Alert archive / Minnesota / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this freeze warning at Apr 9, 2012, 8:48 PM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 11, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 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 9, 2012, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 51 counties
Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
068 WWUS73 KMPX 100148 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 848 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT... .A FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR BOTH TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE 20S AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION. THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY BE PARTICULARLY DETRIMENTAL TO TENDER VEGETATION AND FRUIT TREES...WHICH ARE BUDDING IN SOME AREAS. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 101000- /O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0004.120411T0600Z-120411T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0003.120410T0600Z-120410T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 848 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT TUESDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...FROM 1 AM THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY AND AGAIN FROM 1 AM THROUGH 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...LOWS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 20S FROM LITTLE FALLS TO LADYSMITH...TO THE UPPER 20S NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. * TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT...LOWS ARE FORECAST TO BE A LITTLE COLDER AND RANGE FROM 20 TO 25...ALTHOUGH SOME READINGS IN THE TEENS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * IMPACTS...YOUNG VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK...ALTHOUGH FRUIT TREES MAY ALSO SUFFER SOME IMPACTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL THREATEN SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ RAH
5 follow-up statements
783 WWUS73 KMPX 100810 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 310 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING AND AGAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOTH THIS MORNING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE 20S AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION. THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS BOTH THIS MORNING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS MAY BE PARTICULARLY DETRIMENTAL TO TENDER VEGETATION AND FRUIT TREES...WHICH ARE BUDDING IN SOME AREAS. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 101600- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120410T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0004.120411T0600Z-120411T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 310 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...FROM 1 AM THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY AND AGAIN FROM 1 AM THROUGH 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING...LOWS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 20S FROM LITTLE FALLS TO LADYSMITH...TO THE UPPER 20S NEAR THE IOWA BORDER. * TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING...LOWS ARE FORECAST TO BE A LITTLE COLDER AND RANGE FROM 20 TO 25...ALTHOUGH SOME READINGS IN THE TEENS CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * IMPACTS...YOUNG VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK...ALTHOUGH FRUIT TREES MAY ALSO SUFFER SOME IMPACTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL THREATEN SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
883 WWUS73 KMPX 101506 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1006 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT... .A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND 20S AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION. THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THIS MAY BE PARTICULARLY DETRIMENTAL TO TENDER VEGETATION AND FRUIT TREES... WHICH ARE BUDDING IN SOME AREAS. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 102315- /O.EXP.KMPX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120410T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0004.120411T0600Z-120411T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1006 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED THAT WAS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING... * TIMING...FROM 1 AM THROUGH 10 AM TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT...OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...YOUNG VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK...ALTHOUGH FRUIT TREES MAY ALSO SUFFER SOME IMPACTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL THREATEN SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
762 WWUS73 KMPX 102055 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 355 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT... .A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO MIDDLE 20S AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION. THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THIS MAY BE PARTICULARLY DETRIMENTAL TO ANY TENDER VEGETATION AND FRUIT TREES THAT ARE VULNERABLE TO COLD TEMPERATURES THIS COLD AT THIS TIME. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 110500- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0004.120411T0600Z-120411T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 355 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...FROM 1 AM THROUGH 10 AM TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH A HARD FREEZE RESULTING FROM OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO MIDDLE 20S. * IMPACTS...YOUNG VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK...ALTHOUGH FRUIT TREES MAY ALSO SUFFER SOME IMPACTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL THREATEN SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
821 WWUS73 KMPX 110434 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1134 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT... .A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED...WITH OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO MIDDLE 20S AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION. THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THIS MAY BE PARTICULARLY DETRIMENTAL TO TENDER VEGETATION AND FRUIT TREES...WHICH ARE BUDDING IN SOME AREAS. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 111245- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0004.120411T0600Z-120411T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1134 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...FROM 1 AM THROUGH 10 AM TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH A HARD FREEZE RESULTING FROM OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO MIDDLE 20S. * IMPACTS...YOUNG VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK...ALTHOUGH FRUIT TREES MAY ALSO SUFFER SOME IMPACTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL THREATEN SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
909 WWUS73 KMPX 110828 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 328 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING... .A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO MIDDLE 20S AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION. THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LAST THROUGH SUNRISE. THE EXTENDED DURATION OF THESE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE PARTICULARLY DETRIMENTAL TO TENDER VEGETATION AND FRUIT TREES...WHICH ARE BUDDING IN SOME AREAS. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 111500- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120411T1500Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 328 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO MIDDLE 20S...RESULTING IN A HARD FREEZE. * IMPACTS...YOUNG VEGETATION WILL BE MOST AT RISK...ALTHOUGH FRUIT TREES MAY ALSO SUFFER SOME IMPACTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL THREATEN SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Freeze 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.