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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this frost advisory at Sep 22, 2012, 3:35 PM CDT for 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 23, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2012, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 23, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Racine County, WI, Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
731 WWUS73 KMKX 222035 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 335 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...CHILLY TEMPERATURES EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD TOWARD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT WHICH WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS. WITH A COOL AND DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WHERE WINDS WILL STAY A LITTLE HIGHER...KEEPING TEMPERATURES MILD ENOUGH TO PREVENT FROST FORMATION. WIZ046-056-057-062-063-067-068-230445- /O.UPG.KMKX.FZ.A.0003.120923T0600Z-120923T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KMKX.FZ.W.0006.120923T0600Z-120923T1300Z/ MARQUETTE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 335 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURE...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ WIZ047-230445- /O.NEW.KMKX.FZ.W.0006.120923T0600Z-120923T1300Z/ GREEN LAKE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BERLIN 335 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURE...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-064-065-069-070-230445- /O.NEW.KMKX.FR.Y.0002.120923T0600Z-120923T1300Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 335 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURE...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 32 AND 34 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ DDV
3 follow-up statements
777 WWUS73 KMKX 230142 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 842 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...CHILLY TEMPERATURES EXPECTED IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD TOWARD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT WHICH WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND WINDS. WITH A COOL AND DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WHERE WINDS WILL STAY A LITTLE HIGHER...KEEPING TEMPERATURES MILD ENOUGH TO PREVENT FROST FORMATION. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-230945- /O.CON.KMKX.FZ.W.0006.120923T0600Z-120923T1300Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 842 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURE...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ WIZ071-072-230945- /O.EXA.KMKX.FR.Y.0002.120923T0600Z-120923T1300Z/ RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RACINE...KENOSHA 842 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURE...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 32 AND 34 DEGREES AT INLAND LOCATIONS. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-064-065-069-070-230945- /O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0002.120923T0600Z-120923T1300Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-ROCK-WALWORTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA 842 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURE...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 32 AND 34 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ REM
263 WWUS73 KMKX 230725 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 225 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...CHILLY TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD TOWARD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WHICH WILL RESULT IN MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. WITH A COOL AND DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WHERE WINDS WILL STAY A LITTLE HIGHER...KEEPING TEMPERATURES MILD ENOUGH TO PREVENT FROST FORMATION. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-231300- /O.CON.KMKX.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120923T1300Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 225 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 27 AND 32 DEGREES OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ WIZ051-058-059-064-065-069>072-231300- /O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120923T1300Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-ROCK-WALWORTH- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 225 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 32 AND 34 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ HENTZ
793 WWUS73 KMKX 231250 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 750 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...TEMPERATURES RISING WITH THE MORNING SUNSHINE... .TEMPERATURES WERE WARMING UNDER THE MORNING SUNSHINE SO THE FREEZE WARNING AND FROST ADVISORIES WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL FROST ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. WIZ046-047-056-057-062-063-067-068-231400- /O.EXP.KMKX.FZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120923T1300Z/ MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE 750 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WERE WARMING WITH THE MORNING SUNSHINE SO THE FREEZE WARNING AND FROST ADVISORIES WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL FROST ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. $$ WIZ051-058-059-064-065-069>072-231400- /O.EXP.KMKX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120923T1300Z/ FOND DU LAC-DODGE-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-ROCK-WALWORTH- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND... JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...JANESVILLE... BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 750 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WERE WARMING WITH THE MORNING SUNSHINE SO THE FREEZE WARNING AND FROST ADVISORIES WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL FROST ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. $$ HENTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 3:35 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Lafayette and 2 more | 16 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.