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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 17, 2025, 2:00 PM CST for 18 counties in Minnesota; 17 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jan 18, 2025, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 66 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2025, 2:00 PM CST (20:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2025, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2025, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 66 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 35 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, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 300 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
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this extreme cold warning 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 extreme cold warning went out at Jan 17, 12:08 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 12:08 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 553 AM CST Fri Jan 17 2025 MNZ001>005-007-008-013>015-022-027-029-030-040-NDZ006>008-014>016- 024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054-181200- West Polk-Norman-Clay-Kittson-Roseau-West Marshall-East Marshall- Pennington-Red Lake-East Polk-Mahnomen-West Becker-Wilkin- West Otter Tail-Grant-Towner-Cavalier-Pembina-Benson-Ramsey- Eastern Walsh-Eddy-Nelson-Grand Forks-Griggs-Steele-Traill-Barnes- Cass-Ransom-Sargent-Richland-Western Walsh- 553 AM CST Fri Jan 17 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota, west central and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A strong cold front will drop south today. Behind it much colder air along with a chance for snow showers, highest near the Canadian border. Wind gusts over 40 mph, and in some cases over 50 mph, later this morning and afternoon combined with any falling snow will bring greatly reduced visibility. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Hazardous wind chills this weekend through Monday. Wind chills of -40 or lower are expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated today. MNZ006-009-016-017-023-024-028-031-032-181200- Lake Of The Woods-North Beltrami-North Clearwater-South Beltrami- South Clearwater-Hubbard-East Becker-East Otter Tail-Wadena- 553 AM CST Fri Jan 17 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of west central and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Strong cold front with wind gusts 40 mph or higher is expected late morning afternoon along with chance for snow showers. Highest chance is Lake of the Woods area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Hazardous wind chills this weekend through Monday. Wind chills of -40 or lower are expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated today.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 17, 1:46 PM CST, 14 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 9:56 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FGF | Kittson | 8 hr |
| Jan 17, 9:58 AM CST | High Wind Warning | FGF | Clay, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin | 8 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:00 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 9 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
Extreme Cold Warnings in Minnesota, 2025Extreme Cold Warnings in North Dakota, 2025Every extreme cold warning in 2025
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.