Alert archive / North Dakota / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this high wind warning at Feb 7, 2016, 10:06 AM CST for 9 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2016, 10:06 AM CST (16:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2016, 9:34 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Towner County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1363 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
396 WWUS73 KFGF 071606 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1006 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-038-049-052-081200- /O.NEW.KFGF.HW.W.0001.160207T1606Z-160208T1200Z/ TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS... MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...MCVILLE... ANETA...TOLNA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...LISBON...ENDERLIN... GWINNER...MILNOR...FORMAN...RUTLAND 1006 AM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WIND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. VISIBILITY MAY BE BRIEFLY REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
850 WWUS73 KFGF 080334 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 934 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-038-049-052-081200- /O.CAN.KFGF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160208T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.160208T0334Z-160208T1200Z/ TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS... MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...MCVILLE... ANETA...TOLNA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...LISBON...ENDERLIN... GWINNER...MILNOR...FORMAN...RUTLAND 934 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY. VISIBILITY MAY BE BRIEFLY REDUCED TO AROUND ONE HALF MILE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SPEICHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 4:22 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 3 more | 11 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.