Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Chill Warnings in 2011
Wind Chill Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this wind chill warning at Feb 1, 2011, 2:48 PM MST for 32 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 5:00 PM MST. 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 1, 2011, 2:48 PM MST (21:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2011, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
All 32 counties
Adams County, ND, Billings County, ND, Bottineau County, ND, Bowman County, ND, Burke County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Divide County, ND, Dunn County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, McKenzie County, ND, Mercer County, ND, Mountrail County, ND, Oliver County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Renville County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Slope County, ND, Stark County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND, Williams County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
744 WWUS43 KBIS 012148 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 348 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...COLD ARCTIC AIR AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING...THEN WILL BUILD SOUTH TONIGHT. FRIGID TEMPERATURES NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH WINDS UP TO 15 MPH TO CREATE AREAS OF DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW TO AROUND 50 BELOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE TODAY. IF PLANNING TRAVEL...BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-020600- /O.UPG.KBIS.WC.Y.0040.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WC.W.0002.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.WC.Y.0041.110201T2148Z-110202T0000Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 348 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 /248 PM MST TUE FEB 1 2011/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO NEAR 50 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING OR ADVISORY MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ HW
5 follow-up statements
273 WWUS43 KBIS 020035 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 635 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...COLD ARCTIC AIR AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS UP TO 15 MPH TO CREATE AREAS OF DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 35 BELOW TO AROUND 50 BELOW ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF PLANNING TRAVEL...BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AND LIMIT OUTDOOR EXPOSURE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-020845- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 635 PM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 /535 PM MST TUE FEB 1 2011/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AND LIMIT OUTDOOR EXPOSURE. && $$ WA
836 WWUS43 KBIS 020723 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 123 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...COLD ARCTIC AIR AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH WINDS UP TO 15 MPH TO CREATE AREAS OF DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 35 BELOW TO AROUND 50 BELOW ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF PLANNING TRAVEL...BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AND LIMIT OUTDOOR EXPOSURE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-021530- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 123 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 /1223 AM MST WED FEB 2 2011/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 35 BELOW TO NEAR 50 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AND LIMIT OUTDOOR EXPOSURE. && $$ NH
618 WWUS43 KBIS 020939 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 339 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...COLD ARCTIC AIR AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING... .VERY COLD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH WINDS UP TO 15 MPH TO CREATE AREAS OF DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 35 BELOW TO AROUND 50 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THIS MORNING...BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AND LIMIT OUTDOOR EXPOSURE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-021745- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 339 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 /239 AM MST WED FEB 2 2011/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 35 BELOW TO NEAR 50 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AND LIMIT OUTDOOR EXPOSURE. && $$ HEINERT
783 WWUS43 KBIS 021301 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 701 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...COLD ARCTIC AIR AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING... .VERY COLD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH WINDS UP TO 15 MPH TO CREATE AREAS OF DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 35 BELOW TO AROUND 50 BELOW ZERO ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM. IF PLANNING TRAVEL THIS MORNING...BE SURE TO CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT...AND CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. IF YOU BECOME STRANDED DO NOT LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR VEHICLE. WIND CHILLS THIS COLD WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AND LIMIT OUTDOOR EXPOSURE. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-021800- /O.CON.KBIS.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 701 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 /601 AM MST WED FEB 2 2011/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 35 BELOW TO NEAR 50 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. * CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD AIR WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AND LIMIT OUTDOOR EXPOSURE. && $$
833 WWUS43 KBIS 021753 WSWBIS URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1153 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING TO EXPIRE AT NOON CST WEDNESDAY... .ALTHOUGH A FEW LOCATIONS AROUND WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL SEE WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR 25 BELOW THROUGH 1 PM...WARMING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS BELOW ZERO BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...WIND CHILL HEADLINES ARE NO LONGER NEEDED. NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-021900- /O.EXP.KBIS.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS- FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER- STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN- LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL... BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER... RUGBY...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER... GARRISON...MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BEACH...MEDORA... DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN...MARMARTH... MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON... NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1153 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 /1053 AM MST WED FEB 2 2011/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RISE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS BELOW ZERO BY EARLY AFTERNOON. $$ AYD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2:48 PM MST | Wind Chill Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Burleigh and 26 more | 2 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.