Alert archive / Minnesota / Extreme Cold Warnings in 2012
Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 18, 2012, 3:32 AM CST for 28 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 19, 2012, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2012, 3:32 AM CST (09:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 28 counties
Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 6:00 AM CST | EXTR WIND CHILL -40 | Staples, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006 WWUS73 KMPX 180932 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 332 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012 ...FIRST REAL ARCTIC BLAST OF THE WINTER MOVING IN LATE TONIGHT... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS SET TO MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO OVER ALL OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MIDNIGHT RESULTING IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. AN EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR REDWOOD FALLS TO ELK RIVER..TO CAMBRIDGE. THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AS OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES DIP TO THE 10 TO 15 BELOW RANGE. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>066-073-181800- /O.NEW.KMPX.EC.W.0001.120119T0600Z-120119T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS 332 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED AN EXTREME COLD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURE...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE EVENING TO BELOW ZERO READINGS BY MIDNIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT. 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 AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS ARE AVAILABLE. && $$
4 follow-up statements
859 WWUS73 KMPX 181752 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1152 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012 ...FIRST REAL ARCTIC BLAST OF THE WINTER MOVING INTO THE REGION... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE GOPHER STATE EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN PUSH ACROSS WISCONSIN. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO OVER ALL OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE MIDNIGHT RESULTING IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. AN EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR REDWOOD FALLS TO ELK RIVER..TO CAMBRIDGE. THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AS OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES DIP TO THE 10 TO 15 BELOW RANGE. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>066-073-190200- /O.CON.KMPX.EC.W.0001.120119T0600Z-120119T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS 1152 AM CST WED JAN 18 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURE...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... WITH NORTHWEST WINDS RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE EVENING TO BELOW ZERO READINGS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT. 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 AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS ARE AVAILABLE. && $$
864 WWUS73 KMPX 182107 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 307 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012 ...FIRST REAL ARCTIC BLAST OF THE WINTER MOVING INTO THE REGION... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE GOPHER STATE EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN PUSH ACROSS WISCONSIN. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO OVER ALL OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BEFORE MIDNIGHT RESULTING IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. AN EXTREME COLD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR REDWOOD FALLS TO ELK RIVER..TO CAMBRIDGE. THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AS OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES DIP TO THE 10 TO 15 BELOW RANGE. MNZ067-074-075-082-083-091-092-190515- /O.EXA.KMPX.EC.W.0001.120119T0600Z-120119T1800Z/ SIBLEY-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAYLORD...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 307 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED AN EXTREME COLD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURE...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... WITH NORTHWEST WINDS RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE EVENING TO BELOW ZERO READINGS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT. 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 AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS ARE AVAILABLE. && $$ MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>066-073-190515- /O.CON.KMPX.EC.W.0001.120119T0600Z-120119T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS 307 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURE...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... WITH NORTHWEST WINDS RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES DURING THE EVENING TO BELOW ZERO READINGS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES...SO MAKE SURE A HAT AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS ARE AVAILABLE. && $$
759 WWUS73 KMPX 190432 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1032 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012 ...DANGEROUS COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .ARCTIC AIR CONTINUE TO POUR ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TO 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE BY MORNING. THESE BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AN EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR REDWOOD FALLS TO ELK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE. THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-191245- /O.CON.KMPX.EC.W.0001.120119T0600Z-120119T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 1032 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURE...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 MPH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THEN DIMINISH TO 10 MPH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FALLING TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW ZERO WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT. 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 AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS ARE AVAILABLE. && $$
338 WWUS73 KMPX 191132 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 532 AM CST THU JAN 19 2012 ...DANGEROUS COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON... .ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AROUND 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO...AND WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 30 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THROUGH NOON. THIS EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES...TO CAMBRIDGE THROUGH NOON. MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-191800- /O.CON.KMPX.EC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD- BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 532 AM CST THU JAN 19 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TEMPERATURE...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 TO 35 BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH NOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH NOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES...SO MAKE SURE A HAT AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS ARE AVAILABLE. && $$ JLT
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.