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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

February 7, 20169 counties in North Dakota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2016-02-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2016-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

&&

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 4:22 AM CSTBlizzard WarningFGFBarnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 3 more11 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.