Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Feb 7, 2016, 9:34 PM CST for 9 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2016, 9:34 PM CST (03:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 8 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 03:36 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, 3.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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. && $$ SPEICHER
1 follow-up statement
671 WWUS73 KFGF 081200 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 600 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-038-049-052-081300- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160208T1200Z/ TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS... MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...MCVILLE... ANETA...TOLNA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY...LISBON...ENDERLIN... GWINNER...MILNOR...FORMAN...RUTLAND 600 AM CST MON FEB 8 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DECREASED INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Dakota, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016
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.