Alert archive / Wisconsin / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this freeze warning at Mar 28, 2012, 3:40 PM CDT for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 29, 2012, 1:00 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
- Mar 28, 2012, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Adams County, WI, Clark County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Taylor County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
422 WWUS73 KARX 282040 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 340 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT... .CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO DROP NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THEREFORE...FROST ADVISORIES AND FREEZE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. WIZ017-029-034-042>044-290445- /O.NEW.KARX.FZ.W.0002.120329T0600Z-120329T1400Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON 340 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ WIZ032-033-041-053-290445- /O.NEW.KARX.FR.Y.0001.120329T0600Z-120329T1400Z/ BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...VIROQUA 340 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. * AREAS OF FROST WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ DTJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
3 follow-up statements
633 WWUS73 KARX 290207 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 907 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... .CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO DROP NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THEREFORE...FROST ADVISORIES AND FREEZE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. WIZ017-029-034-042>044-291015- /O.CON.KARX.FZ.W.0002.120329T0600Z-120329T1400Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON 907 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ WIZ032-033-041-053-291015- /O.CON.KARX.FR.Y.0001.120329T0600Z-120329T1400Z/ BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...VIROQUA 907 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * AREAS OF FROST WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
573 WWUS73 KARX 290831 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 331 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST OCCURRING... .SKIES HAVE REMAINED CLEAR OVERNIGHT WHICH HAS ALLOWED FOR TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE LOW 30S ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF WISCONSIN. THEREFORE...THE FREEZE WARNINGS AND FROST ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THESE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. WIZ017-029-034-042>044-291400- /O.CON.KARX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120329T1400Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON 331 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN TO OR BELOW FREEZING AND WILL START GOING BACK UP LATER THIS MORNING AFTER SUNRISE. * SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ WIZ032-033-041-053-291400- /O.CON.KARX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120329T1400Z/ BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...VIROQUA 331 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * AREAS OF FROST HAVE DEVELOPED AND WILL PERSIST UNTIL JUST AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING. * SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ HALBACH WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
014 WWUS73 KARX 291354 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 854 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING... .TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA...THEREFORE THE FREEZE WARNING AND FROST ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 AM. WIZ017-029-034-042>044-291500- /O.EXP.KARX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120329T1400Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON 854 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 AM. $$ WIZ032-033-041-053-291500- /O.EXP.KARX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120329T1400Z/ BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-VERNON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...VIROQUA 854 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 AM. $$ DTJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:40 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | Buffalo, La Crosse, Trempealeau, Vernon | 17 hr |
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.