Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
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.
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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, 8.9 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Cass | 7 days |
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.