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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at May 17, 2016, 3:01 PM CDT for 9 counties in Wisconsin; 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 18, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2016, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2016, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chisago County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 2013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
427 WWUS73 KMPX 172001 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 301 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM WEDNESDAY... MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-023>028-180515- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0005.160518T0600Z-160518T1300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 301 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016 ...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...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 30S AFTER MIDNIGHT, AND REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID 30S THROUGH 8 AM. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
2 follow-up statements
092 WWUS73 KMPX 180343 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1043 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016 MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-023>028-181200- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0005.160518T0600Z-160518T1300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 1043 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURE...THERE WILL BE SEVERAL HOURS WITH READINGS BETWEEN 32 AND 35 DEGREES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
433 WWUS73 KMPX 181249 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 749 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2016 MNZ044-045-052-053-WIZ014>016-023>028-181400- /O.EXP.KMPX.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160518T1300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX- PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...CAMBRIDGE... CENTER CITY...OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON... RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE 749 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... $$
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.