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High Wind Warning 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND

November 13, 2021Richland County, North Dakota; Grant County, Wilkin County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this high wind warning at Nov 13, 2021, 9:05 PM CST for Richland County, North Dakota; Grant County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 114 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2021, 9:05 PM CST (03:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 2021, 10:59 PM CST
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Grant County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 13, 9:08 PM CSTHIGH SUST WINDS 404 W Herman, MNSUSTAINED WINDS MEASURED TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 53 MPH AT A MNDOT RWIS STATION.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

077 
WWUS73 KFGF 140305
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
905 PM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

MNZ029-040-NDZ053-140500-
/O.EXP.KFGF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-211114T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KFGF.HW.W.0006.211114T0305Z-211114T0500Z/
Wilkin-Grant-Richland-
Including the cities of Breckenridge, Elbow Lake, Hoffman, Ashby,
Herman, Barrett, and Wahpeton
905 PM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...In Minnesota, Wilkin and Grant Counties. In North 
  Dakota, Richland County.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM CST this evening.

* IMPACTS...High winds may move loose debris, damage property 
  and cause power outages. Travel will be difficult especially 
  for high profile vehicles.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown
around or damaged by the wind.

&&

$$

NDZ038-049-052-140415-
/O.EXP.KFGF.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-211114T0300Z/
Barnes-Ransom-Sargent-
Including the cities of Valley City, Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, 
Milnor, Forman, and Rutland
905 PM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

Winds have diminished and are no longer a significant threat.

$$

NDZ028-140415-
/O.EXP.KFGF.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-211114T0300Z/
Griggs-
Including the city of Cooperstown
905 PM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Winds have diminished and are no longer a significant threat.|

$$
1 follow-up statement
135 
WWUS73 KFGF 140459
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
1059 PM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

MNZ029-040-NDZ053-140600-
/O.CAN.KFGF.HW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-211114T0500Z/
Wilkin-Grant-Richland-
Including the cities of Breckenridge, Elbow Lake, Hoffman, Ashby,
Herman, Barrett, and Wahpeton
1059 PM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

Winds have diminished and are no longer a significant threat.

$$

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.