Alert archive / Minnesota / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this freeze warning at Apr 11, 2012, 2:28 PM CDT for 42 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 12, 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 11, 2012, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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
- 1404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
892 WWUS73 KMPX 111928 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 228 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT... .A FREEZING WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ONE MORE SUB-FREEZING NIGHT IS IN STORE FOR THE REGION AS HIGH PRESSURE PASSES BY. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH 24 TO 30 DEGREES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 20S. THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LAST UNTIL AROUND 9 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THE EXTENDED DURATION OF THESE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE PARTICULARLY DETRIMENTAL TO TENDER VEGETATION AND FRUIT TREES. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 120330- /O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0005.120412T0600Z-120412T1400Z/ 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 228 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING...FROM 1 AM THROUGH 9 AM THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH LOWS FROM 24 TO 30 DEGREES. READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 20S ARE MOST LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * IMPACTS...FRUIT TREES AND YOUNG VEGETATION WILL BE 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. && $$ RAH
3 follow-up statements
373 WWUS73 KMPX 120320 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1020 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT... .A FREEZING WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ONE MORE SUB-FREEZING NIGHT IS IN STORE FOR THE REGION AS HIGH PRESSURE PASSES BY. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH 24 TO 30 DEGREES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ALTHOUGH THE DURATION OF THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES MAY NOT LAST QUITE AS LONG AS LAST NIGHT. CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAVE THE GREATEST RISK OF SEEING LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 20S. THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN AND HOUR OR TWO AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND LAST UNTIL AROUND 9 AM THURSDAY MORNING IN SOME AREAS. THE EXTENDED DURATION OF THESE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE PARTICULARLY DETRIMENTAL TO TENDER VEGETATION AND FRUIT TREES. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 121130- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0005.120412T0600Z-120412T1400Z/ 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 1020 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...FROM 1 AM THROUGH 9 AM THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT...WITH LOWS FROM 24 TO 30 DEGREES. READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 20S ARE MOST LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. * IMPACTS...FRUIT TREES AND YOUNG VEGETATION WILL BE 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. && $$
194 WWUS73 KMPX 120844 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 344 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THIS MORNING... .A FREEZING WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES CURRENTLY RANGE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...AND WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING UNTIL AROUND 9 AM THIS MORNING. THESE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE PARTICULARLY DETRIMENTAL TO TENDER VEGETATION AND FRUIT TREES. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 121400- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120412T1400Z/ 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 344 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 9 AM TODAY. * TEMPERATURES...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING UNTIL AROUND 9 AM. * IMPACTS...FRUIT TREES...FLOWERS...AND YOUNG VEGETATION WILL BE 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. && $$ JRB
708 WWUS73 KMPX 121358 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 858 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING EXPIRING AT 9 AM... .AFTER A MORNING OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST...TEMPERATURES WERE WARMING QUICKLY THIS MORNING. HIGHS WILL TOP OUT AROUND 60 DEGREES. MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 121500- /O.EXP.KMPX.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120412T1400Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MADISON...BENSON... MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA... HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE... REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 858 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND AREAS OF FROST WERE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT TEMPERATURES WERE QUICKLY WARMING AND THE FREEZING WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ RIECK
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.