Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 27, 2012, 4:11 AM CDT for 9 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 27, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2012, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 2900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
230 WWUS73 KFGF 270911 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 411 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...COLD TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING... ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY... .TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING THIS MORNING. A DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM WEST OF THE REGION WILL CAUSE SOUTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE LOCATED WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. MNZ005-006-009-016-017-023-024-271500- /O.CON.KFGF.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120427T1500Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 411 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR THE 30 DEGREE MARK WITH A FEW LOCATIONS DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S. * ANY TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-272300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.120427T1600Z-120427T2300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 411 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ004-007-008-013>015-022-028-031-032-NDZ008-271500- /O.CON.KFGF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120427T1500Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- MAHNOMEN-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...CAVALIER 411 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * ANY TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL LEFT OUTDOORS WILL BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ TG
3 follow-up statements
265 WWUS73 KFGF 271241 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 741 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY... .A DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM WEST OF THE REGION WILL CAUSE SOUTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE LOCATED WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. MNZ005-006-009-016-017-023-024-271345- /O.CAN.KFGF.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120427T1500Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 741 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. TEMPERATURES ARE BEGINNING TO RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. $$ MNZ004-007-008-013>015-022-028-031-032-NDZ008-271345- /O.CAN.KFGF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120427T1500Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- MAHNOMEN-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...CAVALIER 741 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES ARE BEGINNING TO RISE AND FROST IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A HAZARD. $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-272300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.120427T1600Z-120427T2300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 741 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TG
156 WWUS73 KFGF 271954 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 254 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AREA... .A DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM WEST OF THE REGION WILL CAUSE SOUTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-272300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120427T2300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 254 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 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. && $$ SPEICHER
669 WWUS73 KFGF 272308 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 608 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-280015- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120427T2300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 608 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL REMAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING. $$ DTR
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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.