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Frost Advisory 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at Oct 2, 2015, 2:57 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 3, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2015, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2015, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
766 WWUS73 KMPX 021957 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 257 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...FROST IS ANTICIPATED LATE TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... .A FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE ADVISORY IS FOR AN AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO MENOMONIE AND EAU CLAIRE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 30S UNDER A CLEAR SKY. AN EAST WIND WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...BUT IT WILL BE A RELATIVELY LIGHT WIND IN SHELTERED AREAS. MNZ043>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-025-027-028-030400- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0008.151003T0600Z-151003T1300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 257 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURE...33 TO 37. * WIND...EAST 4-7 MPH WITH LIGHTER WINDS IN SHELTERED AREAS. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
2 follow-up statements
881 WWUS73 KMPX 030208 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 908 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...FROST IS ANTICIPATED LATE TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... .A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE ADVISORY IS FOR AN AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO MENOMONIE AND EAU CLAIRE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 30S UNDER A CLEAR SKY. AN EAST WIND WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...BUT IT WILL BE A RELATIVELY LIGHT WIND IN SHELTERED AREAS. MNZ043>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-025-027-028-031015- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0008.151003T0600Z-151003T1300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 908 PM CDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY... * TEMPERATURE...33 TO 37. * WIND...EAST 4-7 MPH WITH LIGHTER WINDS IN SHELTERED AREAS. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
533 WWUS73 KMPX 030903 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 403 AM CDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...FROST IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNRISE FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... .A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 8 AM. THE ADVISORY IS FOR AN AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO MENOMONIE AND EAU CLAIRE. MNZ043>045-050-052-053-WIZ014>016-025-027-028-031300- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151003T1300Z/ MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON- RUSK-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA... FOLEY...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE... LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 403 AM CDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...33 TO 37. * WIND...EAST 4-7 MPH WITH LIGHTER WINDS IN SHELTERED AREAS. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR PLANTS AND VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
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.