Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at May 10, 2012, 6:49 PM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2012, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2012, 2:51 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 23:49 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
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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
- 1940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
664 WWUS73 KFGF 102349 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 649 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...A BRIEF PERIOD OF GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEHIND IT. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD ONLY LAST A FEW HOURS AND SHOULD OCCUR RIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-110900- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0014.120510T2349Z-120511T0900Z/ 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 649 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING AND SHOULD LAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * WAVES OF 3 TO 5 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. && $$ MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ008-016-027-029-030-039-049-052-053- 110900- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0014.120511T0200Z-120511T0900Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS-STEELE- TRAILL-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 649 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT FRIDAY. * GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID EVENING AND SHOULD LAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
903 WWUS73 KFGF 110751 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 251 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...WINDS DIMINISHING... .WINDS HAVE DROPPED OFF BELOW ADVISORY STRENGTH. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052>054-110900- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120511T0900Z/ 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 251 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
Nearby
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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.