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Wind Chill Advisory 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind chill advisory at Mar 11, 2009, 4:48 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 11, 2009, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2009, 4:48 AM CDT (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2009, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 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 09:48 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 300 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
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, 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 this wind chill advisory went out at Mar 11, 3:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 3:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 600 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 MNZ001>003-008-013>015-022-027-029>031-040-NDZ027>030-038-039-049- 052-053-111100- WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND- 600 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE MORNING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH NORTH WINDS UP TO 35 MPH EXPECTED BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 BELOW THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION AND VISIBILITY WILL BE HELPFUL. MNZ006-009-016-017-023-024-028-032-111100- LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-WADENA- 600 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. NORTH WINDS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 BELOW TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION AND VISIBILITY WILL BE HELPFUL. MNZ004-005-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-054-111100- KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 600 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED TODAY. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 25 AND 40 BELOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION AND VISIBILITY WILL BE HELPFUL. TG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 10, 11:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 8:44 PM CDT | Wind Chill Warning | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Ramsey, Towner | 15 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2009Wind Chill Advisories in North Dakota, 2009Every wind chill advisory in 2009
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.