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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 19, 20205 counties in North Dakota; 4 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2020, 3:26 AM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota; 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 19, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2020, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 19, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 19, 2020, 9:52 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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, 8.4 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

933 
WWUS73 KFGF 190826
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
326 AM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-200300-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.200319T1800Z-200320T0300Z/
Clay-Wilkin-West Otter Tail-Grant-Barnes-Cass-Ransom-Sargent-
Richland-
Including the cities of Moorhead, Breckenridge, Fergus Falls, 
Elbow Lake, Hoffman, Ashby, Herman, Barrett, Valley City, Fargo, 
Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, Rutland, and Wahpeton
326 AM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...North winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...In Minnesota, Clay, Wilkin, West Otter Tail and Grant 
  Counties. In North Dakota, Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Sargent and 
  Richland Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 10 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
  Travel could be difficult especially for high profile vehicles.
  Some blowing and drifting snow could reduce visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

NC

1 follow-up statement

426 
WWUS73 KFGF 200252
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
952 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

MNZ003-029-030-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-200400-
/O.CAN.KFGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-200320T0300Z/
Clay-Wilkin-West Otter Tail-Grant-Barnes-Cass-Ransom-Sargent-
Richland-
Including the cities of Moorhead, Breckenridge, Fergus Falls, 
Elbow Lake, Hoffman, Ashby, Herman, Barrett, Valley City, Fargo, 
Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, Rutland, and Wahpeton
952 PM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has cancelled the
Wind Advisory.

The winds have settled down and were no longer reach wind advisory
criteria. So the wind advisory has been cancelled. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 3:24 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Pembina, Steele, Traill and 1 more	18 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.