Alert archive / Minnesota / Frost Advisories in 2008
Frost Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at Oct 3, 2008, 3:24 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin; 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 3, 2008, 6:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2008, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2008, 6:48 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2008, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 21 counties
Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 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 032024 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 324 PM CDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... .HIGH PRESSURE AND CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S. ALTHOUGH SOME PATCHY FROST MAY HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED...WIDESPREAD FROST IS MORE LIKELY TONIGHT. THE FROST ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM STILLWATER TO CANNON FALLS AND KENYON. MNZ078-WIZ023>026-040430- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0004.081004T0700Z-081004T1300Z/ GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 324 PM CDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY. EXPECT WIDESPREAD FROST TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 032348 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 648 PM CDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .HIGH PRESSURE AND CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S. ALTHOUGH SOME PATCHY FROST MAY HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED...WIDESPREAD FROST IS MORE LIKELY TONIGHT. THE FROST ADVISORY INCLUDES AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM LITCHFIELD...TO WASECA AND ALBERT LEA. THIS INCLUDES THE SEVEN COUNTY TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. MNZ058>063-066>070-076-077-084-085-093-040800- /O.EXA.KMPX.FR.Y.0004.081004T0700Z-081004T1300Z/ MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...WASECA... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA 648 PM CDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY. EXPECT AREAS OF FROST TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 30S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ MNZ078-WIZ023>026-040800- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0004.081004T0700Z-081004T1300Z/ GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 648 PM CDT FRI OCT 3 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY. EXPECT WIDESPREAD FROST TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT ALLOWING FOR CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$
000 WWUS73 KMPX 040711 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 211 AM CDT SAT OCT 4 2008 ...WIDESPREAD FROST THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM THIS MORNING AND INCLUDES AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM LITCHFIELD...TO WASECA AND ALBERT LEA. THIS INCLUDES THE SEVEN COUNTY TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. HIGH PRESSURE AND CLEAR SKIES EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S. TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY WITH WIDESPREAD FROST OCCURRING. MNZ058>063-066>070-076>078-084-085-093-WIZ023>026-041300- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-081004T1300Z/ MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING... WASECA...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN 211 AM CDT SAT OCT 4 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD FROST WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ 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.