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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 17, 2011, 3:33 PM CST for 17 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 17, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2011, 3:33 PM CST (21:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 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 21:37 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, 9.6 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
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
412 WWUS43 KFGF 172133 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 333 PM CST MON JAN 17 2011 ...BLOWING SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS EVENING AND BITTER WIND CHILLS TONIGHT... .SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OVER PORTIONS OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME LESS OF A PROBLEM. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING AND THEN DROP DOWN TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH THE CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF RAPIDLY AND WIND CHILLS WILL GET TO THE 25 BELOW RANGE. MNZ001>004-007-027-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038- 039-049-052>054-181500- /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.110118T0000Z-110118T1500Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110118T0000Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-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...WARREN...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...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 333 PM CST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES IN THE EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT. * NORTHERLY WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING AND THEN BELOW 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO THE 25 BELOW RANGE THIS EVENING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREAS SHOULD DROP BELOW 25 BELOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-028-031-032-181500- /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.110118T0000Z-110118T1500Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 333 PM CST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND NORTHERLY WINDS DROPPING TO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING WILL DROP WIND CHILLS DOWN TO ADVISORY CRITERIA NORTH OF A BEMIDJI TO FOSSTON LINE. WIND CHILLS SOUTH OF THIS LINE WILL DROP DOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WIND CHILLS WILL GO DOWN INTO THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ JR
3 follow-up statements
500 WWUS43 KFGF 180021 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 621 PM CST MON JAN 17 2011 ...BITTER WIND CHILLS TONIGHT... .SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 35 WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME LESS OF A PROBLEM. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING AND THEN DROP DOWN TO 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH THE CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF RAPIDLY AND WIND CHILLS WILL GET TO THE 25 BELOW RANGE. MNZ001>004-007-027-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038- 039-049-052>054-181500- /O.EXP.KFGF.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110118T0000Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1500Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-WEST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-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...WARREN...DETROIT LAKES... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...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 621 PM CST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. * NORTHERLY WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING AND THEN BELOW 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO THE 25 BELOW RANGE THIS EVENING IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND ADJACENT AREAS SHOULD DROP BELOW 25 BELOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-028-031-032-181500- /O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1500Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS... WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA 621 PM CST MON JAN 17 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. * VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND NORTHERLY WINDS DROPPING TO THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING WILL DROP WIND CHILLS DOWN TO ADVISORY CRITERIA NORTH OF A BEMIDJI TO FOSSTON LINE. WIND CHILLS SOUTH OF THIS LINE WILL DROP DOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT. * WIND CHILLS WILL GO DOWN INTO THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ DTR
673 WWUS43 KFGF 180929 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 329 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH EARLY MORNING... .NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO TO PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TO 40 BELOW. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS MORNING AND BECOME NEARLY CALM EARLY THIS MORNING. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-181500- /O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1500Z/ 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 329 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO AND NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGHOUT EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ DK
055 WWUS43 KFGF 181504 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 904 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...BITTER WIND CHILLS STARTING TO RECOVER... .AS A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER MOVES DOWN INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS MORNING. WHILE TEMPERATURES REMAIN VERY COLD...WIND CHILLS WILL NO LONGER BE A THREAT. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-181615- /O.EXP.KFGF.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110118T1500Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON... ADAMS 904 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP TO 5 MPH OR BELOW THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL NO LONGER BE A THREAT. $$ JR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2011Wind Chill Advisories in North Dakota, 2011Every wind chill advisory in 2011
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.