Alert archive / Minnesota / Freeze Warnings in 2009
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this freeze warning at Oct 8, 2009, 3:20 AM CDT for 23 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 8, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Oct 8, 2009, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 8, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 23 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 2007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 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 080820 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 320 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT... .A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT. THE WARNING IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO ST. CLOUD TO REDWOOD FALLS. SKIES WILL CLEAR TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE DAKOTAS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING...REACHING THE UPPER 20S DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED... WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-081630- /O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.091009T0400Z-091009T1400Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 320 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. SKIES WILL CLEAR TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE DAKOTAS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING...REACHING THE UPPER 20S BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED... WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ RAH/MDB
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KMPX 081602 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1102 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT IN WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A FREEZE WARNING CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT. THE WARNING IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO ST. CLOUD TO REDWOOD FALLS. SKIES WILL CLEAR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS IN FROM THE DAKOTAS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING...REACHING THE UPPER 20S DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-090015- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.091009T0400Z-091009T1400Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 1102 AM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. SKIES WILL CLEAR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS IN FROM THE DAKOTAS. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING...REACHING THE UPPER 20S DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
000 WWUS73 KMPX 082026 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 326 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT IN WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A FREEZE WARNING CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT. THE WARNING IS ROUGHLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO ST. CLOUD TO REDWOOD FALLS. SKIES WILL CLEAR AS HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS IN FROM THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING...REACHING THE UPPER 20S DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-090430- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.091009T0400Z-091009T1400Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 326 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. SKIES WILL CLEAR AS HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS IN FROM THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING...REACHING THE UPPER 20S DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
000 WWUS73 KMPX 082224 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 524 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT IN WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT. THE WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AREAS AROUND CAMBRIDGE...PRINCETON...ISANTI...BUFFALO AND HUTCHINSON. SKIES WILL CLEAR AS HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS IN FROM THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING...REACHING THE UPPER 20S DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. MNZ044-045-051>053-059-061-066-090630- /O.EXA.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.091009T0400Z-091009T1400Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-ANOKA-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...BLAINE...HUTCHINSON 524 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. SKIES WILL CLEAR AS HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS IN FROM THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING...REACHING THE UPPER 20S DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA...WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-090630- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.091009T0400Z-091009T1400Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 524 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. SKIES WILL CLEAR AS HIGH PRESSURE EXPANDS IN FROM THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING...REACHING THE UPPER 20S DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA...WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
000 WWUS73 KMPX 090617 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 117 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. HIGH PRESSURE HAS SPREAD INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BELOW FREEZING OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S BY DAYBREAK. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. MNZ041>045-047>059-061-064>066-073-091400- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091009T1400Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE... GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...REDWOOD FALLS 117 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE HAS SPREAD INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BELOW FREEZING OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S BY DAYBREAK. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO THE GROWING SEASON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ RAH
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Minnesota, 2009Every freeze warning in 2009
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.