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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND

September 21, 201232 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this freeze warning at Sep 21, 2012, 2:33 AM MDT for 32 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 22, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
Sep 21, 2012, 2:33 AM MDT (08:33 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 22, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired
Sep 22, 2012, 9:09 AM MDT
In force
9 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 08:32 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 00:00Z, 8.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2012-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2012-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2441 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

046 
WWUS73 KBIS 210833
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
333 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...FREEZE WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY NIGHT WILL PRODUCE
CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND VERY DRY AIR. THE RESULT WILL BE
WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 20S ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. PLACES LIKE
ROLETTE...MOHALL...STANLEY...MINOT...GARRISON...BISMARCK...STEELE...
NAPOLEON...AND LINTON WILL EXPERIENCE A KILLING FREEZE. 

ELSEWHERE...IN WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...A
KILLING FREEZE IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES
WITH LOWS AROUND 30 CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HARD FREEZE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THIS LATE SUMMER SEASON. PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED IF
NOT BROUGHT IN OR HARVESTED PRIOR TO FRIDAY NIGHT.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-211645-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/
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
333 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 /233 AM MDT FRI SEP 21 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 10 AM
CDT /9 AM MDT/ SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO
10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SATURDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AROUND
  30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

KS
6 follow-up statements
211 
WWUS73 KBIS 211529
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1029 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...FREEZE WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FAR EASTERN
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

.WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 20S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
PLACES LIKE ROLETTE...MOHALL...STANLEY...MINOT...GARRISON...
BISMARCK...STEELE... NAPOLEON...AND LINTON WILL EXPERIENCE A
KILLING FREEZE.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HARD FREEZE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THIS LATE SUMMER SEASON. PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED
IF NOT BROUGHT IN OR HARVESTED PRIOR TO FRIDAY NIGHT.

STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL USHER IN THE COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AREAS FROM ROLLA TO HARVEY...
JAMESTOWN AND ELLENDALE CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST
TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PERSONS DRIVING HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION.


NDZ005-013-023-025-212330-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0034.120921T1800Z-120922T0300Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/
ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON
1029 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREEZING
  TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 
  AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH 
  DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND
OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

NDZ037-048-051-212330-
/O.NEW.KBIS.WI.Y.0034.120921T2100Z-120922T0300Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/
STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY...OAKES
1029 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM
CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUING INTO EARLY EVENING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE
  TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 
  AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH 
  DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND
OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-212330-
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-
BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
MCCLUSKY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...
FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY
1029 AM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 /929 AM MDT FRI SEP 21 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
TO 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 
  AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH 
  DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
TWH
984 
WWUS73 KBIS 212046
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
346 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...FREEZE WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT
INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FAR EASTERN
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

.WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 20S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA. PLACES LIKE ROLETTE...MOHALL...STANLEY...MINOT...GARRISON...
BISMARCK...STEELE...NAPOLEON...AND LINTON MAY EXPERIENCE A
KILLING FREEZE...WHERE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW 28 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. 

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HARD FREEZE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THIS LATE SUMMER SEASON. PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED
IF NOT BROUGHT IN OR HARVESTED PRIOR TO FRIDAY NIGHT.

STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL USHER IN THE COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AREAS FROM ROLLA TO HARVEY...
JAMESTOWN AND ELLENDALE CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUST TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PERSONS DRIVING
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION.

NDZ005-013-023-025-220500-
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-120922T0300Z/
ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON
346 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FREEZING 
  TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 
 
* WINDS...20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. AROUND
  30 FAR WEST.

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH
  DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND
OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

NDZ037-048-051-220500-
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0034.120921T2100Z-120922T0300Z/
STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY...OAKES
346 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

* TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO
  EARLY EVENING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
  MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 
  AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND
OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-220500-
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-
BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
MCCLUSKY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...
FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY
346 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 /246 PM MDT FRI SEP 21 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
TO 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 
  AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH 
  DAKOTA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
TWH
644 
WWUS73 KBIS 220100
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
800 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...FREEZE WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT
INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

...WIND ADVISORY FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE JAMES RIVER
VALLEY CANCELLED...

.WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 20S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA. PLACES LIKE ROLETTE...MOHALL...STANLEY...MINOT...
GARRISON... BISMARCK...STEELE...NAPOLEON...AND LINTON MAY
EXPERIENCE A KILLING FREEZE...WHERE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW
28 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HARD FREEZE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THIS LATE SUMMER SEASON. PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED
IF NOT BROUGHT IN OR HARVESTED PRIOR TO FRIDAY NIGHT.

A GUSTY NORTH WIND HAS DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS
EVENING...AND THE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THE TURTLE
MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

NDZ005-013-023-025-037-048-051-220900-
/O.CAN.KBIS.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-120922T0300Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/
ROLETTE-PIERCE-WELLS-FOSTER-STUTSMAN-LA MOURE-DICKEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROLLA...RUGBY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...
JAMESTOWN...EDGELEY...OAKES
800 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT
SATURDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

* WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING...AND
  WILL BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT.

* TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 FROM THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE
  JAMES RIVER VALLEY.

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

NDZ001>004-009>012-017>022-031>036-040>047-050-220900-
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-MCHENRY-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-
BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-
BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-MCINTOSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...MOHALL...
BOTTINEAU...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...MINOT...TOWNER...
WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON...
MCCLUSKY...BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...
STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...
FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...ASHLEY
800 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 /700 PM MDT FRI SEP 21 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
TO 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ SATURDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 
  AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH 
  DAKOTA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

KINNEY
131 
WWUS73 KBIS 220319
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1019 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012

...FREEZE WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT
INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

.WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER 20S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA OVERNIGHT. PLACES LIKE ROLETTE...MOHALL...STANLEY...MINOT...
GARRISON... BISMARCK...STEELE...NAPOLEON...AND LINTON MAY
EXPERIENCE A KILLING FREEZE...WHERE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW 28
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HARD FREEZE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA THIS LATE SUMMER SEASON. PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED
IF NOT BROUGHT IN OR HARVESTED PRIOR TO FRIDAY NIGHT.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-221130-
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.120922T0600Z-120922T1500Z/
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
1019 PM CDT FRI SEP 21 2012 /919 PM MDT FRI SEP 21 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/
SATURDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...25 TO 30 PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 
  AROUND 30 WESTERN AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH 
  DAKOTA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

RK
695 
WWUS73 KBIS 220813
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
313 AM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012

...FREEZE WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

...FREEZE WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

.HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN IS PRODUCING CLEAR
SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
WIDESPREAD LOW TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 20 TO 30 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THUS THE FREEZE WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT.

FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN BE
EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. LOW
TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 20S
IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TO AROUND 30 IN THE WEST.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-221615-
/O.NEW.KBIS.FZ.W.0003.120923T0600Z-120923T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120922T1500Z/
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
313 AM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012 /213 AM MDT SAT SEP 22 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 9 AM
CDT /8 AM MDT/ SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 9 AM
CDT /8 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...20 TO 30 DEGREES ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...AND
  AROUND 30 DEGREES IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

KS
555 
WWUS73 KBIS 221509
NPWBIS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1009 AM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012

...THE FREEZE WARNING FOR SATURDAY MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...

...FREEZE WARNING WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

.FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN BE
EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. LOW
TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 20S
IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TO AROUND 30 IN THE WEST.

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-222315-
/O.CAN.KBIS.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120922T1500Z/
/O.CON.KBIS.FZ.W.0003.120923T0600Z-120923T1400Z/
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
1009 AM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012 /909 AM MDT SAT SEP 22 2012/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
TO 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ SUNDAY...
... THE FREEZE WARNING FOR SATURDAY MORNING IS CANCELED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELED THE FREEZE
WARNING FOR SATURDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING FOR SUNDAY MORNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURES...20 TO 30 DEGREES ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA... 
  AND AROUND 30 DEGREES IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. 

* IMPACTS...PLANTS AND CROPS WILL BE KILLED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH 
  DAKOTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
LIKELY TO OCCUR. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
AJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 2:46 AM MDTRed Flag WarningBISAdams, Bowman, Dunn, Grant, Hettinger, McLean and 6 more16 hr
Sep 21, 9:29 AM MDTWind AdvisoryBISDickey, Foster, LaMoure, Pierce, Rolette, Stutsman and 1 more10 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in North Dakota, 2012Every freeze warning in 2012

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.