Alert archive / Minnesota / Freeze Warnings in 2011

Freeze Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 13, 201142 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this freeze warning at Sep 13, 2011, 2:29 PM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 15, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
Sep 13, 2011, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 15, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 15, 2011, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 17 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2011-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2011-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -114 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

487 
WWUS73 KMPX 131929
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
229 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011

...FREEZE WARNING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WARNING INCLUDES
ALBERT LEA... ALEXANDRIA...MANKATO...MORA...MONTEVIDEO...REDWOOD
FALLS...ST. CLOUD...TWIN CITIES AND RED WING. 

A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
POSSIBLE FOR THIS AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING.

STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BRING THE
COMBINATION OF LIGHT WINDS...A CLEAR SKY...AND WELL BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS LIKELY...WITH EXPECTED LOW
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. 

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED MAINLY DURING THE GROWING SEASON. 
TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

MNZ041>045-047>052-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-140330-
/O.UPG.KMPX.FZ.A.0001.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...
WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
229 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 


* LOW TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S BY THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

MNZ053-060>063-070-078-140330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...BURNSVILLE...RED WING
229 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S BY THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-140330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.A.0002.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
229 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S BY THURSDAY MORNING. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
7 follow-up statements
438 
WWUS73 KMPX 140352
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1052 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011

...FREEZE WARNING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WARNING INCLUDES
ALBERT LEA... ALEXANDRIA...MANKATO...MORA...MONTEVIDEO...REDWOOD
FALLS...ST. CLOUD...TWIN CITIES AND RED WING.

A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
POSSIBLE FOR THIS AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING.

STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BRING THE
COMBINATION OF LIGHT WINDS...A CLEAR SKY...AND WELL BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS LIKELY...WITH EXPECTED LOW
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED MAINLY DURING THE GROWING SEASON.
TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-141200-
/O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
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...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1052 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S BY THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-141200-
/O.CON.KMPX.FZ.A.0002.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1052 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2011

...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S BY THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
892 
WWUS73 KMPX 140630
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
130 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...FREEZE WARNING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WARNING INCLUDES
ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...MANKATO...MORA...MONTEVIDEO...REDWOOD
FALLS...ST. CLOUD...TWIN CITIES AND RED WING.

A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
POSSIBLE FOR THIS AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING.

STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BRING THE
COMBINATION OF LIGHT WINDS...A CLEAR SKY...AND WELL BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS LIKELY...WITH EXPECTED LOW
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED MAINLY DURING THE GROWING SEASON.
TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-141430-
/O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
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...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
130 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S BY THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-141430-
/O.CON.KMPX.FZ.A.0002.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
130 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO MIDDLE 30S BY THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
747 
WWUS73 KMPX 140921
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
421 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...EARLY SEASON FREEZING CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA
TONIGHT...

.A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 8 AM
THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES...
ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...MANKATO...MONTEVIDEO...MORA...RED
WING...REDWOOD FALLS...AND ST. CLOUD. THE WARNING HAS BEEN
EXTENDED TO ENCOMPASS FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN...INCLUDING
MENOMONIE...NEW RICHMOND...AND RICE LAKE. A FROST ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FURTHER EAST FOR TONIGHT INCLUDING DURAND...EAU
CLAIRE...AND LADYSMITH.

STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT WILL BRING
THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT WINDS...A CLEAR SKY...AND WELL BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE APPEARS DEFINITE ACROSS
MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND IS LIKELY INTO FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN.
LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED MAINLY DURING THE GROWING SEASON.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING. THESE
CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.



WIZ014-015-023>025-141730-
/O.UPG.KMPX.FZ.A.0002.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE
421 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOW TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 DEGREES TONIGHT.

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>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-141730-
/O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
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...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
421 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...26 TO 30 DEGREES N MOST OUTLYING AREAS
  TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

WIZ016-026>028-141730-
/O.UPG.KMPX.FZ.A.0002.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0004.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
RUSK-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
421 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

LOW TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE MID 30S TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
862 
WWUS73 KMPX 141640
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1140 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...EARLY SEASON FREEZING CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA
TONIGHT...

.A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT THROUGH 8 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE
TWIN CITIES...ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...MANKATO...MONTEVIDEO...RED
WING...AND ST. CLOUD IN MN AND MENOMINEE...NEW RICHMOND...AND
RICE LAKE IN WISCONSIN. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FURTHER
EAST IN WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT INCLUDING DURAND...EAU CLAIRE...AND
LADYSMITH.

STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT WILL BRING
THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT WINDS...A CLEAR SKY...AND WELL BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE APPEARS DEFINITE ACROSS
MUCH OF MINNESOTA AND IS LIKELY INTO FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN. LOW
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED MAINLY DURING THE GROWING SEASON.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING. THESE
CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-015-023>025-
150045-
/O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-
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...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE
1140 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 DEGREES IN MOST OUTLYING AREAS 
  TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

WIZ016-026>028-150045-
/O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0004.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
RUSK-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1140 AM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY. 

LOW TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
837 
WWUS73 KMPX 141835
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
135 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...EARLY SEASON FREEZE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT...

.A FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH
8 AM THURSDAY MORNING. 

STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...
BRINGING A COMBINATION OF LIGHT WIND...A CLEAR SKY...AND WELL
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE APPEARS LIKELY WITH
LOW TEMPERATURES IN MOST LOCATIONS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 DEGREES.

SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS WILL BE IMPACTED TONIGHT IF LEFT
UNCOVERED.


WIZ016-026>028-150245-
/O.UPG.KMPX.FR.Y.0004.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
/O.EXA.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
RUSK-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
135 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 DEGREES IN MOST OUTLYING AREAS 
  TONIGHT. 

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>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-015-023>025-
150245-
/O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-
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...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE
135 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 DEGREES IN MOST OUTLYING AREAS 
  TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
195 
WWUS73 KMPX 150238
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
938 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...EARLY SEASON FREEZE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT...

.A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT THROUGH 8 AM THURSDAY MORNING.

STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT...
BRINGING A COMBINATION OF LIGHT WIND...A CLEAR SKY...AND WELL
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A WIDESPREAD FREEZE APPEARS LIKELY
WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN MOST LOCATIONS BETWEEN 25 AND
30 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MID 30S IN MOST
LOCATIONS BY AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL
BECOME LIKELY AFTER 2 AM. 

SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS WILL BE IMPACTED TONIGHT IF LEFT
UNCOVERED.

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
151045-
/O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.110915T0500Z-110915T1300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
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...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
938 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

* LOW TEMPERATURES...25 TO 30 DEGREES IN MOST OUTLYING AREAS 
  TONIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$
472 
WWUS73 KMPX 150816
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
316 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2011

...EARLY SEASON FREEZE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...

.A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 8 AM
THIS MORNING.

STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE
LIGHT WIND...A CLEAR SKY...AND WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
THE THERMOMETER WILL SETTLE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S AT
DAYBREAK WITH SOME ISOLATED COOLER READINGS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO RISE AFTER 730 AM REACHING ABOVE
FREEZING IN MOST AREAS BY 830 AM.

SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS WILL BE IMPACTED THIS MORNING IF LEFT
UNCOVERED.


MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
151300-
/O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110915T1300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
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...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
316 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

* EARLY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES...26 TO 32 DEGREES IN MOST
  OUTLYING AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 4:30 AM CDTFreeze WatchMPXBenton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas and 29 more10 hr
Sep 13, 2:29 PM CDTFreeze WatchMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more14 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Minnesota, 2011Freeze Warnings in Wisconsin, 2011Every freeze warning in 2011

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.