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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this high wind warning at Jun 17, 2016, 8:24 AM CDT for Nelson County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 39 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2016, 8:24 AM CDT (13:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2016, 9:03 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Nelson County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:26 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | 8 E Minto, ND | PEAK WIND MEASURED AT A HOME WEATHER STATION. |
| Jun 17, 8:28 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Grafton, ND | REPORTS OF TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 17, 8:29 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 10 E Grafton, ND | PEAK WIND MEASURED AT THE NDAWN SITE. |
| Jun 17, 8:34 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | 10 E Grafton, ND | PEAK WIND MEASURED AT THE NDAWN SITE. |
| Jun 17, 8:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | 10 E Grafton, ND | PEAK WIND MEASURED AT THE NDAWN SITE. |
| Jun 17, 8:38 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63.6 | 10 E Grafton, ND | PEAK WIND MEASURED AT THE NDAWN SITE. |
| Jun 17, 8:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 W Grafton, ND | HEAVY RAINS PRODUCED FLOODED FIELDS AND FARM ACCESS ROADS ACROSS SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN WALSH COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
042 WWUS73 KFGF 171324 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 824 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016 NDZ026-054-171500- /O.NEW.KFGF.HW.W.0002.160617T1324Z-160617T1500Z/ NELSON-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA... EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 824 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST POST THUNDERSTORMS WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. * IMPACTS...TREE DAMAGE...DOWNED POWER LINES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
392 WWUS73 KFGF 171403 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 903 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016 NDZ026-054-171600- /O.CAN.KFGF.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160617T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.HW.W.0003.160617T1403Z-160617T1600Z/ NELSON-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA... EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 903 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST POST THUNDERSTORMS WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...NEXT HOUR OR SO. * IMPACTS...TREE DAMAGE...DOWNED POWER LINES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NDZ016-027-171600- /O.NEW.KFGF.HW.W.0003.160617T1403Z-160617T1600Z/ EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...GRAND FORKS 903 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * WINDS...POST THUNDERSTORM WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. * IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE...DOWNED POWER LINES AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pembina | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cavalier | 18 min |
| Jun 17, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Ramsey | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 6:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Nelson | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 6:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Nelson, Ramsey, Walsh | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 7:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Steele, Traill, Walsh | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 7:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Pembina, Walsh | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Pembina, Walsh | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 8:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Grand Forks | 74 min |
| Jun 17, 9:03 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | FGF | Grand Forks, Nelson, Walsh | 110 min |
| Jun 17, 12:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Walsh | 4 days |
| Jun 17, 3:34 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Walsh | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.