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Frost Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at Oct 9, 2014, 2:40 PM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota; Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 10, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2014, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 10, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
370 WWUS73 KMPX 091940 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 240 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FROST AND FREEZING CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .LOWS TONIGHT INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S...ALONG WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD FROST DEVELOP. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST FROST OR FREEZE OF THE FALL FOR THE TWIN CITIES AND MANY LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MNZ060-062-063-070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-100345- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0008.141010T0600Z-141010T1400Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 240 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS 27 TO 33. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
861 WWUS73 KMPX 100154 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 854 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FROST AND FREEZING CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT... .LOWS TONIGHT INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S...ALONG WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD FROST TO DEVELOP. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST FROST OR FREEZE OF THE FALL FOR THE TWIN CITIES AND MANY LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MNZ060-062-063-070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-101000- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0008.141010T0600Z-141010T1400Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 854 PM CDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS 27 TO 33. * IMPACTS....SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNPROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
234 WWUS73 KMPX 100809 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 309 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...FROST AND FREEZING CONDITIONS EXPECTED UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING... .LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S...ALONG WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD FROST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. MNZ060-062-063-070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-101400- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-141010T1400Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 309 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS 27 TO 33. * 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. && $$
542 WWUS73 KMPX 101341 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 841 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY ENDING AT 9AM THIS MORNING... .TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THIS MORNING...SO THE FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9AM. MNZ060-062-063-070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-101445- /O.EXP.KMPX.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-141010T1400Z/ HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR- RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT- FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER... BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR... FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA... FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT... DURAND...PEPIN 841 AM CDT FRI OCT 10 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. $$ JRB
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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.