Alert archive / North Dakota / Wind Chill Advisories in 2015
Wind Chill Advisory 21, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 26, 2015, 3:28 PM CST for 6 counties in North Dakota; Kittson County, Marshall County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 26, 2015, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2015, 3:28 PM CST (21:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2015, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
688 WWUS43 KFGF 262128 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 328 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 NDZ052-053-262230- /O.CAN.KFGF.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINNER...MILNOR...FORMAN...RUTLAND... WAHPETON 328 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF ACROSS THE AREA. $$ MNZ004-005-007-008-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-271600- /O.NEW.KFGF.WC.Y.0021.151227T0300Z-151227T1600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER... ROSEAU...WARROAD...GREENBUSH...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE... NEWFOLDEN...MIDDLE RIVER...GRYGLA...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA...ST. THOMAS...NECHE...FORT TOTTEN... MADDOCK...LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... PARK RIVER...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 328 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPECT WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO THE 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MNZ029>032-040-270000- /O.CON.KFGF.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...PERHAM... NEW YORK MILLS...PARKERS PRAIRIE...HENNING...BATTLE LAKE... WADENA...MENAHGA...ELBOW LAKE...HOFFMAN...ASHBY...HERMAN... BARRETT 328 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...EXPECT TO CONTINUE...DIMINISHING AROUND 6 PM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER THE ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1. $$
4 follow-up statements
515 WWUS43 KFGF 262356 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 556 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 MNZ029>032-040-270100- /O.EXP.KFGF.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-151227T0000Z/ WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...PERHAM... NEW YORK MILLS...PARKERS PRAIRIE...HENNING...BATTLE LAKE... WADENA...MENAHGA...ELBOW LAKE...HOFFMAN...ASHBY...HERMAN... BARRETT 556 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... $$ MNZ004-005-007-008-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-271600- /O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0021.151227T0300Z-151227T1600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER... ROSEAU...WARROAD...GREENBUSH...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE... NEWFOLDEN...MIDDLE RIVER...GRYGLA...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA...ST. THOMAS...NECHE...FORT TOTTEN... MADDOCK...LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... PARK RIVER...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 556 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 AND 35 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN 9 PM THIS EVENING AND 9 AM SUNDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 8 AM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
632 WWUS43 KFGF 270532 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1132 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 MNZ004-005-007-008-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-271600- /O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T1600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER... ROSEAU...WARROAD...GREENBUSH...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE... NEWFOLDEN...MIDDLE RIVER...GRYGLA...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA...ST. THOMAS...NECHE...FORT TOTTEN... MADDOCK...LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... PARK RIVER...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 1132 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 AND 35 BELOW ZERO BETWEEN NOW AND 9 AM SUNDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 7 AM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$
358 WWUS43 KFGF 271007 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 407 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 MNZ004-005-007-008-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-271600- /O.CON.KFGF.WC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T1600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER... ROSEAU...WARROAD...GREENBUSH...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE... NEWFOLDEN...MIDDLE RIVER...GRYGLA...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA...ST. THOMAS...NECHE...FORT TOTTEN... MADDOCK...LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... PARK RIVER...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 407 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WIND CHILL VALUES...EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO RANGE FROM 25 AND 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY...WITH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OCCURRING AROUND 7 OR 8 AM SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES TO EXPOSED SKIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT COLD AIR AND THE WIND WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ JH
022 WWUS43 KFGF 271531 WSWFGF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 931 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 MNZ004-005-007-008-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-271645- /O.EXP.KFGF.WC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-151227T1600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER... ROSEAU...WARROAD...GREENBUSH...WARREN...STEPHEN...ARGYLE... NEWFOLDEN...MIDDLE RIVER...GRYGLA...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER... WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA...ST. THOMAS...NECHE...FORT TOTTEN... MADDOCK...LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... PARK RIVER...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 931 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... $$
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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.