Alert archive / North Dakota / Extreme Cold Warnings in 2012
Extreme Cold Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this extreme cold warning at Feb 10, 2012, 2:45 AM CST for 12 counties in North Dakota; 11 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 10, 2012, 3:00 AM CST. 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, 2:45 AM CST (08:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2012, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 23 counties
Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 288 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
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
906 WWUS73 KFGF 100845 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 245 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREMELY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING... .VERY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN INTO THE REGION FROM CANADA THIS MORNING...WITH WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200. NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AT 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WHICH WILL BRING WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN INTO THE 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO RANGE. TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS WILL RECOVER SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON...BUT READINGS LATE TONIGHT COULD AGAIN APPROACH HAZARDOUS LEVELS. MNZ001-002-004>009-013>017-022-023-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030- 054-101600- /O.NEW.KFGF.EC.W.0003.120210T0900Z-120210T1600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...ADAMS 245 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED AN EXTREME COLD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILL READINGS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP INTO THE 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO RANGE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE RECOVERING DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE. * NORTH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BRING WIND CHILLS OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS 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. && $$ JR
1 follow-up statement
263 WWUS73 KFGF 101603 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1003 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... MNZ001-002-004>009-013>017-022-023-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030- 054-101715- /O.EXP.KFGF.EC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120210T1600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...ADAMS 1003 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL READINGS WILL REMAIN QUITE COLD YET THIS MORNING...SO DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF GOING OUTDOORS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2:45 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | FGF | Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 8 more | 19 hr |
Nearby
Extreme Cold Warnings in North Dakota, 2012Extreme Cold Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Every extreme cold 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.