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Wind Chill Advisory 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 11, 2020, 7:01 PM CST for 11 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 12, 2020, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2020, 7:01 PM CST (01:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2020, 10:35 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater 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
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 367 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
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Feb 11, 7:01 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 7:01 PM CST, 0 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 7:00 PM CST, 1 minute before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 700 PM CST Tue Feb 11 2020 MNZ001>003-029-030-040-NDZ026>030-038-039-049-052-053-130100- West Polk-Norman-Clay-Wilkin-West Otter Tail-Grant-Nelson- Grand Forks-Griggs-Steele-Traill-Barnes-Cass-Ransom-Sargent- Richland- 700 PM CST Tue Feb 11 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota, west central and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Tonight A cold front dropping into the region late tonight and tomorrow morning will bring blizzard conditions for portions of the Red River Valley during the pre-dawn hours. While snow amounts will be light, 1-2 inches at most, the combination of falling snow and high winds will bring a short period of blizzard conditions in open country. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Blizzard conditions in open country with blowing snow, near zero visibility, and hazardous wind chills will continue through Wednesday morning for a few hours, then improve from north to south later in the day. Wind chills of 35 to 45 below zero will continue from Wednesday afternoon into Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. MNZ004-007-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-054-130100- Kittson-West Marshall-Towner-Cavalier-Pembina-Benson-Ramsey- Eastern Walsh-Eddy-Western Walsh- 700 PM CST Tue Feb 11 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Tonight A cold front moving into the region late tonight into tomorrow morning will bring less than 1 inch of snow, but high winds will bring blowing snow. Some brief periods of white-out conditions in open country will be possible in open areas as the front moves through. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Extremely cold wind chills will drop into the 40 to 50 below zero range for Wednesday morning, with hazardous wind chills continuing on and off through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. MNZ005-006-008-009-013>017-022-023-027-028-031-130100- Roseau-Lake Of The Woods-East Marshall-North Beltrami-Pennington- Red Lake-East Polk-North Clearwater-South Beltrami-Mahnomen- South Clearwater-West Becker-East Becker-East Otter Tail- 700 PM CST Tue Feb 11 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of west central and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Wind chills will drop into the 25 to 40 below zero range for Wednesday, with hazardous wind chills continuing on and off through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. MNZ024-032-130100- Hubbard-Wadena- 700 PM CST Tue Feb 11 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of west central and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 7:01 PM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk | 41 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:08 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:08 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Clearwater, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:08 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Kittson | 4 hr |
| Feb 12, 10:35 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | FGF | Benson, Eddy, Towner | 4 hr |
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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.