[See the event description under the West Polk through Wilkin High Wind event above]
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[See the event description under the West Polk through Wilkin High Wind event above]
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 8, 11:12 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1112 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2005
...CORRECTED TIME IN HIGH WIND WARNING TO END AT 9 AM INSTEAD OF
10 AM WED MORNING...
UPDATE...
WILL BE ISSUING A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR REMAINDER OF
FORECAST AREA FOR REST OF TONIGHT UNTIL 15Z WED. DEVILS LAKE BASIN
IS REACHING HIGH WIND CRITERIA CURRENTLY AND HAS BEEN SUSTAINING
NEAR OR JUST OVER 40 MPH FOR PAST HOUR OR SO WITH GUSTS OVER 50
MPH. EXPECT THESE WINDS TO SLOWLY SPREAD EAST THROUGH REST OF
TONIGHT INTO WED MORNING. STRONG DRYING IN WATER VAPOR CHANNEL AND
SECONDARY PRESSURE RISE MAXIMUM IN WESTERN ND WILL SPREAD EAST
TONIGHT. 00Z RUC AND NAM MODEL SHOW BETWEEN 55-65KT TO MIX TO
SFC...WITH RUC VERY BULLISH WITH 70-75KT AT 850MB...WHICH MAY NOT
BE TOO BAD SINCE KBIS AND KMVX VAD WIND PROFILE HAS SHOWN 60-65KT
AROUND 3000FT.
LOW PRESSURE IS CURRENTLY DEEPENING RAPIDLY AND WILL GO FROM
AROUND 1003MB TO 990MB IN ONLY 12HR...WHICH BY DEFINITION IS A
METEOROLOGICAL BOMB. ADIABATIC TO ALMOST SUPER ADIABATIC LAYER
WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS REGION TONIGHT...AND BE MOST PREVALENT IN
EASTERN AREAS LATE TONIGHT AND WED MORNING. THIS WILL CAUSE A
FURTHER INCREASE IN PRESSURE GRADIENT...AND STRONG NVA ON HEELS OF
35-40 UNIT VORTICITY MAXIMUM AT 500HPA WILL YIELD VERY STRONG
WINDS PERSISTING INTO WED MORNING. WESTERN PORTIONS OF WARNING
SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE CANCELLED BEFORE 15Z...BUT THIS CAN BE
EVALUATED AS HIGH WIND EVENT CONTINUES TO UNFOLD.
LASTLY...SOME WRAPAROUND SNOW SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF
REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY. ALTHOUGH NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
UPDATED NPW/GRIDS AND TEXT PRODUCTS WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.
PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 639 PM CST TUE NOV 8 2005)
UPDATE...
WILL BE ISSUING HIGH WIND WARNING TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR ALL OF ND INTO VALLEY COUNTIES OF MN. STRONG DARKENING NOTED
ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WITH 50-55KT TO MIX TO SFC IN ADIABATIC
LAYER SHORTLY AFTER 03Z TONIGHT MOVING INTO EASTERN ND. WINDS
ALREADY GUSTING TO 50KT IN ABR GETTING CLOSE TO EXTREME SE ND WITH
FIRST PRESSURE RISE MAX. SECONDARY PRESSURE RISE MAX WILL MOVE
INTO NORTHERN VALLEY AFTER 06Z AS WELL. RUC MODEL IS VERY BULLISH
WITH 70KT AT 850MB AFTER 06Z...WITH REST OF MODELS 50-55KT WITH
STRONG Q VECTOR DIVERGENCE AND IMPLIED SUBSIDENCE. PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL ALSO TIGHTEN AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS RAPIDLY AND
LIFTS EAST/NORTHEAST. THEREFORE WILL BE ISSUING UPDATED
GRIDS/ZFP/NPW SHORTLY. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME SNOW ON THE
BACKSIDE OF SYSTEM AND SOME BLOWING/REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN
NORTHERN AREAS LATER TONIGHT AS WELL. WILL MENTION THIS IN NPW AND
CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AREAS TO THE EAST FOR ANY UPGRADES.
&&
.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ006-NDZ007-
NDZ008-NDZ014-NDZ015-NDZ016-NDZ024-NDZ026-NDZ027-NDZ028-
NDZ029-NDZ030-NDZ038-NDZ039-NDZ049-NDZ052-NDZ053-NDZ054.
MN...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR MNZ001-MNZ002-
MNZ003-MNZ004-MNZ007-MNZ027-MNZ028-MNZ029-MNZ030-MNZ031-
MNZ032-MNZ040.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR MNZ005-MNZ006-
MNZ008-MNZ009-MNZ013-MNZ014-MNZ015-MNZ016-MNZ017-MNZ022-
MNZ023-MNZ024.
&&
DKHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 639 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2005 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-091245- WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 639 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2005 ...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT... WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA COULD SEE RAIN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT WHICH IN COMBINATION WITH THE WIND....COULD POSSIBLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
12 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, November 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5484669, 5484670, 5484671, 5484672, 5484673, 5484674, 5484675, 5484676, 5484677, 5484678, 5484679, 5484680.