Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Jan 11, 2012, 4:12 AM CST for 8 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2012, 4:12 AM CST (10:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2012, 3:29 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 25 counties
Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 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
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 2043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
480 WWUS73 KFGF 111012 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 412 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TODAY... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT TONIGHT BE STILL REMAIN WINDY. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-120000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.120111T1012Z-120112T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 412 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. * STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SCATTERED ICY ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. * SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BRIEF VISIBILITY RESTRICTION. 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. && $$ VOELKER
1 follow-up statement
791 WWUS73 KFGF 112129 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 329 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT... .IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY OVERNIGHT...ALONG WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING TO AROUND 20 BELOW BY THURSDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS ARE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS...SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-112230- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 329 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED...SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IT WILL BE COLD OVERNIGHT THOUGH...WITH WIND CHILLS FALLING TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 BELOW. $$ 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.