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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at May 7, 2017, 1:59 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 8, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2017, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2017, 5:03 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
896 WWUS73 KMPX 071859 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 159 PM CDT Sun May 7 2017 WIZ027-028-080500- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.170508T0600Z-170508T1200Z/ Chippewa-Eau Claire- Including the cities of Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire 159 PM CDT Sun May 7 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Frost Advisory, which is in effect from 1 AM to 7 AM CDT Monday. * TEMPERATURE...32 to 35 degrees. * IMPACTS...sensitive vegetation may be impacted by cold temperatures if precautions are not taken. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
2 follow-up statements
319 WWUS73 KMPX 080406 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1106 PM CDT Sun May 7 2017 WIZ027-028-081200- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.170508T0600Z-170508T1200Z/ Chippewa-Eau Claire- Including the cities of Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire 1106 PM CDT Sun May 7 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1AM TO 7 AM CDT MONDAY... * TEMPERATURE...32 to 35 degrees. * IMPACTS...sensitive vegetation may be impacted by cold temperatures if precautions are not taken. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
853 WWUS73 KMPX 081003 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 503 AM CDT Mon May 8 2017 WIZ027-028-081115- /O.CAN.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170508T1200Z/ Chippewa-Eau Claire- Including the cities of Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire 503 AM CDT Mon May 8 2017 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has cancelled the Frost Advisory. Temperatures have remained warm enough to prevent widespread frost overnight. The advisory is cancelled. $$
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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.