Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2016, 11:41 AM CDT for 7 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2016, 11:41 AM CDT (16:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 965 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
601 WWUS73 KFGF 101641 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1141 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 NDZ006>008-014-015-024-054-102300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.160410T1641Z-160410T2300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA... DRAYTON...PEMBINA...NECHE...ST. THOMAS...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK... LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...EDINBURG... ADAMS...LANKIN 1141 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH MID DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LOOSE ITEMS SHOULD BE SECURED. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
748 WWUS73 KFGF 102248 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 548 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 NDZ006>008-014-015-024-054-110000- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160410T2300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA... DRAYTON...PEMBINA...NECHE...ST. THOMAS...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK... LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...EDINBURG... ADAMS...LANKIN 548 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$
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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.