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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 23, 2014, 3:50 AM CDT for 12 counties in North Dakota; Clay County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 23, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2014, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Clay County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 217 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
- 2629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
904 WWUS73 KFGF 230850 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 350 AM CDT WED APR 23 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY... .A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. MNZ003-029-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052-053- 240000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.140423T1500Z-140424T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 350 AM CDT WED APR 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 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 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
427 WWUS73 KFGF 231748 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1248 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY... .A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN DAKOTAS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. MNZ003-029-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052-053- 240000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140424T0000Z/ CLAY-WILKIN-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE...CANDO... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 1248 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 8:49 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Kittson | 6 days |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2014Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2014Every wind advisory in 2014
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.