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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 9, 2016, 12:38 PM CDT for 13 counties in North Dakota; Kittson County, Marshall County, Polk County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2016, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Polk County, MN, Barnes County, ND, 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), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 1341 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 440 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
755 WWUS73 KFGF 091738 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1238 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 MNZ001-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-054-100000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0011.161009T1738Z-161010T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA... NECHE...ST. THOMAS...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... VALLEY CITY...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 1238 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JAM
1 follow-up statement
534 WWUS73 KFGF 100005 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 705 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 MNZ001-004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-054-100115- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-161010T0000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA... NECHE...ST. THOMAS...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS... MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...NEW ROCKFORD... LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...HOPE...MAYVILLE...HILLSBORO...HATTON...PORTLAND... VALLEY CITY...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 705 PM CDT SUN OCT 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE STRONG WINDS WILL LESSEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS WITH GUSTS DECREASING IN FREQUENCY AND SPEED. $$ KAISER
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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.