Alert archive / North Dakota / Frost Advisories in 2012
Frost Advisory 13, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this frost advisory at Sep 17, 2012, 2:17 PM CDT for 15 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 18, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2012, 2:17 PM CDT (19:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 18, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2012, 6:51 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
Counties Bottineau County, ND, Burleigh County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Emmons County, ND, Foster County, ND, Kidder County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Logan County, ND, McHenry County, ND, McIntosh County, ND, Pierce County, ND, Rolette County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Stutsman County, ND, Wells County, ND
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
103 WWUS73 KBIS 171917 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 217 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...AREAS OF FROST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. PLACES LIKE BOTTINEAU...ROLETTE...VELVA... RUGBY...HARVEY...BISMARCK TO JAMESTOWN...NAPOLEON TO ASHLEY...AND EDGELEY TO OAKES...WILL EXPERIENCE FROST LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT FROST DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-180330- /O.NEW.KBIS.FR.Y.0013.120918T0700Z-120918T1400Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 217 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS...FROST WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. && $$ KS
3 follow-up statements
315 WWUS73 KBIS 180242 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 942 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...AREAS OF FROST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. PLACES LIKE BOTTINEAU...ROLETTE...RUGBY... HARVEY...BISMARCK...JAMESTOWN...ASHLEY...EDGELEY AND OAKES WILL EXPERIENCE FROST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT FROST DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-181045- /O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0013.120918T0700Z-120918T1400Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 942 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS...FROST WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. && $$ TWH
332 WWUS73 KBIS 180715 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 215 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012 ...AREAS OF FROST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... .TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. PLACES LIKE BOTTINEAU...ROLETTE...RUGBY...HARVEY...BISMARCK...JAMESTOWN... ASHLEY...EDGELEY AND OAKES WILL EXPERIENCE FROST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT FROST DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-181400- /O.CON.KBIS.FR.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120918T1400Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 215 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS...FROST WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. && $$ SCHECK
935 WWUS73 KBIS 181151 NPWBIS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 651 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .TEMPERATURES HAVE INCREASED TO ABOVE 36 DEGREES ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS A RESULT. NDZ004-005-012-013-022-023-025-035>037-046>048-050-051-181300- /O.CAN.KBIS.FR.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120918T1400Z/ BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-MCHENRY-PIERCE-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-BURLEIGH- KIDDER-STUTSMAN-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOTTINEAU...ROLLA...TOWNER...RUGBY... MCCLUSKY...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...BISMARCK...STEELE...JAMESTOWN... LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 651 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE INCREASED TO ABOVE 36 DEGREES ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS A RESULT. $$ TM
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.