Alert archive / Minnesota / Frost Advisories in 2006
Frost Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at Sep 19, 2006, 3:29 AM CDT for 25 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 19, 2006, 8:56 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2006, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 19, 2006, 8:56 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2006, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 29 counties
Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMPX 190829 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 329 AM CDT TUE SEP 19 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... .A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM SASKATCHEWAN INTO THE NORTHERN PLAIN STATES THIS TUESDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT INTO MINNESOTA LATER TONIGHT. THIS WILL MEAN MUCH DRYER AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA LATER TODAY. THE ARRIVAL OF MUCH DRIER AIR IN COMBINATION WITH CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN A RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY...WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED BY DAWN WEDNESDAY OVER PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MNZ041-047-048-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-191630- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.060920T0600Z-060920T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS... NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 329 AM CDT TUE SEP 19 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. SOME FAVORABLE LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY SHELTERED LOW LYING AREAS...COULD SEE READINGS TO JUST BELOW FREEZING. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ WET
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 200156 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 856 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... .A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE STRETCHING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS...IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT INTO MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT. DRIER AIR OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING...WILL BE MOVING INTO MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN A RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURE TONIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY... WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED BY DAWN WEDNESDAY OVER PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ044-045-050>053-WIZ014>016-027-201000- /O.EXA.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.060920T0600Z-060920T1300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 856 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. SOME FAVORABLE LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY SHELTERED LOW LYING AREAS...COULD SEE READINGS TO JUST BELOW FREEZING. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ MNZ041>043-047>049-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-201000- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.060920T0600Z-060920T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER... ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 856 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. SOME FAVORABLE LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY SHELTERED LOW LYING AREAS...COULD SEE READINGS TO JUST BELOW FREEZING. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ JPR
000 WWUS73 KMPX 200837 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 337 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... .WIDESPREAD FROST IS OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS MORNING WITH A FEW AREAS REPORTING TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. FURTHER NORTH AND EAST...HIGHER DEWPOINTS AND LINGERING CLOUDS PREVENTED A WIDESPREAD KILLING FROST. MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-027-200945- /O.CAN.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060920T1300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 337 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER AND HIGHER DEWPOINTS WERE ENOUGH TO KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S OVERNIGHT. $$ MNZ041>043-047>051-054>058-064>067-073>075-082-083-091-092-201300- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060920T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY... ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 337 AM CDT WED SEP 20 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD FROST IS OCCURRING THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING...ENDING THE GROWING SEASON FOR THE YEAR. A FEW AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY WILL LIKELY SEE THE MERCURY DIP TO NEAR 30 BEFORE DAWN. $$
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.