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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2012, 4:06 AM CST for 12 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 8, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2012, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2012, 5:57 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
928 WWUS73 KFGF 081006 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 406 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WHEN SNOW SHOWERS COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS. CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING AND WINDS WILL SUBSIDE. MNZ002-003-006-009-016-017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ028>030-038-039- 049-052-053-090000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.120308T1800Z-120309T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BAUDETTE... RED LAKE...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 406 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND NOON AND GUST TO 40 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY WHEN SNOW SHOWERS COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE MILE IN OPEN COUNTRY. * WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. 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. && $$ DK
2 follow-up statements
084 WWUS73 KFGF 082129 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 329 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WHEN SNOW SHOWERS COMBINE WITH GUSTY WINDS. CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING AND WINDS WILL SUBSIDE. MNZ002-003-006-009-016-017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ028>030-038-039- 049-052-053-090000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120309T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BAUDETTE... RED LAKE...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 329 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY WHEN SNOW SHOWERS COMBINE WITH GUSTY WINDS...AND REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND ONE MILE IN OPEN COUNTRY. * WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...AND CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HOPKINS
639 WWUS73 KFGF 082357 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 557 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WINDS DYING DOWN... MNZ002-003-006-009-016-017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ028>030-038-039- 049-052-053-090100- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120309T0000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BAUDETTE... RED LAKE...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON 557 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS WILL DROP OFF VERY QUICKLY THIS EVENING AND BECOME LIGHT IN MANY PLACES BY MIDNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 11 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2012Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 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.