Alert archive / Minnesota / Freeze Warnings in 2018
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this freeze warning at Oct 11, 2018, 3:05 AM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 11, 2018, 7:04 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2018, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 11, 2018, 7:04 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2018, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
027 WWUS73 KMPX 110805 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 305 AM CDT Thu Oct 11 2018 MNZ073>078-082>085-091>093-111615- /O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.181012T0600Z-181012T1400Z/ Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth- Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 305 AM CDT Thu Oct 11 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Friday. * TEMPERATURES...upper 20s to near 30 degrees. * TIMING...1 AM to 9 AM Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Outdoor plants will be damaged or killed if not protected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$
3 follow-up statements
092 WWUS73 KMPX 111546 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1046 AM CDT Thu Oct 11 2018 MNZ073>078-082>085-091>093-120000- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.181012T0600Z-181012T1400Z/ Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth- Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 1046 AM CDT Thu Oct 11 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES...upper 20s to near 30 degrees. * TIMING...1 AM to 9 AM Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Outdoor plants will be damaged or killed if not protected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$
978 WWUS73 KMPX 120004 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 704 PM CDT Thu Oct 11 2018 MNZ073>078-082>085-091>093-120815- /O.EXT.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.181012T0004Z-181012T1400Z/ Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth- Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 704 PM CDT Thu Oct 11 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES...upper 20s to near 30 degrees. * TIMING...now to 9 AM Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Outdoor plants will be damaged or killed if not protected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ Borghoff
054 WWUS73 KMPX 121411 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 911 AM CDT Fri Oct 12 2018 MNZ073>078-082>085-091>093-121515- /O.EXP.KMPX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-181012T1400Z/ Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth- Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Owatonna, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 911 AM CDT Fri Oct 12 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... Temperatures will continue to rise over the freezing mark this morning. Therefore, the Freeze Warning has been allowed to expire. $$
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.