Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2017, 4:14 AM CST for 12 counties in North Dakota; Wilkin County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 30, 2017, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 30, 2017, 4:14 AM CST (10:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2017, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
598 WWUS73 KFGF 301014 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 414 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017 MNZ029-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052-053-310300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.170130T1500Z-170131T0300Z/ WILKIN-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS- RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRECKENRIDGE, CANDO, FORT TOTTEN, MADDOCK, LEEDS, MINNEWAUKAN, DEVILS LAKE, NEW ROCKFORD, LAKOTA, MCVILLE, ANETA, TOLNA, COOPERSTOWN, FINLEY, HOPE, VALLEY CITY, FARGO, LISBON, ENDERLIN, GWINNER, MILNOR, FORMAN, RUTLAND, AND WAHPETON 414 AM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE MAINLY FROM MID MORNING ON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VISIBILITY MAY BE RESTRICTED IN SNOW SHOWERS AND GROUND DRIFTING IN OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
134 WWUS73 KFGF 301848 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1248 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 MNZ029-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-039-049-052-053-310300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0300Z/ WILKIN-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-CASS- RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRECKENRIDGE, CANDO, FORT TOTTEN, MADDOCK, LEEDS, MINNEWAUKAN, DEVILS LAKE, NEW ROCKFORD, LAKOTA, MCVILLE, ANETA, TOLNA, COOPERSTOWN, FINLEY, HOPE, VALLEY CITY, FARGO, LISBON, ENDERLIN, GWINNER, MILNOR, FORMAN, RUTLAND, AND WAHPETON 1248 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE MAINLY FROM MID MORNING ON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
410 WWUS73 KFGF 302027 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 227 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 MNZ029-NDZ006-014-015-024-026-028-029-039-302130- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0300Z/ WILKIN-TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BRECKENRIDGE, CANDO, FORT TOTTEN, MADDOCK, LEEDS, MINNEWAUKAN, DEVILS LAKE, NEW ROCKFORD, LAKOTA, MCVILLE, ANETA, TOLNA, COOPERSTOWN, FINLEY, HOPE, AND FARGO 227 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ NDZ038-049-052-053-310100- /O.EXT.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0100Z/ BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF VALLEY CITY, LISBON, ENDERLIN, GWINNER, MILNOR, FORMAN, RUTLAND, AND WAHPETON 227 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS...TREES...AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ JK
535 WWUS73 KFGF 310059 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 659 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 NDZ038-049-052-053-310200- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170131T0100Z/ BARNES-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF VALLEY CITY, LISBON, ENDERLIN, GWINNER, MILNOR, FORMAN, RUTLAND, AND WAHPETON 659 PM CST MON JAN 30 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST. BREEZING CONDITIONS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ SPEICHER
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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.