Alert archive / Minnesota / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this freeze warning at Apr 26, 2012, 3:33 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 27, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 26, 2012, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 27, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 7:41 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Roseau County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
925 WWUS73 KFGF 262033 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 333 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 ...ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IN STORE... .HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER MANITOBA WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD TONIGHT. THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DRY AIR TO THE LAKES COUNTRY OVERNIGHT...AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET. WHILE INCREASING CLOUDS AND EASTERLY WINDS WILL PREVENT READINGS FROM BEING AS COLD AS THEY WERE LAST NIGHT...TEMPERATURES COULD STILL DROP TO THE LOWER 30S WITH A FEW PLACES BELOW 30 DEGREES NEAR LAKE OF THE WOODS. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO RECOVER BY MID MORNING TOMORROW. MNZ005-006-009-016-017-023-024-271500- /O.NEW.KFGF.FZ.W.0002.120427T0500Z-120427T1500Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 333 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR THE 30 DEGREE MARK WILL A FEW LOCATIONS DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S. * ANY TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ MNZ004-007-008-013>015-022-028-031-032-NDZ008-271500- /O.NEW.KFGF.FR.Y.0002.120427T0500Z-120427T1500Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- MAHNOMEN-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...CAVALIER 333 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S OVERNIGHT. * ANY TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL LEFT OUTDOORS WILL BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ JR
3 follow-up statements
872 WWUS73 KFGF 270228 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 928 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 ...ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IN STORE... .HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER MANITOBA WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD TONIGHT. THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DRY AIR TO MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. DESPITE HIGH CLOUDS MOVING IN...LIGHT WINDS AND THE DRY AIRMASS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S FROM HALLOCK TO THIEF RIVER FALLS TO WADENA. FARTHER EAST LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND 30 ARE EXPECTED FROM WARROAD AND BAUDETTE TO BEMIDJI AND PARK RAPIDS. LOOK FOR A QUICK TEMPERATURE RECOVERY AFTER SUNRISE. MNZ005-006-009-016-017-023-024-271500- /O.CON.KFGF.FZ.W.0002.120427T0500Z-120427T1500Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 928 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR THE 30 DEGREE MARK WILL A FEW LOCATIONS DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S. * ANY TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ MNZ004-007-008-013>015-022-028-031-032-NDZ008-271500- /O.CON.KFGF.FR.Y.0002.120427T0500Z-120427T1500Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- MAHNOMEN-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...CAVALIER 928 PM CDT THU APR 26 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S OVERNIGHT. * ANY TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL LEFT OUTDOORS WILL BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ DTR
230 WWUS73 KFGF 270911 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 411 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...COLD TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING... ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY... .TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING THIS MORNING. A DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM WEST OF THE REGION WILL CAUSE SOUTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE LOCATED WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. MNZ005-006-009-016-017-023-024-271500- /O.CON.KFGF.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120427T1500Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 411 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR THE 30 DEGREE MARK WITH A FEW LOCATIONS DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S. * ANY TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-272300- /O.NEW.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.120427T1600Z-120427T2300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 411 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MNZ004-007-008-013>015-022-028-031-032-NDZ008-271500- /O.CON.KFGF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120427T1500Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- MAHNOMEN-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...CAVALIER 411 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * ANY TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL LEFT OUTDOORS WILL BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ TG
265 WWUS73 KFGF 271241 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 741 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY... .A DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM WEST OF THE REGION WILL CAUSE SOUTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE LOCATED WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. MNZ005-006-009-016-017-023-024-271345- /O.CAN.KFGF.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120427T1500Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...RED LAKE...BAGLEY... BEMIDJI...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS 741 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. TEMPERATURES ARE BEGINNING TO RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. $$ MNZ004-007-008-013>015-022-028-031-032-NDZ008-271345- /O.CAN.KFGF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120427T1500Z/ KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- MAHNOMEN-EAST BECKER-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... WOLF LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...CAVALIER 741 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES ARE BEGINNING TO RISE AND FROST IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A HAZARD. $$ NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-038-054-272300- /O.CON.KFGF.WI.Y.0013.120427T1600Z-120427T2300Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-BARNES- WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...COOPERSTOWN...VALLEY CITY... ADAMS 741 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET MAY BE GENERATED IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND RESULT IN ROADBED EROSION IN SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:33 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Becker, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Otter Tail, Pennington and 3 more | 16 hr |
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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.