Alert archive / Minnesota / Frost Advisories in 2008
Frost Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at Oct 1, 2008, 2:23 PM CDT for 11 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 2, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2008, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 2, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2008, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 011923 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 223 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2008 ...FROST POTENTIAL SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT... .A COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTH OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT. WITH A LIGHT WIND AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKY...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF INTO THE MID 30S AFTER MIDNIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION OF THE STATE. AREA NURSERIES AND GARDNERS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THOSE TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS. MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-020330- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.081002T0900Z-081002T1300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 223 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. A COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTH OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT. WITH A LIGHT WIND AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKY...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF INTO THE MID 30S AFTER MIDNIGHT...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION OF THE STATE. AREA NURSERIES AND GARDNERS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR THOSE TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS. OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 020242 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 942 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2008 ...FROST TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA... .A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM WILLMAR TO ALBERT LEA. A COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL ALLOW FOR LIGHT WINDS AND A CLEAR SKY OVERNIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES THURSDAY MORNING WILL BOTTOM IN THE MIDDLE 30S WITH AREAS OF FROST OCCURRING. OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-021045- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.081002T0900Z-081002T1300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 942 PM CDT WED OCT 1 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. A COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL ALLOW FOR LIGHT WINDS AND A CLEAR SKY OVERNIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES THURSDAY MORNING WILL BOTTOM IN THE MIDDLE 30S WITH AREAS OF FROST OCCURRING. OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ RAH
000 WWUS73 KMPX 020937 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 437 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2008 ...FROST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA... .A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING WEST OF A LINE FROM WILLMAR TO ALBERT LEA. A COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL ALLOW FOR LIGHT WINDS AND A CLEAR SKY THROUGH DAYBREAK. LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL BOTTOM IN THE MIDDLE 30S WITH AREAS OF FROST OCCURRING. OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. MNZ054-056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-021300- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-081002T1300Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN- NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES... MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH 437 AM CDT THU OCT 2 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. A COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WILL ALLOW FOR LIGHT WINDS AND A CLEAR SKY THROUGH DAYBREAK. LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL BOTTOM IN THE MIDDLE 30S WITH AREAS OF FROST OCCURRING. OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ MDB/RAH
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.