Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2014, 12:46 PM CST for 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2014, 12:46 PM CST (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2014, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Barnes County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
188 WWUS73 KFGF 281846 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1246 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. NDZ024-028-038-049-052-282200- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.140228T1846Z-140228T2200Z/ EDDY-GRIGGS-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN... VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER 1246 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON DIMINISHING BY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST OVER 40 MPH. * VISIBILITY MAY BE RESTRICTED IN OPEN AREAS DUE LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
754 WWUS73 KFGF 282151 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 351 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 NDZ024-028-038-049-052-282300- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140228T2200Z/ EDDY-GRIGGS-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...COOPERSTOWN... VALLEY CITY...LISBON...GWINNER 351 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE REGION. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:59 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:59 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 23 hr |
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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.