Alert archive / Wisconsin / Frost Advisories in 2011
Frost Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at Sep 14, 2011, 4:21 AM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 15, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 2011, 4:21 AM CDT (09:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 15, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2011, 1:35 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 2090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
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. && $$
Nearby
Frost Advisories in Wisconsin, 2011Every frost advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.