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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 9 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 15, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2012, 3:53 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 26 counties
Becker County, MN, 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), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$ MNZ027-030-040-160300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.120415T1800Z-120416T0300Z/ WEST BECKER-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DETROIT LAKES...FERGUS FALLS... ELBOW LAKE 400 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT.| PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
474 WWUS73 KFGF 151522 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1022 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING... .GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA INTO THE EVENING. A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY. MNZ001-004-007-031-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-160300- /O.EXA.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.120415T1800Z-120416T0300Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST OTTER TAIL-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...NEW YORK MILLS...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 1022 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE 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. && $$ MNZ002-003-027-029-030-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-160300- /O.EXT.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.120415T1600Z-120416T0300Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1022 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
651 WWUS73 KFGF 151942 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 242 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING... .GUSTY NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA INTO THE EVENING. A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND HELP KEEP THE WINDS GUSTY INTO THE EVENING. MNZ002-003-027-029-030-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-160300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120416T0300Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 242 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO THE 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. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-031-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-160300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120416T0300Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST OTTER TAIL-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...NEW YORK MILLS...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 242 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
241 WWUS73 KFGF 160300 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1000 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS EXPECTED INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE OVER THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN MORNING. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE THE GUSTY NORTH WINDS. MNZ001>004-007-027-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-054- 160400- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120416T0300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WEST BECKER-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...DETROIT LAKES...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...ADAMS 1000 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS HAVE SETTLED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND SO THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. $$ MNZ029-030-040-NDZ052-053-160900- /O.EXT.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120416T0900Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... ELBOW LAKE...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1000 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... * NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ031-160900- /O.EXT.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120416T0900Z/ EAST OTTER TAIL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEW YORK MILLS 1000 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY... * NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE MONDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ HOPPES
187 WWUS73 KFGF 160853 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 353 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WINDS DIMINISHING... .GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING HOURS ALLOWING THE WIND ADVISORY TO BE CANCELLED. MNZ029>031-040-NDZ052-053-161000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120416T0900Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...GWINNER...WAHPETON 353 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING. $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2012Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2012Every wind advisory 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.