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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 12, 20145 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at May 12, 2014, 3:53 AM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at May 12, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2014, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
In effect from
May 12, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 12, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

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

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 216 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2014-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2014-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
605 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

815 
WWUS73 KFGF 120853
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
353 AM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

NDZ006-007-014-015-024-130000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.140512T1600Z-140513T0000Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD
353 AM CDT MON MAY 12 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 THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS...NORTH WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. 

* 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.

&&

$$

ROGERS
2 follow-up statements
293 
WWUS73 KFGF 122034
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
334 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

NDZ006-007-014-015-024-130000-
/O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140513T0000Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD
334 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS...NORTH WIND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* 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.

&&

$$
566 
WWUS73 KFGF 130013
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
713 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...


NDZ006-007-014-015-024-130115-
/O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140513T0000Z/
TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS...
DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD
713 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR TONIGHT BUT ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. SO THE WIND ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT. 

$$

The office that day

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

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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.