Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Oct 22, 2017, 3:53 PM CDT for Barnes County, Ransom County, Sargent County, North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 23, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2017, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 23, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2017, 6:56 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Barnes County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 2106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
316 WWUS73 KFGF 222053 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 353 PM CDT Sun Oct 22 2017 NDZ038-049-052-240000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.171023T1500Z-171024T0000Z/ Barnes-Ransom-Sargent- Including the cities of Valley City, Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, and Rutland 353 PM CDT Sun Oct 22 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 10 AM to 7 PM CDT Monday. * WINDS...Northwest 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * TIMING...Winds increasing by mid morning and continue through afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will make driving difficult 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
590 WWUS73 KFGF 230303 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 1003 PM CDT Sun Oct 22 2017 NDZ038-049-052-240000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.171023T1500Z-171024T0000Z/ Barnes-Ransom-Sargent- Including the cities of Valley City, Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, and Rutland 1003 PM CDT Sun Oct 22 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... * WINDS...Northwest 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * TIMING...Winds increasing by mid morning and continue through afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will make driving difficult for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 35 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
993 WWUS73 KFGF 230846 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 346 AM CDT Mon Oct 23 2017 NDZ038-049-052-240000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.171023T1500Z-171024T0000Z/ Barnes-Ransom-Sargent- Including the cities of Valley City, Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, and Rutland 346 AM CDT Mon Oct 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Northwest 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
362 WWUS73 KFGF 232021 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 321 PM CDT Mon Oct 23 2017 NDZ038-049-052-240000- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-171024T0000Z/ Barnes-Ransom-Sargent- Including the cities of Valley City, Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, and Rutland 321 PM CDT Mon Oct 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...Northwest 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will blow around unsecured objects. Travel may be difficult for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
544 WWUS73 KFGF 232356 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 656 PM CDT Mon Oct 23 2017 NDZ038-049-052-240100- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-171024T0000Z/ Barnes-Ransom-Sargent- Including the cities of Valley City, Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, and Rutland 656 PM CDT Mon Oct 23 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Winds have diminished but will remain breezy in the 15 to 25 mph range through the night. $$
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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.