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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 11, 20215 counties in Wisconsin; Freeborn County, Goodhue County, Steele County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this frost advisory at May 11, 2021, 2:12 PM CDT for 5 counties in Wisconsin; Freeborn County, Goodhue County, Steele County, Minnesota. It took effect at May 12, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2021, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
In effect from
May 12, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 12, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Steele County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

452 
WWUS73 KMPX 111912
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
212 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

MNZ078-085-093-WIZ024>028-121200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FR.Y.0006.210512T0700Z-210512T1200Z/
Goodhue-Steele-Freeborn-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Chippewa-Eau Claire-
Including the cities of Red Wing, Owatonna, Albert Lea, 
River Falls, Menomonie, Durand, Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire
212 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT 
WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...In Wisconsin, Pierce, Dunn, Pepin, Chippewa and Eau 
  Claire Counties. In Minnesota, Goodhue, Steele and Freeborn 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM tonight to 7 AM CDT Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

BPH
1 follow-up statement
820 
WWUS73 KMPX 120214
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
914 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

MNZ078-085-093-WIZ024>028-121200-
/O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0006.210512T0700Z-210512T1200Z/
Goodhue-Steele-Freeborn-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Chippewa-Eau Claire-
Including the cities of Red Wing, Owatonna, Albert Lea, 
River Falls, Menomonie, Durand, Chippewa Falls, and Eau Claire
914 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...In Wisconsin, Pierce, Dunn, Pepin, Eau Claire and 
  Chippewa Counties. In Minnesota, Steele, Goodhue and Freeborn 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 7 AM CDT Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Borghoff

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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.