Alert archive / North Dakota / Extreme Cold Warnings in 2012
Extreme Cold Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this extreme cold warning at Feb 10, 2012, 2:48 AM CST for 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 7 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 10, 2012, 2:48 AM CST (08:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Bottineau County, ND, Foster County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Wells County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
823 WWUS73 KBIS 100848 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 248 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ...EXTREME COLD WATCH FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN WILL PROVIDE FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO IN PLACES LIKE BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...AND CARRINGTON. CLEAR SKIES AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES OF AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO...COMBINED WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH...COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY. PLACES LIKE BOWBELLS...SHERWOOD...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...AND CARRINGTON COULD BE AFFECTED BY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES. NDZ004-005-013-023-025-101700- /O.NEW.KBIS.EC.W.0002.120210T0848Z-120210T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KBIS.EC.A.0002.120211T0600Z-120211T1600Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON 248 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...EXTREME COLD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED AN EXTREME COLD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. AN EXTREME COLD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS EXTREME COLD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. * FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR WITHIN 30 MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE. AN EXTREME COLD WATCH MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE. CONSIDER KEEPING PETS INSIDE. && $$ NDZ002-003-012-101700- /O.NEW.KBIS.EC.A.0002.120211T0600Z-120211T1600Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MCHENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...TOWNER 248 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED AN EXTREME COLD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES COULD RANGE BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY. * FROSTBITE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXTREME COLD WATCH MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE. CONSIDER KEEPING PETS INSIDE. && $$ KS/TWH
1 follow-up statement
742 WWUS73 KBIS 101329 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 729 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... ...EXTREME COLD WATCH FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN WILL PROVIDE FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES THIS FRIDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 40 BELOW ZERO IN PLACES LIKE BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...AND CARRINGTON THROUGH 10 AM. CLEAR SKIES AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR AGAIN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES OF AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO...COMBINED WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH...COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY. PLACES LIKE BOWBELLS...SHERWOOD...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...AND CARRINGTON COULD BE AFFECTED BY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES. NDZ004-005-013-023-025-102130- /O.CON.KBIS.EC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120210T1600Z/ /O.CON.KBIS.EC.A.0002.120211T0600Z-120211T1600Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY... CARRINGTON 729 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...EXTREME COLD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED AN EXTREME COLD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. AN EXTREME COLD WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS EXTREME COLD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 40 BELOW ZERO THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. * FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR WITHIN 30 MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR OR ARE OCCURRING. IF NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED...YOU ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WHEN EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...DRESS IN LAYERS OF LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES...WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES OR MITTENS...AND COVER YOUR FACE. KEEP PETS INSIDE. AN EXTREME COLD WATCH MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE. CONSIDER KEEPING PETS INSIDE. && $$ NDZ002-003-012-102130- /O.CON.KBIS.EC.A.0002.120211T0600Z-120211T1600Z/ BURKE-RENVILLE-MCHENRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...TOWNER 729 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES COULD RANGE BETWEEN 30 BELOW AND 35 BELOW ZERO FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY. * FROSTBITE IS POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXTREME COLD WATCH MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE. CONSIDER KEEPING PETS INSIDE. && $$ TWH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2:48 AM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Foster, McHenry, Pierce, Renville and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:17 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Foster, McHenry, Pierce, Renville and 2 more | 18 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.