Alert archive / Minnesota / Freeze Warnings in 2026
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this freeze warning at May 1, 2026, 1:03 PM CDT for 32 counties in Minnesota; 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 2, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 1, 2026, 1:03 PM CDT (18:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 2, 2026, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
All 41 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 1695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
142 WWUS73 KMPX 011803 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 103 PM CDT Fri May 1 2026 MNZ051>054-056>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-020615- /O.NEW.KMPX.FZ.W.0003.260502T0600Z-260502T1300Z/ Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker- Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Yellow Medicine-Renville- McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur- Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault- Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk-St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Chippewa- Eau Claire- Including the cities of Menomonie, Faribault, Cambridge, Blue Earth, Chippewa Falls, Ladysmith, St Peter, Mankato, Red Wing, Victoria, Shakopee, Granite Falls, New Ulm, Rice Lake, Montevideo, Hutchinson, St Paul, Center City, Gaylord, Albert Lea, Willmar, Minneapolis, Waseca, Chaska, River Falls, Madison, Osceola, Fairmont, Hudson, St James, Stillwater, Redwood Falls, Le Sueur, Blaine, Litchfield, Olivia, Hastings, Chanhassen, Monticello, Eau Claire, Elk River, Durand, and Owatonna 103 PM CDT Fri May 1 2026 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures of 26 to 32 degrees expected. Areas in the core of the Twin Cities metro may remain slightly above 32 degrees. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Saturday. * 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. && $$ BED
2 follow-up statements
229 WWUS73 KMPX 020245 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 945 PM CDT Fri May 1 2026 MNZ051>054-056>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-021300- /O.CON.KMPX.FZ.W.0003.260502T0600Z-260502T1300Z/ Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker- Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Yellow Medicine-Renville- McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur- Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault- Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk-St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Chippewa- Eau Claire- Including the cities of Chippewa Falls, Olivia, Litchfield, Red Wing, Fairmont, Faribault, Owatonna, Mankato, Madison, Le Sueur, St James, Chanhassen, Hudson, Granite Falls, Hutchinson, Waseca, Blue Earth, Rice Lake, Eau Claire, Elk River, Montevideo, New Ulm, Cambridge, St Peter, Ladysmith, Willmar, Durand, Redwood Falls, Victoria, Hastings, Blaine, Chaska, Menomonie, River Falls, Shakopee, Monticello, Osceola, Minneapolis, Center City, Gaylord, Albert Lea, St Paul, and Stillwater 945 PM CDT Fri May 1 2026 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures of 27 to 32 degrees expected. The core of the Twin Cities metro may remain in the mid 30s. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Minnesota and northwest and west central Wisconsin. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$ Borghoff
280 WWUS73 KMPX 021252 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 752 AM CDT Sat May 2 2026 MNZ051>054-056>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-021400- /O.EXP.KMPX.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260502T1300Z/ Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Meeker- Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Yellow Medicine-Renville- McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur- Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault- Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk-St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Chippewa- Eau Claire- Including the cities of Faribault, Shakopee, Rice Lake, New Ulm, Olivia, Gaylord, Albert Lea, Willmar, Cambridge, Center City, Owatonna, St James, Hudson, Fairmont, Blaine, Chaska, Madison, St Peter, Waseca, River Falls, Chippewa Falls, Chanhassen, Mankato, Osceola, Elk River, Ladysmith, Litchfield, Red Wing, Redwood Falls, Blue Earth, Menomonie, St Paul, Durand, Victoria, Stillwater, Granite Falls, Eau Claire, Le Sueur, Minneapolis, Montevideo, Hastings, Hutchinson, and Monticello 752 AM CDT Sat May 2 2026 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... Temperatures have risen into the mid 30s this morning and the warning will be allowed to expire at the top of the hour. $$ TDH
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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.