Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2012, 4:05 AM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 19, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2012, 4:05 AM CDT (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 3:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 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, 9.1 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
- 3158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
390 WWUS73 KFGF 190905 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 405 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE DEVILS LAKE REGION TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN MONTANA INTO SASKATCHEWAN TODAY CREATING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 30 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR IN THE DEVILS LAKE REGION LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-200200- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.120319T1500Z-120320T0200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 405 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 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 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 40 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. && $$ DTR
2 follow-up statements
195 WWUS73 KFGF 191949 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 249 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE DEVILS LAKE REGION INTO THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN MONTANA INTO SASKATCHEWAN TODAY CREATING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 30 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR IN THE DEVILS LAKE REGION THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING OVERNIGHT. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-200200- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120320T0200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 249 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DK
049 WWUS73 KFGF 192018 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 318 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...WINDS WILL CONTINUED TO SUBSIDE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .IT WILL REMAIN WINDY IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THROUGH SUNSET...ALTHOUGH ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED.. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-192130- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120320T0200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 318 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN THROUGH SUNSET...BUT ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ DK
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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.