Alert archive / Wisconsin / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 13, NWS Green Bay, WI
NWS Green Bay, WI issued this freeze warning at Oct 6, 2012, 4:34 AM CDT for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 7, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 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 6, 2012, 4:34 AM CDT (09:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2012, 3:47 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Green Bay, WI
Counties Brown County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Kewaunee County, WI, Manitowoc County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Winnebago County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 1711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
555 WWUS73 KGRB 060934 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 434 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...A HARD FREEZE EXPECTED IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT... .WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS TO THE REGION TONIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH A COOL CANADIAN AIR MASS...WILL RESULT IN SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER MUCH OF THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE REGION EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WIZ038>040-048>050-061745- /O.NEW.KGRB.FZ.W.0013.121007T0600Z-121007T1300Z/ OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA... OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 434 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 25 TO 30 RANGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HARD FREEZE...EXCEPT FOR LOCATIONS RIGHT ALONG THE LAKESHORE IN KEWAUNEE AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES. * A HARD FREEZE WILL KILL COLD-SENSITIVE VEGETATION...UNLESS IT IS PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ TSK
4 follow-up statements
539 WWUS73 KGRB 061649 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 1149 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...A HARD FREEZE EXPECTED IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT... .WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS TO THE REGION TONIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH A COOL CANADIAN AIR MASS...WILL RESULT IN SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER MUCH OF THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE REGION EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WIZ038>040-048>050-062030- /O.CON.KGRB.FZ.W.0013.121007T0600Z-121007T1300Z/ OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA... OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 1149 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 25 TO 30 RANGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HARD FREEZE...EXCEPT FOR LOCATIONS RIGHT ALONG THE LAKESHORE IN KEWAUNEE AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES. * A HARD FREEZE WILL KILL COLD-SENSITIVE VEGETATION...UNLESS IT IS PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ AK
489 WWUS73 KGRB 061924 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 224 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...A HARD FREEZE EXPECTED IN THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT... .WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING CLEARING SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS TO THE REGION TONIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH A COOL CANADIAN AIR MASS...WILL RESULT IN SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER MUCH OF THE FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE REGION EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. AREAS OF FROST ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF DOOR COUNTY WHERE TEMPERATURES COULD APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK. WIZ038>040-048>050-070330- /O.CON.KGRB.FZ.W.0013.121007T0600Z-121007T1300Z/ OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA... OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 224 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 25 TO 30 RANGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HARD FREEZE...EXCEPT FOR LOCATIONS RIGHT ALONG THE LAKESHORE IN KEWAUNEE AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES. * A HARD FREEZE WILL KILL COLD-SENSITIVE VEGETATION...UNLESS IT IS PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ WIZ022-070330- /O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0012.121007T0600Z-121007T1300Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY 224 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF DOOR COUNTY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PLANTS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO THE COLD SHOULD BE EITHER COVERED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ AK
656 WWUS73 KGRB 070230 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 930 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY OVER EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN... .DECREASING CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS SHOULD ALLOW OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES AT MOST LOCATIONS TO FALL BELOW FREEZING. AREAS OF FROST ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS OF DOOR COUNTY... WHERE TEMPERATURES COULD APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK. WIZ038>040-048>050-071300- /O.CON.KGRB.FZ.W.0013.121007T0600Z-121007T1300Z/ OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA... OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 930 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... * OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING AT MOST AREAS. * THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL KILL COLD-SENSITIVE VEGETATION... UNLESS IT IS PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ WIZ022-071300- /O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0012.121007T0600Z-121007T1300Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY 930 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... * OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR FREEZING OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE DOOR PENINSULA. * FROST IS POSSIBLE...AND THE FROST COULD KILL COLD-SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ SKOWRONSKI
249 WWUS73 KGRB 070847 NPWGRB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 347 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012 WIZ038>040-048>050-071000- /O.CAN.KGRB.FZ.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121007T1300Z/ OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-MANITOWOC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...APPLETON...GREEN BAY...ALGOMA... OSHKOSH...CHILTON...TWO RIVERS 347 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST OVER EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING...SO TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. $$ WIZ022-071000- /O.CAN.KGRB.FR.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121007T1300Z/ DOOR- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STURGEON BAY 347 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. PATCHY CLOUD COVER AND NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WILL PREVENT WIDESPREAD FROST FROM DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. $$ TSK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2:24 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GRB | Door | 13 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Wisconsin, 2012Every freeze warning in 2012
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.