Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 17, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Sep 1, 2012, 10:21 AM CDT for 9 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 1, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2012, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 1, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 8:00 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 15:25 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 12:00Z, 3.4 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
- 1821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 631 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 633 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
071 WWUS73 KFGF 011521 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1021 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA TODAY...WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS STRENGTHENING IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...SOME DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS IS EXPECTED BY EARLY EVENING. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-020100- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0017.120901T1800Z-120902T0100Z/ 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 1021 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 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 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN LATE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * 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. && $$ DK/JAM
2 follow-up statements
598 WWUS73 KFGF 011959 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 259 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS INTO EARLY EVENING... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THIS EVENING. WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY OVERNIGHT...SOME DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS IS EXPECTED. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-020100- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120902T0100Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 259 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DK
477 WWUS73 KFGF 020103 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 803 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...WINDS NO LONGER GUSTING STRONGLY... .WHILE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY OVERNIGHT...SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED AS THE SUN SETS. WINDS SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING...AND THEN WILL DROP EVEN FURTHER DOWN TO AROUND 10 MPH BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE REGION. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-020215- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120902T0100Z/ 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 803 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING EVEN FURTHER TO AROUND 10 MPH BY EARLY MORNING. $$ JR
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.