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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 11, 2016Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; 5 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this high wind warning at Jul 11, 2016, 3:07 AM CDT for Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 4 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
Jul 11, 2016, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Cavalier County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 294 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1848 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 00:00Z on 2016-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
1848 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

As transmitted.

929 
WWUS73 KFGF 110807
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
307 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

MNZ004-007-NDZ007-008-015-016-026-054-111200-
/O.NEW.KFGF.HW.W.0004.160711T0807Z-160711T1200Z/
KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-RAMSEY-
EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER...
WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...
DRAYTON...PEMBINA...NECHE...ST. THOMAS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...
PARK RIVER...LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA...EDINBURG...
ADAMS...LANKIN
307 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...GUSTING TO 60 MPH FROM THE NORTH. 

* TIMING...WILL TRANSITION FROM NEAR DEVILS LAKE AROUND 3AM TO THE
  NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY BY 5AM TO 6AM. 

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.

&&

$$
TG
2 follow-up statements
338 
WWUS73 KFGF 110948
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
448 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

NDZ015-026-111100-
/O.CAN.KFGF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160711T1200Z/
RAMSEY-NELSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DEVILS LAKE...LAKOTA...MCVILLE...
ANETA...TOLNA
448 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING.

$$

MNZ004-007-NDZ007-008-016-054-111200-
/O.CON.KFGF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160711T1200Z/
KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-
WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER...
WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...
DRAYTON...PEMBINA...NECHE...ST. THOMAS...GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...
EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN
448 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS
MORNING...

* WINDS...GUSTING TO 60 MPH FROM THE NORTH.

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.

&&

$$
987 
WWUS73 KFGF 111156
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
656 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

MNZ004-007-NDZ007-008-016-054-111300-
/O.EXP.KFGF.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160711T1200Z/
KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-
WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER...
WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...
DRAYTON...PEMBINA...NECHE...ST. THOMAS...GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...
EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN
656 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE STRONG WINDS HAVE MOVED INTO CANADA AND THE HIGH WARNING IS
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Wilkin47 min
Jul 11, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Wilkin47 min
Jul 11, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMahnomen, Norman, Polk54 min
Jul 11, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 2 more60 min
Jul 11, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Polk59 min
Jul 11, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFHubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena29 min
Jul 11, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Hubbard61 min
Jul 11, 1:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWadena39 min
Jul 11, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWadena66 min
Jul 11, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena31 min
Jul 11, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena10 min
Jul 11, 4:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFBecker, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena6 hr
Jul 11, 5:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFClay, Wilkin6 hr
Jul 11, 6:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGFBecker, Clay4 hr
Jul 10, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Eddy, Ramsey62 min
Jul 10, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Griggs, Nelson, Ransom, Steele56 min
Jul 11, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Steele, Traill50 min

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.