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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 11, 2013, 4:01 AM CDT for Grant County, Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; Ransom County, Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 11, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2013, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 11, 2013, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Grant County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
490 WWUS73 KFGF 110901 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 401 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES... .A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY THIS EVENING. WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF THE LOW...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE STRONG THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY AFTERNOON AND BECOME QUITE STRONG. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE FOR A WHILE THIS EVENING WHILE THE CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. MNZ029-030-040-NDZ049-052-053-120000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.131011T1700Z-131012T0000Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... ELBOW LAKE...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 401 AM CDT FRI OCT 11 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH BY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH AT TIMES. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman, Polk | 41 min |
| Oct 11, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Barnes, Griggs | 67 min |
| Oct 11, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Griggs, Nelson, Steele | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.