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Frost Advisory 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at Oct 4, 2014, 1:29 PM CDT for 24 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 5, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 2014, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 5, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 24 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Pope County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 21 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
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
296 WWUS73 KMPX 041829 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 129 PM CDT SAT OCT 4 2014 ...FROST AND FREEZING CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .AREAS OF FROST ALONG WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO THE 30 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE OVER MUCH OF WESTERN WISCONSIN ALONG WITH PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO FOLEY TO CAMBRIDGE TO CENTER CITY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO THE 33 TO 37 RANGE SOUTH OF THAT LINE TO THE IOWA BORDER... INCLUDING MUCH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO. WITH LIGHT WINDS AND PARTIALLY CLEARING SKIES...FROST FORMATION IS LIKELY. MNZ042>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-023>028-050400- /O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.141005T0600Z-141005T1300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 129 PM CDT SAT OCT 4 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO FOLEY TO CAMBRIDGE TO CENTER CITY. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. IN ADDITION...MAKE SURE PETS ARE BROUGHT INDOORS AND OUTDOOR ANIMALS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ MNZ041-048-049-051-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-050400- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0007.141005T0600Z-141005T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 129 PM CDT SAT OCT 4 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 33 AND 37 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO FOLEY TO CAMBRIDGE TO CENTER CITY...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
210 WWUS73 KMPX 050020 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 720 PM CDT SAT OCT 4 2014 ...FROST AND FREEZING CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .AREAS OF FROST ALONG WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO THE 30 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN ALONG WITH PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE 33 TO 37 DEGREE RANGE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 TO THE IOWA BORDER...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. MNZ042>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-023>028-050830- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.141005T0600Z-141005T1300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 720 PM CDT SAT OCT 4 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTH OF A LINE FROM CAMBRIDGE TO LONG PRAIRIE. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ MNZ041-048-049-051-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-050830- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0007.141005T0600Z-141005T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 720 PM CDT SAT OCT 4 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 33 AND 37 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO CAMBRIDGE...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
682 WWUS73 KMPX 050743 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 243 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 2014 ...FROST AND FREEZING CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... .AREAS OF FROST ALONG WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP TO THE 30 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN ALONG WITH PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE 33 TO 37 DEGREE RANGE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 TO THE IOWA BORDER...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. MNZ042>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-023>028-051300- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-141005T1300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 243 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 30 AND 32 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTH OF A LINE FROM CAMBRIDGE TO LONG PRAIRIE. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ MNZ041-048-049-051-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-051300- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-141005T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 243 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 33 AND 37 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO CAMBRIDGE...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
257 WWUS73 KMPX 051259 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 759 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 2014 ...TEMPERATURES RISING SO FROST AND FREEZING CONDITIONS NO LONGER EXPECTED... .TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ARE STEADILY RISING SO FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FROST ADVISORY AND FREEZE WARNING ARE BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT. MNZ042>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-023>028-051400- /O.EXP.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-141005T1300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...AMERY... BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE... DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 759 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 2014 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ARE STEADILY RISING SO FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FREEZE WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT. $$ MNZ041-048-049-051-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-051400- /O.EXP.KMPX.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-141005T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-POPE-STEARNS-SHERBURNE-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET- LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD... ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA... SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 759 AM CDT SUN OCT 5 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ARE STEADILY RISING SO FROST CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FROST ADVISORY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 1:29 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison and 1 more | 19 hr |
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.