Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2016, 4:10 AM CDT for Ransom County, Sargent County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 7, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2016, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
180 WWUS73 KFGF 070910 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 410 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 NDZ049-052-080000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.160407T1500Z-160408T0000Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR... FORMAN...RUTLAND 410 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER 10 AM THIS MORNING AND DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS OUTDOORS SHOULD BE SECURED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED GUSTY WINDS. 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. && $$ HOPPES
3 follow-up statements
899 WWUS73 KFGF 071500 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1000 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 NDZ049-052-080000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR... FORMAN...RUTLAND 1000 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS OUTDOORS SHOULD BE SECURED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
800 WWUS73 KFGF 072002 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 302 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 NDZ049-052-080000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR... FORMAN...RUTLAND 302 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS OUTDOORS SHOULD BE SECURED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED GUSTY WINDS. 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. && $$
392 WWUS73 KFGF 072353 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 653 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 NDZ049-052-080100- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160408T0000Z/ RANSOM-SARGENT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LISBON...ENDERLIN...GWINNER...MILNOR... FORMAN...RUTLAND 653 PM CDT THU APR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DECREASED AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT. $$ KNUTSVIG
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.