Alert archive / Wisconsin / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this freeze warning at Oct 11, 2012, 4:04 AM CDT for 10 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 12, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 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 11, 2012, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 12, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
430 WWUS73 KMKX 110904 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 404 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MORE COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO WISCONSIN SKIES WILL CLEAR AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH. HOWEVER NORTHEAST WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE SHOULD KEEP AREAS A LITTLE WARMER NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. WIZ051-052-058-059-063>065-068>070-111715- /O.NEW.KMKX.FZ.W.0009.121012T0600Z-121012T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 404 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY LATE TONIGHT AND REACH FREEZING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * TEMPERATURE...WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION WILL BE AT RISK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT 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. && $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-111715- /O.NEW.KMKX.FR.Y.0007.121012T0600Z-121012T1200Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 404 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AREAS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN MAY STAY FROST FREE. * TEMPERATURE...SHOULD DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION WILL BE AT RISK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ HENTZ
4 follow-up statements
618 WWUS73 KMKX 111556 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1056 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING MORE COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO WISCONSIN SKIES WILL CLEAR AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH. HOWEVER NORTHEAST WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE SHOULD KEEP AREAS A LITTLE WARMER NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. WIZ051-052-058-059-063>065-068>070-120000- /O.CON.KMKX.FZ.W.0009.121012T0600Z-121012T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 1056 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY LATE TONIGHT AND REACH FREEZING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * TEMPERATURE...WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION WILL BE AT RISK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT 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. && $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-120000- /O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0007.121012T0600Z-121012T1200Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 1056 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AREAS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN MAY STAY FROST FREE. * TEMPERATURE...SHOULD DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION WILL BE AT RISK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
717 WWUS73 KMKX 112002 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 302 PM CDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO WISCONSIN WITH SKIES CLEARING AND DIMINISHING WINDS. HOWEVER NORTHEAST WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE SHOULD KEEP AREAS A LITTLE WARMER NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. WIZ051-052-058-059-063>065-068>070-120415- /O.CON.KMKX.FZ.W.0009.121012T0600Z-121012T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 302 PM CDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY LATE TONIGHT AND REACH FREEZING DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * TEMPERATURE...WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION WILL BE AT RISK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT 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. && $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-120415- /O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0007.121012T0600Z-121012T1200Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 302 PM CDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AREAS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN MAY STAY FROST FREE. * TEMPERATURE...SHOULD DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION WILL BE AT RISK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
591 WWUS73 KMKX 120907 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 407 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER WISCONSIN AND CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO FREEZING OR BELOW INLAND AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. NORTHEAST WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE SHOULD KEEP AREAS A LITTLE WARMER NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. WIZ051-052-058-059-063>065-068>070-121200- /O.CON.KMKX.FZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121012T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 407 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO FREEZING OR BELOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * TEMPERATURE...WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION WILL BE AT RISK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT 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. && $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-121200- /O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-121012T1200Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 407 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...TONIGHT TO ABOUT 7 AM. FROST LIKELY...BUT AREAS CLOSE TO LAKE MICHIGAN MAY STAY FROST FREE. * TEMPERATURE...SHOULD DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION WILL BE AT RISK. TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ KAPELA
364 WWUS73 KMKX 121220 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 720 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY AND FREEZE WARNINGS EXPIRED AT 7 AM... .WITH THE ONSET OF SUNRISE THE FROST ADVISORY AND FREEZE WARNINGS FOR SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WERE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 AM. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY START CLIMBING AS THE SUN GETS HIGHER IN THE SKY. WIZ051-052-058-059-063>065-068>070-121330- /O.EXP.KMKX.FZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121012T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 720 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE FREEZE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...EARLY MORNING HOURS TODAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS WERE IN THE 20S. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WERE HARMFUL TO UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. $$ WIZ060-066-071-072-121330- /O.EXP.KMKX.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-121012T1200Z/ OZAUKEE-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT WASHINGTON...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 720 AM CDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...MINIMUM READINGS RANGED FROM THE MID TO UPPER 20S INLAND TO AROUND 35 FROM MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO RACINE. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WERE HARMFUL TO UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. THE FROST WAS LIGHT SINCE THE AIR WAS DRY. $$ KAPELA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 4:04 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine | 27 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.