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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 20, 2017, 5:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota; 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2017, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Cavalier County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 1763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -244 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
797 WWUS73 KFGF 202247 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 547 PM CDT Mon Mar 20 2017 MNZ004>008-NDZ006>008-016-054-210100- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.170320T2247Z-170321T0100Z/ Kittson-Roseau-Lake Of The Woods-West Marshall-East Marshall- Towner-Cavalier-Pembina-Eastern Walsh County-Western Walsh County- Including the cities of Hallock, Karlstad, Lancaster, Roseau, Warroad, Greenbush, Baudette, Warren, Stephen, Argyle, Newfolden, Middle River, Grygla, Cando, Langdon, Cavalier, Walhalla, Drayton, Pembina, Neche, St. Thomas, Grafton, Park River, Edinburg, Adams, and Lankin 547 PM CDT Mon Mar 20 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect until 8 PM CDT this evening. * WINDS...Northwest 30 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
925 WWUS73 KFGF 210102 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 802 PM CDT Mon Mar 20 2017 MNZ004>008-NDZ006>008-016-054-210215- /O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-170321T0100Z/ Kittson-Roseau-Lake Of The Woods-West Marshall-East Marshall- Towner-Cavalier-Pembina-Eastern Walsh County-Western Walsh County- Including the cities of Hallock, Karlstad, Lancaster, Roseau, Warroad, Greenbush, Baudette, Warren, Stephen, Argyle, Newfolden, Middle River, Grygla, Cando, Langdon, Cavalier, Walhalla, Drayton, Pembina, Neche, St. Thomas, Grafton, Park River, Edinburg, Adams, and Lankin 802 PM CDT Mon Mar 20 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Winds will remain gusty this evening, but they will stay below advisory criteria. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 7:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 26 hr |
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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.