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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Sep 19, 2012, 3:49 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 12 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 19, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2012, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 19, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2012, 6:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 29 counties
Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake 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), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 2815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
091 WWUS73 KFGF 190849 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 349 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .LOOK FOR STRONG NORTHWEST TO SPREAD ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE VALLEY CITY AREAS WHERE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS 2NEAR 30 MPH AT TIMES. MNZ001>004-007-013>015-022-027>031-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-200100- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0019.120919T1500Z-120920T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST 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...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...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 349 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 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. && $$ DTR
2 follow-up statements
638 WWUS73 KFGF 192048 AAA NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 348 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE VALLEY CITY AREA WHERE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS NEAR 30 MPH AT TIMES. MNZ001>004-007-013>015-022-027>031-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-200100- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120920T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST 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...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...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 348 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 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. && $$ ROGERS
963 WWUS73 KFGF 192336 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 636 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...WINDS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE REGION... .WINDS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY THRESHOLDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO BE CANCELLED. MNZ001>004-007-013>015-022-027>031-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-200045- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-120920T0100Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST 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...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...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 636 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 4:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs and 9 more | 16 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2012Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.