Alert archive / Minnesota / Frost Advisories in 2013
Frost Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at Jun 2, 2013, 1:39 PM CDT for Barron County, Polk County, Rusk County, Wisconsin; 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 3, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2013, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2013, 4:24 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
740 WWUS73 KMPX 021839 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 139 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013 ...TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR FREEZING TONIGHT... .UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AS A RESULT... FROST IS EXPECTED...AND A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE AREA IS NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE...FROM PRINCETON TO FOREST LAKE AND NORTH OF A LINE...FROM EAST FARMINGTON WISCONSIN...TO CLEAR LAKE TO ISLAND LAKE WISCONSIN. TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN TO PROTECT OUTDOOR PLANTS. MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-030245- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.130603T0600Z-130603T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 139 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DIP MAINLY INTO THE MID 30S. * COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD FROST FORMATION. THIS FROST COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION IF NOT COVERED...INCLUDING EARLY SEASON FLOWERS OR GARDEN VEGETABLE PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
338 WWUS73 KMPX 022302 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 602 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013 ...TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR FREEZING TONIGHT... .A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON TO AMERY TO LADYSMITH. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO NEAR FREEZING BEFORE DAYBREAK MONDAY WITH WIDESPREAD FROST OCCURRING. TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN TO PROTECT OUTDOOR PLANTS. MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-030715- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.130603T0600Z-130603T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 602 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. * COLD TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD FROST FORMATION. THIS FROST COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION IF NOT COVERED...INCLUDING EARLY SEASON FLOWERS OR GARDEN VEGETABLE PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ RAH
384 WWUS73 KMPX 030705 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 205 AM CDT MON JUN 3 2013 ...FROST POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING... .A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM PRINCETON TO AMERY TO LADYSMITH. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 30S BEFORE DAYBREAK...WHICH COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF FROST. TENDER VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN TO PROTECT OUTDOOR PLANTS. MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-031200- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130603T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 205 AM CDT MON JUN 3 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING COULD DROP INTO THE 30S. * COOL TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO FROST FORMATION. THIS FROST COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO SENSITIVE VEGETATION IF NOT COVERED...INCLUDING EARLY SEASON FLOWERS OR GARDEN VEGETABLE PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
381 WWUS73 KMPX 030924 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 424 AM CDT MON JUN 3 2013 ...TEMPERATURES REMAINING TOO WARM FOR FROST... .TEMPERATURES HAVE NOT COOLED DOWN AS MUCH AS WE INITIALLY THOUGHT AND AS A RESULT FROST WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD. FROST SHOULD BE CONFINED TO ISOLATED LOCATIONS IF IT EVEN OCCURS AT ALL. MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-031030- /O.CAN.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130603T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON... LADYSMITH 424 AM CDT MON JUN 3 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN TOO WARM FOR FROST THIS MORNING. $$
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.