Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2015, 11:17 AM CDT for 14 counties in North Dakota; 13 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2015, 11:17 AM CDT (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 27 counties
Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier 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, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 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 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
502 WWUS73 KFGF 211617 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1117 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027>031-040-NDZ007-008-015-016- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-220000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0010.150421T1617Z-150422T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- RAMSEY-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...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...LANGDON...CAVALIER...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 1117 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...UNTIL 7 PM CDT * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
567 WWUS73 KFGF 212010 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 310 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027>031-040-NDZ007-008-015-016- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-220000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150422T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...LANGDON...CAVALIER...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 310 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...UNTIL 7 PM CDT * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
174 WWUS73 KFGF 212351 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 651 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WINDS ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING... MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027>031-040-NDZ007-008-015-016- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-220100- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-150422T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER- WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- RAMSEY-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...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...LANGDON...CAVALIER...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 651 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 3:20 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena | 12 hr |
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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.