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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Jun 11, 2012, 3:32 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 11, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2012, 3:32 AM CDT (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 11, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 23 counties
Clay County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman 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), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 2627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
363 WWUS73 KFGF 110832 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 332 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND QUICKLY INCREASE. MOST AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY WILL HAVE WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY MID MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-112300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.120611T1200Z-120611T2300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-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...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 332 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 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 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS. STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THIS FEATURE...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 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. && $$ TG
4 follow-up statements
265 WWUS73 KFGF 111206 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 706 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND QUICKLY INCREASE. MOST AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY WILL HAVE WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH BY MID MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-112300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120611T2300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 706 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS. STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THIS FEATURE...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TG
465 WWUS73 KFGF 111610 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1110 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND QUICKLY INCREASE. MOST AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY WILL HAVE WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-112300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120611T2300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-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...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 1110 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS. STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THIS FEATURE... AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 TO 7 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. && $$
310 WWUS73 KFGF 112044 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 344 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS A FEW MORE HOURS... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING. MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-112300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120611T2300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 344 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
046 WWUS73 KFGF 112305 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 605 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING... MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-120015- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-120611T2300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-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...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 605 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND BE FROM 5 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ DTR
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.