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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at May 4, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 5, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2337 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
919 WWUS73 KMPX 040745 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 245 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 WIZ016-027-028-041545- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0001.160505T0800Z-160505T1200Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 245 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 33 AND 36 DEGREES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED AND SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNATTENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
4 follow-up statements
348 WWUS73 KMPX 041545 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1045 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT IN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... WIZ016-027-028-042345- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0001.160505T0800Z-160505T1200Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 1045 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 33 AND 36 DEGREES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED AND SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED DUE TO FROST IF LEFT UNATTENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
914 WWUS73 KMPX 050338 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1038 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT IN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... WIZ016-027-028-051145- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0001.160505T0800Z-160505T1200Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 1038 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURE...BETWEEN 33 AND 36 DEGREES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED AND SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED DUE TO FROST IF LEFT UNATTENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ JRB
279 WWUS73 KMPX 050721 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 221 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 WIZ016-027-028-051200- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0001.160505T0800Z-160505T1200Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 221 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...DROPPING TO BETWEEN 32 AND 35 DEGREES THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED AND SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED DUE TO FROST IF LEFT UNATTENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
749 WWUS73 KMPX 051212 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 712 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 WIZ016-027-028-051315- /O.EXP.KMPX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160505T1200Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 712 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE RAPIDLY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ALLOWING THE FROST THREAT TO DIMINISH. THEREFORE... THE FROST ADVISORY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT. $$
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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.