Alert archive / Minnesota / Frost Advisories in 2018
Frost Advisory 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at Sep 27, 2018, 3:36 PM CDT for 9 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 28, 2018, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 2018, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 28, 2018, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 1627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
176 WWUS73 KMPX 272036 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 336 PM CDT Thu Sep 27 2018 MNZ041>044-047>050-055-280445- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0001.180928T0800Z-180928T1300Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton- Swift- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, and Benson 336 PM CDT Thu Sep 27 2018 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT FRIDAY... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Frost Advisory, which is in effect from 3 AM to 8 AM CDT Friday. * TEMPERATURE...Low to mid 30s. * IMPACTS...Vegetation may be damaged if left unprotected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
4 follow-up statements
124 WWUS73 KMPX 280129 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 829 PM CDT Thu Sep 27 2018 MNZ041>044-047>050-055-280930- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0001.180928T0800Z-180928T1300Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton- Swift- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, and Benson 829 PM CDT Thu Sep 27 2018 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURE...Low to mid 30s. * IMPACTS...Vegetation may be damaged if left unprotected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$ jrb
598 WWUS73 KMPX 280530 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1230 AM CDT Fri Sep 28 2018 MNZ041>044-047>050-055-281300- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0001.180928T0800Z-180928T1300Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton- Swift- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, and Benson 1230 AM CDT Fri Sep 28 2018 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...Low to mid 30s. * IMPACTS...Vegetation may be damaged if left unprotected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
878 WWUS73 KMPX 280716 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 216 AM CDT Fri Sep 28 2018 MNZ044-280830- /O.CAN.KMPX.FR.Y.0001.180928T0800Z-180928T1300Z/ Mille Lacs- Including the city of Princeton 216 AM CDT Fri Sep 28 2018 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has cancelled the Frost Advisory. $$ MNZ041>043-047>050-055-281300- /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0001.180928T0800Z-180928T1300Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Benton-Swift- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Foley, and Benson 216 AM CDT Fri Sep 28 2018 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURE...Low to mid 30s. * IMPACTS...Vegetation may be damaged if left unprotected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
199 WWUS73 KMPX 280821 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 321 AM CDT Fri Sep 28 2018 MNZ041>043-049-050-281630- /O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.180929T0400Z-180929T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-180928T1300Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Stearns-Benton- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, St Cloud, and Foley 321 AM CDT Fri Sep 28 2018 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from 11 PM this evening to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * TEMPERATURE...Lows in the mid 30s this morning. Lows 25 to 30 degrees Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Vegetation may be damaged or killed if left unprotected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ MNZ047-048-055-281630- /O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.180929T0800Z-180929T1400Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-180928T1300Z/ Stevens-Pope-Swift- Including the cities of Morris, Glenwood, and Benson 321 AM CDT Fri Sep 28 2018 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from 3 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * TEMPERATURE...Lows in the mid 30s this morning. Lows around 30 degrees Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Vegetation may be damaged or killed if left unprotected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ MNZ044-045-281630- /O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.180929T0400Z-180929T1400Z/ Mille Lacs-Kanabec- Including the cities of Princeton and Mora 321 AM CDT Fri Sep 28 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from 11 PM this evening to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * TEMPERATURE...Lows in 25 to 30 degrees Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Vegetation may be damaged or killed if left unprotected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ MNZ051>054-056>070-076>078-085-WIZ014>016-023>028-281630- /O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0001.180929T0800Z-180929T1400Z/ Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker- Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Yellow Medicine-Renville- McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Steele- Polk-Barron-Rusk-St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Eau Claire- Including the cities of Elk River, Cambridge, Center City, Madison, Montevideo, Willmar, Litchfield, Monticello, Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul, Stillwater, Granite Falls, Olivia, Hutchinson, Gaylord, Chaska, Shakopee, Hastings, Le Sueur, Faribault, Red Wing, Owatonna, Osceola, Rice Lake, Ladysmith, Hudson, River Falls, Prescott, Menomonie, Durand, Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire 321 AM CDT Fri Sep 28 2018 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from 3 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * TEMPERATURE...Lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Vegetation may be damaged or killed if left unprotected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ MNZ073>075-082>084-091>093-281630- /O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0002.180929T0800Z-180929T1400Z/ Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Martin- Faribault-Freeborn- Including the cities of Redwood Falls, New Ulm, St Peter, St James, Mankato, Waseca, Fairmont, Blue Earth, and Albert Lea 321 AM CDT Fri Sep 28 2018 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... The National Weather Service in Twin Cities/Chanhassen has issued a Frost Advisory, which is in effect from 3 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * TEMPERATURE...Lows 33 to 35 degrees Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Vegetation may be damaged if left unprotected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 8:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 6 days |
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.