Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2016, 8:55 AM CST for 12 counties in North Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2016, 8:55 AM CST (14:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2016, 3:16 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 285 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
- 1380 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
486 WWUS73 KFGF 271455 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 855 AM CST WED JAN 27 2016 MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-022-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-054-280000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.160127T1455Z-160128T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...ADA... TWIN VALLEY...HALSTAD...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER...ROSEAU... WARROAD...GREENBUSH...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE...NEWFOLDEN... MIDDLE RIVER...GRYGLA...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...FERTILE...MCINTOSH...ERSKINE...MAHNOMEN...NAYTAHWAUSH... WAUBUN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...DRAYTON... PEMBINA...ST. THOMAS...NECHE...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS... MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...NEW ROCKFORD... LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...HOPE...MAYVILLE...HILLSBORO...HATTON...PORTLAND... EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 855 AM CST WED JAN 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WORKING ON TALL STRUCTURES MAY BE HAZARDOUS. DRIFTING SNOW OVER WARMER ROADWAYS MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED SLIPPERY AREAS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
337 WWUS73 KFGF 272116 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 316 PM CST WED JAN 27 2016 MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-022-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-054-272230- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160128T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...ADA... TWIN VALLEY...HALSTAD...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER...ROSEAU... WARROAD...GREENBUSH...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE...NEWFOLDEN... MIDDLE RIVER...GRYGLA...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...FERTILE...MCINTOSH...ERSKINE...MAHNOMEN...NAYTAHWAUSH... WAUBUN...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...DRAYTON... PEMBINA...ST. THOMAS...NECHE...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS... MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...NEW ROCKFORD... LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...HOPE...MAYVILLE...HILLSBORO...HATTON...PORTLAND... EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 316 PM CST WED JAN 27 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO THIS EVENING. $$
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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.