Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Chill Advisories in 2012
Wind Chill Advisory 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 28, 2012, 9:24 PM CST for 8 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 29, 2012, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2012, 9:24 PM CST (03:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2012, 6:34 AM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
149 WWUS43 KFGF 290324 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 924 PM CST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...BITTER WIND CHILLS MOVING INTO NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... .VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FROM SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH. THIS WILL DROP READINGS INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO THE FAR NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. WITH WINDS AROUND THE 5 T0 15 MPH RANGE...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. NDZ006>008-014-015-024-026-054-291700- /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0004.121229T0600Z-121229T1700Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK... LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...ADAMS 924 PM CST FRI DEC 28 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND REACH THE TEENS BELOW ZERO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILLS READINGS WILL REACH THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
696 WWUS43 KFGF 291004 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 404 AM CST SAT DEC 29 2012 ...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN... .TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO RANGE COMBINED WITH WINDS FROM 5 T0 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 3O BELOW ZERO INTO THE MORNING HOURS. NDZ006>008-291115- /O.CAN.KFGF.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121229T1700Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER 404 AM CST SAT DEC 29 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT THE TEMPERATURE DROP THIS MORNING KEEPING WIND CHILLS ABOVE THE ADVISORY THRESHOLD. $$ NDZ014-015-024-026-054-291700- /O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121229T1700Z/ BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...ADAMS 404 AM CST SAT DEC 29 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO WITH COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 30 BELOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING...INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
455 WWUS43 KFGF 291234 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 634 AM CST SAT DEC 29 2012 ...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS NO LONGER A THREAT... .CLOUD COVER HAS LIMITED THE TEMPERATURE DROP THIS MORNING KEEPING WIND CHILLS ABOVE ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. NDZ014-015-024-026-054-291345- /O.CAN.KFGF.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121229T1700Z/ BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...ADAMS 634 AM CST SAT DEC 29 2012 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$
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.