Alert archive / Wisconsin / Frost Advisories in 2011
Frost Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at May 16, 2011, 5:53 PM CDT for 9 counties in Wisconsin; 9 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 17, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2011, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Washington 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 radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 2188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
152 WWUS73 KMPX 162253 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 553 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WINDS WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA... AND BE NEARLY CALM. WITH CLEAR SKIES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER AND MID 30S LATE TONIGHT. IN MINNESOTA...SOME CITIES INCLUDE LITTLE FALLS... SAUK RAPIDS... CAMBRIDGE... MILACA... ELK RIVER... HAM LAKE... MORA... FOREST LAKE AND STILLWATER. SOME CITIES IN WISCONSIN INCLUDE RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE... AND RIVER FALLS. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT TENDER VEGETATION BE PROTECTED. MNZ043>045-050>053-061-063-WIZ014>016-023>028-170600- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.110517T0800Z-110517T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA- WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE... STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 553 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S. * WINDS...WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND BE NEARLY CALM FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE TONIGHT. * FROST IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ TDK
1 follow-up statement
111 WWUS73 KMPX 170441 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1141 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... .A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WINDS WILL BE CALM IN SOME AREAS...AND ONLY ABOUT 5 MPH IN OTHER AREAS. WITH CLEAR SKIES...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER AND MID 30S LATE TONIGHT. IN MINNESOTA...SOME CITIES INCLUDE LITTLE FALLS... SAUK RAPIDS... CAMBRIDGE... MILACA... ELK RIVER... HAM LAKE... MORA... FOREST LAKE AND STILLWATER. SOME CITIES IN WISCONSIN INCLUDE RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH... CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE... AND RIVER FALLS. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT TENDER VEGETATION BE PROTECTED. MNZ043>045-050>053-061-063-WIZ014>016-023>028-171200- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.110517T0800Z-110517T1200Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-ANOKA- WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BLAINE... STILLWATER...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS... BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1141 PM CDT MON MAY 16 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S. * WINDS...WILL BE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN MOST AREAS. * FROST IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ TDK
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.