Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 12, 2012, 3:46 AM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 12, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2012, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2012, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2012, 6:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 1687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
447 WWUS73 KFGF 120846 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 346 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN... .WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BY LATE MORNING ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY DECREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-122300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.120312T1600Z-120312T2300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 346 AM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM THE LATE MORNING HOURS THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH. 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. && $$ TG
2 follow-up statements
625 WWUS73 KFGF 122013 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 313 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW FROM THE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY DECREASE BY EVENING. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-122300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120312T2300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 313 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
948 WWUS73 KFGF 122301 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 601 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...WEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING... NDZ006-007-014-015-024-130015- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120312T2300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 601 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND DIMINSH TO UNDER 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. $$ DTR
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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.