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Wind Chill Advisory 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND

January 26, 20224 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 26, 2022, 3:31 AM CST for 4 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2022, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 2022, 9:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 22 counties

Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman 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, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Richland County, ND, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 345 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 2022-01-26Temperature 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 2022-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 5:07 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryFGFCavalier, Grand Forks, Pembina, Walsh7 hr
Jan 26, 1:27 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryFGFBarnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 9 more23 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.