Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 1, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2016, 3:46 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 22 counties
Clay County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass 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), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
086 WWUS73 KFGF 012030 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 330 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-054-020900- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.160402T0000Z-160402T0900Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...FORT TOTTEN... MADDOCK...LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD... LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 330 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...INCREASING THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY FIND DRIVING DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-NDZ008-016-027>030-038-039-021200- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.160402T0300Z-160402T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...ADA... TWIN VALLEY...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD... LANCASTER...ROSEAU...WARROAD...GREENBUSH...WARREN...STEPHEN... ARGYLE...NEWFOLDEN...MIDDLE RIVER...GRYGLA...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...FERTILE...MCINTOSH...ERSKINE... CAVALIER...WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA...NECHE...ST. THOMAS... GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... HOPE...MAYVILLE...HILLSBORO...HATTON...PORTLAND...VALLEY CITY... FARGO 330 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH. THE WIND WILL INCREASE IN SPEED FOR A SHORT TIME WITH THE FRONT FROM LATE EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND DRIVING DIFFICULT. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ALONG WITH WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES FOR A VERY BRIEF PERIOD AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
109 WWUS73 KFGF 020309 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1009 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-054-020900- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160402T0900Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...FORT TOTTEN... MADDOCK...LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD... LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 1009 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. WIND WILL INCREASE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TOWARD MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY FIND DRIVING DIFFICULT. 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. && $$ MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-NDZ008-016-027>030-038-039-021200- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160402T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...ADA... TWIN VALLEY...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD... LANCASTER...ROSEAU...WARROAD...GREENBUSH...WARREN...STEPHEN... ARGYLE...NEWFOLDEN...MIDDLE RIVER...GRYGLA...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...FERTILE...MCINTOSH...ERSKINE... CAVALIER...WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA...NECHE...ST. THOMAS... GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... HOPE...MAYVILLE...HILLSBORO...HATTON...PORTLAND...VALLEY CITY... FARGO 1009 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH. THE WIND WILL INCREASE IN SPEED FOR A SHORT TIME WITH THE FRONT FROM LATE EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND DRIVING DIFFICULT. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ALONG WITH WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES FOR A VERY BRIEF PERIOD AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
179 WWUS73 KFGF 020846 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 346 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-NDZ008-016-027>030-038-039-021000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160402T1200Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...ADA... TWIN VALLEY...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD... LANCASTER...ROSEAU...WARROAD...GREENBUSH...WARREN...STEPHEN... ARGYLE...NEWFOLDEN...MIDDLE RIVER...GRYGLA...THIEF RIVER FALLS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...FERTILE...MCINTOSH...ERSKINE... CAVALIER...WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA...NECHE...ST. THOMAS... GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... HOPE...MAYVILLE...HILLSBORO...HATTON...PORTLAND...VALLEY CITY... FARGO 346 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE MAIN SURGE OF STRONGER NORTH WINDS HAS PASSED THROUGH THE AREA. IT WILL REMAIN WINDY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING WITH WINDS IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE. BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE PASSED AND THUS THE ADVISORY ALLOWED TO BE CANCELLED. $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-054-021000- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160402T0900Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...FORT TOTTEN... MADDOCK...LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD... LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 346 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE AND THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ DTR
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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.