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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 15, 2014Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at Sep 15, 2014, 2:19 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 16, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 2014, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 16, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 16, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Rusk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

513 
WWUS73 KMPX 151919
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
219 PM CDT MON SEP 15 2014

...FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT. CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S BY TUESDAY
MORNING.

WIZ016-160330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0006.140916T0500Z-140916T1300Z/
RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LADYSMITH
219 PM CDT MON SEP 15 2014

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 31 AND 35 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED
  TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY
  IN RUSK COUNTY.

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE 
  DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
724 
WWUS73 KMPX 160247
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
947 PM CDT MON SEP 15 2014

...FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT. CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S BY TUESDAY
MORNING.

WIZ016-161300-
/O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0006.140916T0500Z-140916T1300Z/
RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LADYSMITH
947 PM CDT MON SEP 15 2014

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT TUESDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 31 AND 35 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED 
  TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY 
  IN RUSK COUNTY. 

* IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE 
  DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

BORGHOFF

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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.