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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 31, 20137 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at May 31, 2013, 9:10 PM CDT for 7 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2013, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

859 
WWUS73 KFGF 010210
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
910 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING...

.STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
DEVILS LAKE BASIN THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING AS A DEEP AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA DRIFTS SOUTHEAST.

NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-054-010500-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0009.130601T0210Z-130601T0500Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...ADAMS
910 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS 
  LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS.

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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

546 
WWUS73 KFGF 010444
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1144 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE FOR THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AT MIDNIGHT...

.WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE REGION THE
REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD.

NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-054-010545-
/O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130601T0500Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...ADAMS
1144 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT...

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE BUT WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW
ADVISORY THRESHOLDS THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 12:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Walsh	5 days

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.