Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2015, 3:36 AM CDT for 16 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2015, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 33 counties
Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard 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, Wadena 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), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
984 WWUS73 KFGF 250836 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 336 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 MNZ001>004-007-029-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049- 052>054-252300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.150325T0836Z-150325T2300Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WILKIN-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-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...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 336 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 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. && $$ MNZ030-031-040-252300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.150325T1300Z-150325T2300Z/ WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... ELBOW LAKE 336 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
495 WWUS73 KFGF 251407 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 907 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-252300- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.150325T1700Z-150325T2300Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 907 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOON TO 6 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 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. && $$ MNZ002-003-029>031-040-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028>030-038-039- 049-052>054-252300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER- CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 907 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
996 WWUS73 KFGF 251548 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1048 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 MNZ005-008-013>016-022>024-027-028-032-252300- /O.EXA.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/ ROSEAU-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY... MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES... WOLF LAKE...WADENA 1048 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 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. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-252300- /O.EXT.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.150325T1548Z-150325T2300Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 1048 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ002-003-029>031-040-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028>030-038-039- 049-052>054-252300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-TOWNER- CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON... GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 1048 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 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. && $$
083 WWUS73 KFGF 252027 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 327 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 MNZ002-003-005-008-013>016-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006-007-014-015- 024-026-028>030-038-039-049-052>054-252300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-ROSEAU-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...ROSEAU... NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES... WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 327 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-252300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 327 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. 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. && $$
676 WWUS73 KFGF 252304 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 604 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-260015- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS 604 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO EARLY EVENING. $$ MNZ002-003-005-008-013>016-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006-007-014-015- 024-026-028>030-038-039-049-052>054-260015- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150325T2300Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-ROSEAU-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...ROSEAU... NEWFOLDEN...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES... WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS... WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 604 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO EARLY EVENING. $$ DTR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 9:05 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 102 min |
| Mar 25, 9:07 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Polk | 9 hr |
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.