...POSSIBLY CHANGING TO SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. MNZ002-003-029-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-160300- /O.NEW.KFGF.HW.A.0002.120415T1500Z-120416T0300Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 249 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ DK
2 follow-up statements
685 WWUS73 KFGF 150313 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1013 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING... .STRONG WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES...POSSIBLY CHANGING TO SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT. MNZ002-003-029-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-160300- /O.CON.KFGF.HW.A.0002.120415T1500Z-120416T0300Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 1013 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. * WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ HOPPES
028 WWUS73 KFGF 150900 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 400 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING AS A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MNZ002-003-029-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-160300- /O.UPG.KFGF.HW.A.0002.120415T1500Z-120416T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.120415T1800Z-120416T0300Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 400 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 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 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT. 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. && $$ MNZ027-030-040-160300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.120415T1800Z-120416T0300Z/ WEST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DETROIT LAKES...FERGUS FALLS... ELBOW LAKE 400 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT.| PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
Nearby
High Wind Watches in North Dakota, 2012High Wind Watches in Minnesota, 2012Every high wind watch in 2012
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.