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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2014, 3:27 AM CST for 17 counties in North Dakota; 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 23, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2014, 3:27 AM CST (09:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 4:52 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 23 counties
Clay County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 1191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
648 WWUS73 KFGF 230927 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 327 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 NDZ006-007-014-015-024-241200- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0015.141123T1800Z-141124T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 327 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. && $$ MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-241800- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0015.141123T2200Z-141124T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS- RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CAVALIER... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 327 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE SOME LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DK
2 follow-up statements
127 WWUS73 KFGF 232101 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 301 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 NDZ006-007-014-015-024-241200- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-141124T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 301 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME LIGHT SNOW THAT COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. && $$ MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-241800- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0015.141123T2200Z-141124T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS- RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CAVALIER... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 301 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME LIGHT SNOW THAT COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
064 WWUS73 KFGF 232252 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 452 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-241800- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-141124T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.141124T0300Z-141124T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS- RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE...CAVALIER... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 452 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING...THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME LIGHT SNOW THAT COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. 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. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-241200- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-141124T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0016.141124T0300Z-141124T1200Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 452 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME LIGHT SNOW THAT COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 4:47 PM CST | Freezing Rain Advisory | FGF | Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 8 more | 10 hr |
| Nov 23, 4:52 PM CST | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 17 hr |
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.