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Wind Chill Advisory 21, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 18, 2013, 11:53 PM CST for 9 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 19, 2013, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2013, 11:53 PM CST (05:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2013, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 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 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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.
000 WWUS43 KFGF 190553 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1153 PM CST WED DEC 18 2013 ...A FEW SNOW SHOWERS...WIND AND BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING...THEN HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY... .LOW PRESSURE IS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. EXPECT A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW SHOWERS LEAVING A DUSTING OF FRESH SNOW. ALSO A FEW HOUR PERIOD WITH NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOOSE SNOW COVER TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BRIEFLY AS THE SNOW MOVES SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE IN THE NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-030-191800- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-131219T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0020.131219T0600Z-131219T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH- GRAND FORKS-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS... MAYVILLE 1153 PM CST WED DEC 18 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. HOWEVER A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON THURSDAY * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 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 VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING... INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022-023-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028- 029-054-191800- /O.CAN.KFGF.WC.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-131219T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0021.131219T0600Z-131219T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS- STEELE-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...CANDO...LANGDON... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...ADAMS 1153 PM CST WED DEC 18 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH NOON THURSDAY * WIND CHILL VALUES...25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE CLOTHING... INCLUDING HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS43 KFGF 191811 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1211 PM CST THU DEC 19 2013 ...MODERATING WIND CHILL VALUES... .WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO MODERATE THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022-023-NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028- 029-054-191915- /O.EXP.KFGF.WC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-131219T1800Z/ ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON- RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS- STEELE-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN... RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON... BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...CANDO...LANGDON... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...ADAMS 1211 PM CST THU DEC 19 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ MNZ001-002-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-030-191915- /O.EXP.KFGF.WC.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-131219T1800Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH- GRAND FORKS-TRAILL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...HALLOCK...WARREN...CAVALIER...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS... MAYVILLE 1211 PM CST THU DEC 19 2013 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:40 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 15 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:40 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Wilkin | 12 hr |
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.