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Extreme Cold Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

January 19, 2012Cavalier County, Pembina County, Towner County, North Dakota; Kittson County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 19, 2012, 3:21 PM CST for Cavalier County, Pembina County, Towner County, North Dakota; Kittson County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 19, 2012, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 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: Jan 19, 2012, 3:21 PM CST (21:21 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 19, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 20, 2012, 4:14 AM CST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Kittson County, MN, Cavalier County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Towner County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 298 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1218 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 102 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 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.

941 
WWUS73 KFGF 192121
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
321 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...ANOTHER VERY COLD NIGHT...

.TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN DROP TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ALONG THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER OVERNIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH A WEST BREEZE
UP TO 10 MPH WILL DROP WIND CHILLS TO 35 TO 40 BELOW.

MNZ004-NDZ006>008-201800-
/O.NEW.KFGF.EC.W.0002.120120T0000Z-120120T1800Z/
KITTSON-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER
321 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED AN EXTREME
COLD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES OF 20 TO 25 BELOW COMBINED WITH A WEST BREEZE
  WILL PUSH WIND CHILLS TO 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEAN THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES...SO MAKE
SURE A HAT...FACEMASK...AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS ARE
AVAILABLE.

&&

$$
VOELKER

2 follow-up statements

403 
WWUS73 KFGF 200404
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1004 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...ANOTHER VERY COLD NIGHT...

.TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN DROP TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ALONG THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER OVERNIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH A WEST BREEZE
UP TO 10 MPH WILL DROP WIND CHILLS TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

MNZ004-NDZ006>008-201800-
/O.CON.KFGF.EC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120120T1800Z/
KITTSON-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER
1004 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

* LOW TEMPERATURES OF 15 TO 25 BELOW COMBINED WITH A WEST BREEZE
  WILL PUSH WIND CHILLS TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEAN THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF SKIN IS EXPOSED TO THESE
CONDITIONS...SO MAKE SURE TO WEAR A HAT...FACEMASK...AND GOOD
GLOVES OR MITTENS.

&&

$$

HOPPES

589 
WWUS73 KFGF 201014
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
414 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

.TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE 5 TO 15 BELOW RANGE AND LIGHT
WEST WINDS HAVE KEPT WIND CHILL VALUES FROM DROPPING TO EXTREME
LEVELS. TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP ANOTHER DEGREE OR SO AND WINDS
WILL REMAIN AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING...SO THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

MNZ004-NDZ006>008-201115-
/O.CAN.KFGF.EC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120120T1800Z/
KITTSON-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER
414 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE
EXTREME COLD WARNING. 

EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 5 TO 15 BELOW RANGE
AND WITH WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH THE WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ONLY
REACH DOWN TO 25 TO 30 BELOW.

$$

JR

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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.