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Wind Chill Warning 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind chill warning at Feb 19, 2008, 10:13 AM CST for 18 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2008, 10:13 AM CST (16:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2008, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 35 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:13 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
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KFGF 191613 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1013 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REPLACES WIND CHILL ADVISORY AS BITTERLY COLD AIR MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS... .ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD AIR AND WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO REGION WIDE BY LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN ACROSS THE AREA. MNZ006-009-016-017-023-200600- /O.UPG.KFGF.WC.Y.0012.080219T1800Z-080220T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.W.0004.080219T1613Z-080220T0600Z/ LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA 1013 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA. THE WIND WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BY MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 10 MPH THIS EVENING.| A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ003-024-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-200600- /O.UPG.KFGF.WC.Y.0012.080219T1800Z-080220T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.W.0004.080219T2200Z-080220T0600Z/ CLAY-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1013 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA. THE WIND WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BY LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 10 MPH THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-022-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-054-200600- /O.UPG.KFGF.WC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-080220T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.W.0004.080219T1613Z-080220T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...ADAMS 1013 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH AS ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA. THE WIND WHEN COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO BY MID OR LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 10 MPH THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ WJB
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KFGF 192031 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 231 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING... .ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD AIR AND WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN ACROSS THE AREA...PRODUCING RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES. MNZ001-002-004>009-013>017-022-023-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030- 054-200600- /O.CON.KFGF.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080220T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...ADAMS 231 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL ACCOMPANY ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR. WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS INTO EARLY EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE MILE AT TIMES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 10 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ MNZ003-024-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-200600- /O.CON.KFGF.WC.W.0004.080219T2200Z-080220T0600Z/ CLAY-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL- EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORHEAD...PARK RAPIDS... DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO... LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 231 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL ACCOMPANY ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR. WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS INTO EARLY EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE MILE AT TIMES. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 10 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ HOMANN/DK
000 WWUS43 KFGF 200455 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1055 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT... .ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR IS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. NORTHERLY WINDS GREATER THAN 10 MPH...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE ARE PRODUCING WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO. THE WIND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN ACROSS THE AREA...WITH RECORD COLD EXPECTED. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-201000- /O.EXT.KFGF.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080220T1000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 1055 PM CST TUE FEB 19 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS GREATER THAN 10 MPH...COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE ARE PRODUCING WIND CHILLS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN ACROSS THE AREA...RESULTING IN RECORD COLD. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ NG
000 WWUS43 KFGF 201006 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 406 AM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...DIMINISHING WIND BUT BITTER COLD... .WHILE STILL VERY COLD WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 10 MPH ACROSS THE REGION. AS A RESULT THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-201115- /O.EXP.KFGF.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080220T1000Z/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 406 AM CST WED FEB 20 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE REGION AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN ACROSS THE REGION. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE. $$ VOELKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 3:56 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Warnings in Minnesota, 2008Wind Chill Warnings in North Dakota, 2008Every wind chill warning in 2008
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.