Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Apr 13, 2018, 3:16 AM CDT for Ransom County, Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota; Grant County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 13, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2018, 3:16 AM CDT (08:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2018, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Grant County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
264 WWUS73 KFGF 130816 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 316 AM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 MNZ029-040-NDZ049-052-053-140000- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.180413T1700Z-180414T0000Z/ Wilkin-Grant-Ransom-Sargent-Richland- Including the cities of Breckenridge, Elbow Lake, Hoffman, Ashby, Herman, Barrett, Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, Rutland, and Wahpeton 316 AM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM CDT this evening. * WINDS...Northeast 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * TIMING...Noon today to 7 pm CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will make driving difficult. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph or gusts over 45 mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
1 follow-up statement
896 WWUS73 KFGF 132045 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 345 PM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 MNZ029-040-NDZ049-052-053-132145- /O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-180414T0000Z/ Wilkin-Grant-Ransom-Sargent-Richland- Including the cities of Breckenridge, Elbow Lake, Hoffman, Ashby, Herman, Barrett, Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, Rutland, and Wahpeton 345 PM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Winds will continue to blow in the 20 to 30 mph range but will not reach advisory criteria. The wind advisory is cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 10:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Cass | 7 days |
| Apr 13, 10:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 6 days |
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.