Alert archive / North Dakota / High Wind Warnings in 2013
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this high wind warning at May 14, 2013, 2:52 PM CDT for Cavalier County, Pembina County, Towner County, North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2013, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Cavalier County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Towner County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2:55 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 40 | Cavalier, ND | SUSTAINED WINDS OF FROM 35 TO 40 MPH OCCURRED UNTIL 5 PM CDT... WITH A PEAK WIND OF 52 MPH RECORDED AT 255 PM CDT. |
| May 14, 3:43 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 15 Nw Rocklake, ND | PEAK WINDS TO 59 MPH ACCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN TOWNER COUNTY FROM JUST EAST OF ROLLA THROUGH ROCKLAKE. PEAK WINDS TO 51 KTS WERE MEASURED AT THE ROLLA AIRPORT AROUND 338 PM CDT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 2107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
011 WWUS73 KFGF 141952 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 252 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM 35 TO 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO EARLY EVENING. GUSTS FROM 45 TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND FROM 35 TO 45 MPH ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION ACROSS DEVILS LAKE...POSSIBLY LEADING TO ROADBED EROSION. IN ADDITION...BLOWING DUST IS POSSIBLE NEAR ANY PLOWED FIELDS. NDZ006>008-150200- /O.UPG.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130515T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.HW.W.0002.130514T1952Z-130515T0200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER 252 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN TOWNER...CAVALIER AND PEMBINA COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITY AT TIMES NEAR PLOWED FIELDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ MNZ001>005-007-008-013>016-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-150200- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130515T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 252 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 40 MPH. GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND FROM 35 TO 45 MPH ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DK
1 follow-up statement
674 WWUS73 KFGF 150205 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 905 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...WINDS DIMINISHING THIS EVENING... .NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS EAST OF THE RED RIVER COULD SEE BREEZY CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH WINDS IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FURTHER WEST...A RELAXING PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS ALLOWED WINDS TO FALL EVEN FURTHER TO BELOW 15 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO BELOW 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. NDZ006>008-150315- /O.EXP.KFGF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130515T0200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER 905 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DROPPED DOWN RAPIDLY AS THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN AND WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. $$ MNZ001>005-007-008-013>016-022-023-027>031-040-NDZ014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-150315- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130515T0200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 905 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THIS EVENING...DROPPING INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING AND DIMINISHING FURTHER AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 17 hr |
| May 14, 4:59 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 16 hr |
| May 14, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 42 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.