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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at May 19, 2015, 3:53 AM CDT for 10 counties in Minnesota; 7 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 20, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2015, 3:53 AM CDT (08:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 20, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 20, 2015, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Todd County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$ JLT
5 follow-up statements
664 WWUS73 KMPX 191256 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 756 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...WIDESPREAD FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT... .A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 7 AM WEDNESDAY...FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAUK CENTER...TO ST CLOUD TO FOREST LAKE IN MINNESOTA...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW RICHMOND TO EAU CLAIRE IN WISCONSIN. THERE IS A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD FROST TONIGHT AS WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND SKY CONDITIONS WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR. SOME UNCERTAINTIES EXIST ON FROST POTENTIAL FOR AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF THE ADVISORY AREA DUE TO INCREASING CLOUD COVER TONIGHT. MNZ042-043-049-050-192100- /O.CAN.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150519T1300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.150520T0600Z-150520T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...FOLEY 756 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 30 AND 34. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ 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. $$ MNZ044-045-051>053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-192100- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.150520T0600Z-150520T1200Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 756 AM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 28 TO 34 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
627 WWUS73 KMPX 191935 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 235 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...WIDESPREAD FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT... .A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY... FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO ST CLOUD TO FOREST LAKE IN MINNESOTA...AND ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW RICHMOND TO EAU CLAIRE IN WISCONSIN. THERE IS A GOOD 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. MNZ041-200345- /O.EXB.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.150520T0600Z-150520T1300Z/ DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALEXANDRIA 235 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 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. && $$ MNZ042>045-049>053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-200345- /O.EXT.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.150520T0600Z-150520T1300Z/ TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 235 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 28 TO 34 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
059 WWUS73 KMPX 200142 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 842 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...WIDESPREAD FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT... .A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY... FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO ST CLOUD TO FOREST LAKE IN MINNESOTA...AND ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW RICHMOND TO EAU CLAIRE IN WISCONSIN. WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND SKY CONDITIONS WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR. UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN ON THE FROST POTENTIAL TO THE SOUTH OF THE ADVISORY AREA DUE TO INCREASING CLOUD COVER. MNZ041>045-049>053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-200945- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.150520T0600Z-150520T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 842 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 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. && $$
679 WWUS73 KMPX 200813 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 313 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...WIDESPREAD FROST THROUGH 8 AM... .A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO ST CLOUD TO FOREST LAKE IN MINNESOTA...AND ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW RICHMOND TO EAU CLAIRE IN WISCONSIN. WIDESPREAD FROST WILL BE COMMON THIS MORNING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 30S...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE UPPER 20S. EXPECT ANY FROST ON THE GROUND THIS MORNING TO QUICKLY MELT BY 8 AM. MNZ041>045-049>053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-201300- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150520T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 313 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...LOWS BETWEEN 28 AND 34. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ JLT
391 WWUS73 KMPX 201301 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 801 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... .TEMPERATURES HAVE INCREASED TO WELL ABOVE FREEZING. THEREFORE...THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MNZ041>045-049>053-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-201415- /O.EXP.KMPX.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150520T1300Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE- ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE... LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH... HUDSON...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 801 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... .TEMPERATURES HAVE INCREASED TO WELL ABOVE FREEZING. THEREFORE...THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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.