Alert archive / Minnesota / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this freeze warning at May 27, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 28, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 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
- May 27, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 28, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 28, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
773 WWUS73 KMPX 271945 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 245 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021 MNZ041>045-050-280500- /O.UPG.KMPX.FZ.A.0001.210528T0600Z-210528T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0003.210528T0900Z-210528T1200Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Benton- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, and Sauk Rapids 245 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 32 expected. * WHERE...Douglas, Todd, Morrison, Mille Lacs, Kanabec and Benton Counties. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 7 AM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ MNZ047>049-054>057-064-280500- /O.EXB.KMPX.FZ.A.0001.210528T0900Z-210528T1200Z/ Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi- Yellow Medicine- Including the cities of Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, and Granite Falls 245 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 33 possible. * WHERE...Stevens, Pope, Stearns, Lac Qui Parle, Swift, Chippewa, Kandiyohi and Yellow Medicine Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ MNZ052-053-WIZ014>016-280500- /O.EXT.KMPX.FZ.A.0001.210528T0900Z-210528T1200Z/ Isanti-Chisago-Polk-Barron-Rusk- Including the cities of Cambridge, Center City, Osceola, Rice Lake, and Ladysmith 245 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021 ...FREEZE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures possible. * WHERE...Portions of central Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. * WHEN...From late tonight through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
2 follow-up statements
388 WWUS73 KMPX 280059 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 759 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021 MNZ047>049-052>057-064-WIZ014>016-280200- /O.CAN.KMPX.FZ.A.0001.210528T0900Z-210528T1200Z/ Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa- Kandiyohi-Yellow Medicine-Polk-Barron-Rusk- Including the cities of Morris, Glenwood, St Cloud, Cambridge, Center City, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, Willmar, Granite Falls, Osceola, Rice Lake, and Ladysmith 759 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021 ...FREEZE WATCH IS CANCELLED... Temperatures will likely remain above freezing tonight due to cloud cover lingering until very late tonight. Therefore, the Freeze Watch has been cancelled. $$ MNZ041>045-050-280900- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0003.210528T0900Z-210528T1200Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Benton- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, and Sauk Rapids 759 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected. * WHERE...Morrison, Douglas, Benton, Todd, Kanabec and Mille Lacs Counties. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 7 AM CDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ Borghoff
523 WWUS73 KMPX 281032 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 532 AM CDT Fri May 28 2021 MNZ041>045-050-281200- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210528T1200Z/ Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Benton- Including the cities of Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Princeton, Mora, and Sauk Rapids 532 AM CDT Fri May 28 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Temperatures around freezing. * WHERE...Morrison, Douglas, Benton, Todd, Kanabec and Mille Lacs Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:09 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 10 more | 16 hr |
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.