Alert archive / Minnesota / Extreme Cold Warnings in 2012
Extreme Cold Warning 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this extreme cold warning at Feb 10, 2012, 2:45 PM CST for 18 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Feb 11, 2012, 12:00 AM CST. 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
- Feb 10, 2012, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2012, 9:21 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 32 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Richland County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
965 WWUS73 KFGF 102045 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 245 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...FRIGID CONDITIONS AGAIN TONIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN JUST TO THE WEST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP STEADY NORTHWEST WINDS OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE STEADY WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH THE SUBZERO TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-039-053-054-111600- /O.NEW.KFGF.EC.W.0004.120211T0600Z-120211T1600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...FARGO...WAHPETON...ADAMS 245 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED AN EXTREME COLD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST SATURDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO RANGE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. * MAKE SURE TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
262 WWUS73 KFGF 110411 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1011 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...FRIGID CONDITIONS AGAIN... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE AREA. ARCTIC AIR AND STEADY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE COLD AIR IN COMBINATION WITH THE WIND WILL CREATE VERY COLD CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-039-053-054-111600- /O.CON.KFGF.EC.W.0004.120211T0600Z-120211T1600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CANDO... LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...FARGO...WAHPETON...ADAMS 1011 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SATURDAY... * WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO RANGE FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY SATURDAY MORNING. * DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF SKIN IS EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS...MAKE SURE TO WEAR A HAT OR FACE MASK...AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS IF YOU VENTURE OUTDOORS. && $$ HOPPES
945 WWUS73 KFGF 110927 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 327 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...FRIGID CONDITIONS THIS MORNING... .THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA. ARCTIC AIR AND STEADY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE COLD AIR IN COMBINATION WITH THE WIND WILL CREATE VERY COLD CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. MNZ029>032-040-NDZ053-111030- /O.CAN.KFGF.EC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120211T1600Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS... NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...WAHPETON 327 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE EXTREME COLD WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE NOT DROPPED AS MUCH AS EXPECTED AND WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL STAY IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW RANGE. $$ MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027-028-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030- 039-054-111600- /O.CON.KFGF.EC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120211T1600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-CASS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY... MAYVILLE...FARGO...ADAMS 327 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO RANGE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF SKIN IS EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS...MAKE SURE TO WEAR A HAT OR FACE MASK...AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS IF YOU VENTURE OUTDOORS. && $$ JR
312 WWUS73 KFGF 111316 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 716 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...FRIGID WIND CHILLS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 THIS MORNING... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING TEMPERATURES BELOW ZERO THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES AND HIGHEST WINDS HAVE BEEN NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER...WHILE FURTHER SOUTH WINDS HAVE BEEN LIGHT AND TEMPERATURES NOT QUITE AS FRIGID. THE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR THROUGH MID MORNING. MNZ001>003-013>017-022>024-027-028-NDZ024-026>030-039-111430- /O.CAN.KFGF.EC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120211T1600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...FARGO 716 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE EXTREME COLD WARNING. WINDS HAVE BEEN LIGHTER AND TEMPERATURES NOT QUITE AS COLD AS EXPECTED. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW RANGE FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING. $$ MNZ004>009-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-111600- /O.CON.KFGF.EC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120211T1600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS 716 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WIND CHILL READINGS WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE THIS MORNING. * DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF SKIN IS EXPOSED TO THESE CONDITIONS...MAKE SURE TO WEAR A HAT OR FACE MASK...AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS IF YOU VENTURE OUTDOORS. && $$ JR
994 WWUS73 KFGF 111521 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 921 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING CANCELLED... .TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE EXTREME COLD WARNING CRITERIA. MNZ004>009-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-111630- /O.CAN.KFGF.EC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120211T1600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS 921 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE EXTREME COLD WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE EXTREME WARNING CRITERIA. $$ VOELKER
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 AM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall and 5 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Extreme Cold Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Extreme Cold Warnings in North Dakota, 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.