Alert archive / Wisconsin / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this freeze warning at Mar 25, 2012, 3:03 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 26, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 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 25, 2012, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 26, 2012, 2:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
158 WWUS73 KMPX 252003 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 303 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR RUSK AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DIP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA EARLY MONDAY MORNING. TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT VEGETATION SENSITIVE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. WIZ016-027-260415- /O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.120326T0700Z-120326T1200Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 303 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 28 AND 31 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...COLD SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DAMAGE DUE TO THE EXPECTED 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. && $$ RAH
3 follow-up statements
196 WWUS73 KMPX 260346 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1046 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSK AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DIP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA EARLY MONDAY MORNING. TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT VEGETATION SENSITIVE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. WIZ016-027-261200- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.120326T0700Z-120326T1200Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 1046 PM CDT SUN MAR 25 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 28 AND 31 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...COLD SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DAMAGE DUE TO THE EXPECTED FREEZING TEMPERATURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
365 WWUS73 KMPX 260858 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 358 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY... .A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSK AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DIP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA EARLY MONDAY MORNING. TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT VEGETATION SENSITIVE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY...INCLUDING AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO NEW ULM TO FAIRMONT. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. WIZ016-027-261200- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120326T1200Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 358 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 28 AND 31 DEGREES BEFORE SUNRISE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...COLD SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DAMAGE DUE TO THE EXPECTED 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-261700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.120326T1600Z-120327T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 358 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING BY LATE MORNING AND LASTING INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE MOVED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
556 WWUS73 KMPX 260903 CCA NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 358 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY... .A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSK AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DIP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BEFORE DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY...INCLUDING AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO NEW ULM TO FAIRMONT. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. WIZ016-027-261200- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120326T1200Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER 358 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 28 AND 31 DEGREES BEFORE SUNRISE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...COLD SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL BE VULNERABLE TO DAMAGE DUE TO THE EXPECTED 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-261700- /O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.120326T1600Z-120327T0300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS... OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT 358 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING BY LATE MORNING AND LASTING INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...MAY BE MOVED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
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.