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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Jul 12, 2016, 3:54 AM CDT for 6 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jul 12, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2016, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 12, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
557 WWUS73 KFGF 120854 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 354 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 NDZ014-015-024-026-028-038-130100- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.160712T1500Z-160713T0100Z/ BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS... MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...MCVILLE... ANETA...TOLNA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY 354 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 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 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...EXPECT 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. && $$ KNUTSVIG
3 follow-up statements
136 WWUS73 KFGF 121831 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 131 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 NDZ014-015-024-026-028-038-130100- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160713T0100Z/ BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS... MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...MCVILLE... ANETA...TOLNA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY 131 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
887 WWUS73 KFGF 122008 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 308 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 NDZ014-015-024-026-028-038-130100- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160713T0100Z/ BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS... MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...MCVILLE... ANETA...TOLNA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY 308 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...EXPECT 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. && $$
609 WWUS73 KFGF 130104 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 804 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 NDZ014-015-024-026-028-038-130215- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160713T0100Z/ BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS... MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...MCVILLE... ANETA...TOLNA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY 804 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS THE REST OF THE NIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 10 TO 25 MPH RANGE. $$ DTR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cavalier, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey, Steele | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina | 37 min |
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.