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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at May 18, 2015, 3:18 PM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 19, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2015, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 19, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 19, 2015, 7:56 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
589 WWUS73 KMPX 182018 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 318 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...COLD TEMPERATURES WITH THE THREAT FOR FROST LATE TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AND THE SKY WILL GRADUALLY BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY. THE COMBINATION OF LIGHTER WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN THE THREAT OF FROST FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 AM UNTIL 8 AM TUESDAY...FOR THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM HILLMAN...ST CLOUD AND MONTEVIDEO. IF THE LOW CLOUDS CLEAR EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED...FROST AND POTENTIAL FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD BE MORE EXPANSIVE AND COULD AFFECT A LARGER PORTION OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA OR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>057-064-190430- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.150519T0600Z-150519T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 318 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURE...31 TO 34. * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND WILL DIMINISH TO 5 TO 10 MPH LATE. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH 8 AM TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
470 WWUS73 KMPX 190324 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1024 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...COLD TEMPERATURES WITH THE THREAT FOR FROST LATE TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST WIND WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AND THE SKY WILL GRADUALLY BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY. THE COMBINATION OF LIGHTER WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN THE THREAT OF FROST FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 AM UNTIL 8 AM TUESDAY...FOR THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM HILLMAN...ST CLOUD AND MONTEVIDEO. IF THE LOW CLOUDS CLEAR EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED...FROST AND POTENTIAL FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD BE MORE EXPANSIVE AND COULD AFFECT A LARGER PORTION OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA OR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>057-064-191100- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.150519T0600Z-150519T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...MADISON... BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 1024 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT TUESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 31 AND 34. * WIND...NORTHWEST WIND WILL DIMINISH TO 5 TO 10 MPH DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
778 WWUS73 KMPX 190853 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 353 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...BETTER CHANCE OF FROST TONIGHT... .A FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1 AM UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY...FOR THE AREA NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAUK CENTER...ST CLOUD AND FOREST LAKE IN MINNESOTA...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW RICHMOND TO EAU CLAIRE IN WISCONSIN. THERE IS A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD FROST TONIGHT AS WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND SKY CONDITIONS WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR. SOME UNCERTAINTIES EXIST ON FROST POTENTIAL FOR AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF THE ADVISORY AREA DUE TO INCREASING CLOUD COVER TONIGHT. MNZ042-043-049-050-191700- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.150520T0600Z-150520T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150519T1300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 353 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 30 AND 34. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-191700- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.150520T0600Z-150520T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 353 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 28 TO 34 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-191300- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150519T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 353 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 30 AND 34. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ JLT
664 WWUS73 KMPX 191256 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 756 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...WIDESPREAD FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT... .A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY...FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAUK CENTER...TO ST CLOUD TO FOREST LAKE IN MINNESOTA...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW RICHMOND TO EAU CLAIRE IN WISCONSIN. THERE IS A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD FROST TONIGHT AS WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND SKY CONDITIONS WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR. SOME UNCERTAINTIES EXIST ON FROST POTENTIAL FOR AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF THE ADVISORY AREA DUE TO INCREASING CLOUD COVER TONIGHT. MNZ042-043-049-050-192100- /O.CAN.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150519T1300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.150520T0600Z-150520T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 756 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 30 AND 34. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-191400- /O.CAN.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150519T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS 756 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-192100- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.150520T0600Z-150520T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 756 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 28 TO 34 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Ramsey and 1 more | 28 min |
| May 17, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott, Sherburne, Wright | 61 min |
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.