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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this frost advisory at May 5, 2006, 3:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Iowa. It took effect at May 6, 2006, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2006, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2006, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2006, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA, Carroll County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KDVN 052012 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 312 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...FROST TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT BRINGING CLEARING SKIES AND CALM WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL SETTLE IN THE MIDDLE 30S FOR SEVERAL HOURS ALLOWING FOR SIGNIFICANT FROST FORMATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES AND TENDER VEGETATION AS THE GROWING SEASON IS UNDERWAY FOR MANY LOCAL PLANTS. IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-060415- /O.NEW.KDVN.FR.Y.0002.060506T0800Z-060506T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 312 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. SKIES WILL BECOME CLEAR LATER TONIGHT AND COMBINED WITH CALM WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 33 AND 37 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE TONIGHT TIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FROST FORMATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES AND ON ANY TENDER VEGETATION. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ NICHOLS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDVN 060236 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 936 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...FROST TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT BRINGING CLEARING SKIES AND CALM WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL SETTLE IN THE MIDDLE 30S FOR SEVERAL HOURS ALLOWING FOR SIGNIFICANT FROST FORMATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES AND TENDER VEGETATION AS THE GROWING SEASON IS UNDERWAY FOR MANY LOCAL PLANTS. IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-061045- /O.CON.KDVN.FR.Y.0002.060506T0800Z-060506T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 936 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. SKIES WILL BECOME CLEAR LATER TONIGHT AND COMBINED WITH CALM WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO BETWEEN 33 AND 37 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE TONIGHT TIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FROST FORMATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES AND ON ANY TENDER VEGETATION. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ JAZ
000 WWUS73 KDVN 060808 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 308 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006 ...FROSTY CONDITIONS WILL LAST THROUGH 7 AM... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS TO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SETTLE IN THE LOWER 30S FOR SEVERAL HOURS ALLOWING FOR SIGNIFICANT FROST FORMATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES AND TENDER VEGETATION AS THE GROWING SEASON IS UNDERWAY FOR MANY LOCAL PLANTS. IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-061200- /O.CON.KDVN.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060506T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 308 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO HOLD IN THE 32 TO 37 DEGREE RANGE FOR SEVERAL HOURS EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FROST FORMATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES AND ON ANY TENDER VEGETATION. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ ERVIN
000 WWUS73 KDVN 061153 NPWDVN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 653 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006 ...SUNSHINE TO MELT AREAS OF FROST... .AFTER A COLD AND FROSTY START...CLEAR SKIES AND BRIGHT SUNSHINE WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO RISE QUICKLY EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FROST ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IAZ040>042-051>054-065-066-ILZ001-002-007-009-061300- /O.EXP.KDVN.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060506T1200Z/ BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...TIPTON...CLINTON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 653 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. SUNSHINE AND RISING TEMPERATURES WILL MELT AREAS OF FROST THAT FORMED OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES...THAT WERE HOVERING AROUND THE 32 DEGREE MARK OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AT SUNRISE...WILL RAPIDLY RISE BACK INTO THE 40S BY 9 AM. $$ SHEETS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at May 5, 2:06 AM CDT, 13 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 2:06 AM CDT, 13 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 206 AM CDT FRI MAY 05 2006 .DISCUSSION... THE AREA REMAINS UNDER SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE THIS MORNING...BUT UNDER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF AN UPPER TROF ALOFT. THIS HAS BROUGHT AREAS OF STRATUS SOUTH INTO LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AS OF 2 AM. A LARGE STRATUS DECK EXISTS FARTHER NORTH...BUT IT HAS BEEN SHRINKING OVER NIGHT...AND MAY ALLOW FOR PORTIONS OF THE WEST TO CLEAR FOR A TIME THIS MORNING...BEFORE MORE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES RETURN DURING THE DAY. MID AND HIGH CLOUDS ARE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS WITH WEAK WARM ADVECTION...BUT THIS FEATURE LOOKS TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA TODAY...SO THIS CLOUD COVER MAY NOT TO OPAQUE IN NATURE AFTER THIS MORNING. THE OVERALL PICTURE TODAY WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY...BUT VARIABLE. THE CLOUDS WILL LINGER LONGEST IN THE SOUTH AND NORTHEAST WHERE THE MID CLOUDS SOUTH AND STRATUS NORTH LOOK TO BE WELL ENTRENCHED. IN THE CENTRAL AND WEST PERIODS OF PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL BE FOUND THROUGH THE DAY. HIGHS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MIXING TO AROUND 860MB...AND PARTIAL SUNSHINE...RESULTING IN MID TO UPPER 50S NORTH...TO LOWER 60S CENTRAL AND SOUTH. TONIGHT...SKIES SHOULD CLEAR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...AND WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. LOCALLY FAVORED AREAS MAY DIP TO 33 TO 34 IF SKIES CLEAR BEFORE SUNSET IN THE NORTH. WE WILL PASS THIS TO THE NEXT SHIFT...WHICH MAY NEED TO HIGHLIGHT A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN AREA FOR A FROST ADVISORY. MILDER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE SURFACE HIGH MOVES EAST...AND MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WARM PREVENTING MAX RADIATIONAL COOLING FROM HITTING THE MID 30S. MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL SEE INCREASING WARM ADVECTION...WITH SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL TEMPS. RAIN CHANCES LOOK TO HOLD OFF UNTIL MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY...WHICH IS WELL HANDLED BY THE GOING FORECAST. NO CHANGES MADE TO DAYS 4 TO 7. ..ERVIN.. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. && ERVIN
Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 4:47 AM CDT, 10 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 447 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-061000- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO- CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL- HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA- JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA- MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL- SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL- WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL- 447 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO SEE PATCHY FROST IS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OR NOT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
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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.