Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Jan 25, 2012, 4:16 AM CST for Kittson County, Minnesota; 7 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jan 25, 2012, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2012, 4:16 AM CST (10:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2012, 6:37 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Kittson County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 1718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
769 WWUS73 KFGF 251016 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 416 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BY AFTERNOON IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN...AND PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST TONIGHT...AND GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOME ON THURSDAY...BUT IT WILL REMAIN WINDY. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-260900- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.120125T2100Z-120126T0900Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 416 AM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM CST THURSDAY. * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON... WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH BY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT AND SHIFT TO THE WEST. * IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THURSDAY BEFORE WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY THURSDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ DK
2 follow-up statements
295 WWUS73 KFGF 252122 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 322 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND FAR NORTHERN VALLEY... .SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND FAR NORTHERN VALLEY THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOME ON THURSDAY...BUT IT WILL REMAIN WINDY. MNZ004-NDZ008-016-054-260900- /O.EXA.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120126T0900Z/ KITTSON-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...ADAMS 322 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY. * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH BY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT AND SHIFT TO THE WEST. * IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THURSDAY BEFORE WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY THURSDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-260900- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120126T0900Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 322 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST THURSDAY... * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH BY EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT AND SHIFT TO THE WEST. * IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THURSDAY BEFORE WINDS SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY THURSDAY EVENING. 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. && $$
693 WWUS73 KFGF 260037 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 637 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... MNZ004-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-054-260145- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120126T0900Z/ KITTSON-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...ADAMS 637 PM CST WED JAN 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED OFF AFTER SUNSET AND WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA OVERNIGHT. $$
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.