Alert archive / Wisconsin / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this freeze warning at Apr 10, 2012, 3:11 PM CDT for 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 11, 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
- Apr 10, 2012, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Green County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1209 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMKX 102011 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 311 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT... .NORTHWEST WINDS TONIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH CLEARING SKIES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN TO BRING COLD TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN REMAIN SO UNTIL MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. LOWS OF 28 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR LESS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067>069-110415- /O.NEW.KMKX.FZ.W.0003.120411T0600Z-120411T1400Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT 311 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL BELOW FREEZING BY 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...AND REMAIN SO UNTIL 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS WILL DROP TO 28 DEGREES OR LESS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD CAN KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS. THOSE WITH SENSITIVE PLANTS AND OTHER VEGETATION SHOULD COVER THEM 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. && $$ WOOD
3 follow-up statements
291 WWUS73 KMKX 110150 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 850 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT... .MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND A POLAR AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE THE COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT...THEN REMAIN SO UNTIL MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. LOWS OF 28 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR LESS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN WITH TEMPERATURES FROM 28 TO 32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OVER SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067>069-111000- /O.CON.KMKX.FZ.W.0003.120411T0600Z-120411T1400Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT 850 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL BELOW FREEZING LATER THIS EVENING AND REMAIN SO UNTIL 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS WILL DROP TO 28 DEGREES OR LESS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD CAN KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS. THOSE WITH SENSITIVE PLANTS AND OTHER VEGETATION SHOULD COVER THEM TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GEHRING
580 WWUS73 KMKX 110844 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 344 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING... .MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...COLD AIR AND LIGHTER WINDS HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO BELOW FREEZING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES MOSTLY BETWEEN 27 AND 30 DEGREES. HENCE THE FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BERLIN TO MADISON TO JANESVILLE AND BELOIT. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT LIES AHEAD FOR TONIGHT WITH A BETTER CHANCE FOR FROST AND SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES. ANOTHER FREEZE WARNING MAY BE ISSUED. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067>069-111400- /O.CON.KMKX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120411T1400Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT 344 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...WILL BE MOSTLY BETWEEN 27 AND 31 DEGREES EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD CAN KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ MBK
464 WWUS73 KMKX 111403 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 903 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...TEMPERATURES RISING ABOVE FREEZING... .TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA...AS DAYTIME HEATING BEGINNING. THUS...THE FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067>069-111515- /O.EXP.KMKX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120411T1400Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE... JANESVILLE...BELOIT 903 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE FREEZE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA...WITH DAYTIME HEATING BEGINNING. THUS...THE FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ WOOD
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.