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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 18, 2014, 3:48 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 18, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 2014, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 25 counties
Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail 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), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
569 WWUS73 KFGF 180848 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 348 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052-053-190000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.140418T1600Z-140419T0000Z/ TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 348 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
977 WWUS73 KFGF 181522 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1022 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052-053-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.140418T1600Z-140419T0000Z/ TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1022 AM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DTR
675 WWUS73 KFGF 182040 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 340 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS WILL ALSO PICK UP IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AS WELL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052-053-190000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140419T0000Z/ TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 340 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 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. && $$ DTR
874 WWUS73 KFGF 182310 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 610 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS INTO THE EVENING HOURS... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ008-016-027-030-054-190900- /O.EXB.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140419T0900Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS-TRAILL- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS... MAYVILLE...ADAMS 610 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ007-190300- /O.EXB.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140419T0300Z/ CAVALIER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANGDON 610 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 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. && $$ NDZ006-014-015-024-190300- /O.EXT.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140419T0300Z/ TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD 610 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE EVENING. * WINDS...25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NDZ026-028-029-038-039-049-052-053-190900- /O.EXT.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140419T0900Z/ NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 610 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 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. && $$ TG
671 WWUS73 KFGF 190238 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 938 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 NDZ006-007-014-015-024-190345- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140419T0300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD 938 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052>054- 190900- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140419T0900Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-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... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 938 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...25 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 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. && $$
501 WWUS73 KFGF 190900 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 400 AM CDT SAT APR 19 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY INTO THE LAKES REGION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. MNZ001>004-007-029-030-040-NDZ008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052>054- 191000- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-140419T0900Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 400 AM CDT SAT APR 19 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... $$
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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.