Alert archive / Minnesota / Extreme Cold Warnings in 2012
Extreme Cold Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this extreme cold warning at Feb 10, 2012, 3:15 PM CST for 9 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 11, 2012, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for . 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, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2012, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2012, 2:59 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -130 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.
243 WWUS73 KMPX 102115 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT... .ARCTIC AIR DROPPING INTO THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO. AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE RANGE OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO INCLUDE THOSE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO PAYNESVILLE TO SAINT CLOUD TO MILACA IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS THAT CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. DRESS WARMLY IN LAYERS...ENSURE HEATING SOURCES ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER...AND CHECK FREQUENTLY ON THE ELDERLY...CHILDREN AND PETS. MNZ041>044-047>050-055-110600- /O.NEW.KMPX.EC.W.0002.120211T0900Z-120211T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...BENSON 315 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED AN EXTREME COLD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 6 BELOW ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 35 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS THAT CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. MAKE SURE HEATING SOURCES ARE ADEQUATE AND IN WORKING ORDER...ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY... CHILDREN AND PETS. IF TRAVELING...ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND HAVE A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT. 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. && $$ JPC
2 follow-up statements
893 WWUS73 KMPX 110440 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1040 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT... .ARCTIC AIR DROPPING INTO THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING IN PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO PAYNESVILLE TO SAINT CLOUD TO MILACA. THESE COLD CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. DRESS WARMLY IN LAYERS AND CARRY A SLEEPING BAG..BLANKETS...OR EXTRA WARM CLOTHS IF TRAVELING. MNZ041>044-047>050-055-111245- /O.CON.KMPX.EC.W.0002.120211T0900Z-120211T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...BENSON 1040 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 6 BELOW ZERO TO NEAR 15 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 25 BELOW ZERO TO 30 BELOW ZERO. * IMPACTS...BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS THAT CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. IF TRAVELING...ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND HAVE A WINTER WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES...SO MAKE SURE A HAT AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS ARE AVAILABLE. && $$
670 WWUS73 KMPX 110859 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 259 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING CANCELLED... .THE EXTREME COLD WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIND CHILL READINGS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH THE 30 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE THIS MORNING. MNZ041>044-047>050-055-111000- /O.CAN.KMPX.EC.W.0002.120211T0900Z-120211T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON- SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...BENSON 259 AM CST SAT FEB 11 2012 ...EXTREME COLD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE EXTREME COLD WARNING. WIND CHILL VALUES EARLY THIS MORNING WILL NOT BE AS COLD AS EARLIER FORECAST WITH READINGS AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO. $$ RAH
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.