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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2012, 10:12 AM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 12, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2012, 10:12 AM CDT (15:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2012, 9:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 1722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
342 WWUS73 KFGF 121512 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1012 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN ... .SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE WAVES FROM 3 TO 5 FEET ON DEVILS LAKE...SO USE CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING SOME AFTER MIDNIGHT...ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-130300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0011.120412T1800Z-120413T0300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 1012 AM CDT THU APR 12 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. * SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. * WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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. && $$ DK
2 follow-up statements
943 WWUS73 KFGF 121935 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 235 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN ... .SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE WAVES FROM 3 TO 5 FEET ON DEVILS LAKE...SO USE CAUTION THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING SOME AFTER MIDNIGHT...ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-130300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120413T0300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 235 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. * WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DK
081 WWUS73 KFGF 130244 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 944 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...WINDS DROPPING OFF TONIGHT... .SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL REMAIN IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-130345- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120413T0300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 944 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP DOWN INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE. $$ 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.