Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 18, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Jan 1, 2012, 12:11 PM CST for 8 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 255 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2012, 12:11 PM CST (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 255 days
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 1670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
926 WWUS73 KFGF 011811 AAB NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1211 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .THE AREA WILL REMAIN BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ROCKIES. THIS WILL CREATE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS SHOULD FINALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. MNZ016-024-020000- /O.EXA.KFGF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120102T0000Z/ NORTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAGLEY...PARK RAPIDS 1211 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE DAY. * IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS FRESH SNOW...PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE. * ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED...AND COMBINED WITH THE WIND WILL BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. 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. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY CROSS WINDS. && $$ MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-023-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-020000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120102T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL- WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH- EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 1211 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE DAY. * IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS FRESH SNOW...PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE POSSIBLE. * ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED...AND COMBINED WITH THE WIND WILL BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY CROSS WINDS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
957 WWUS73 KFGF 020006 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 606 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... MNZ001>005-007-008-013>016-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-020115- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120102T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-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...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES... WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...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 606 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH TONIGHT. $$ DTR
236 WWUS73 KFGF 121849 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 149 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER CANADA HAS BROUGHT A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. IN ADDITION...AFTERNOON HEATING WILL ALLOW MIXING OF EVEN STRONGER WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET TONIGHT. MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013>015-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-054- 130000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0018.120912T1849Z-120913T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 149 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * WINDS WILL BLOW FROM THE WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS INTO THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JR
170 WWUS73 KFGF 122357 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 657 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING... MNZ001-004-005-007-008-013>015-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-054- 130100- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120913T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...ADAMS 657 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND BECOME LIGHT AFTER DARK. $$
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.