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Wind Chill Advisory 24, NWS Grand Forks, ND

December 22, 201315 counties in Minnesota; Ransom County, Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 22, 2013, 4:06 AM CST for 15 counties in Minnesota; Ransom County, Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota. It took effect at Dec 22, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2013, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 22, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 24, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 325 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2013-12-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2013-12-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.