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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 17, 2017, 1:38 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota; Grand Forks County, Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2017, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
064 WWUS73 KFGF 171838 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 138 PM CDT Fri Mar 17 2017 MNZ001-004-007-008-013>015-NDZ008-016-027-180000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.170317T1838Z-170318T0000Z/ West Polk-Kittson-West Marshall-East Marshall-Pennington-Red Lake- East Polk-Pembina-Eastern Walsh County-Grand Forks- Including the cities of Crookston, East Grand Forks, Hallock, Karlstad, Lancaster, 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, and Grand Forks 138 PM CDT Fri Mar 17 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect until 7 PM CDT this evening. * WINDS...Northwest 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. High profile vehicles may have travel difficulties. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
701 WWUS73 KFGF 180002 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 702 PM CDT Fri Mar 17 2017 MNZ001-004-007-008-013>015-NDZ008-016-027-180115- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170318T0000Z/ West Polk-Kittson-West Marshall-East Marshall-Pennington-Red Lake- East Polk-Pembina-Eastern Walsh County-Grand Forks- Including the cities of Crookston, East Grand Forks, Hallock, Karlstad, Lancaster, Warren, Stephen, Argyle, Newfolden, Middle River, Grygla, Thief River Falls, Red Lake Falls, Fosston, Fertile, McIntosh, Erskine, Cavalier, Walhalla, Drayton, Pembina, Neche, St. Thomas, Grafton, Park River, and Grand Forks 702 PM CDT Fri Mar 17 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Brisk north winds will slowly tapper off during throughout the evening and overnight period. $$
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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.