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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Memphis, TN

October 14, 200613 counties in Tennessee; 4 counties in Mississippi

NWS Memphis, TN issued this frost advisory at Oct 14, 2006, 8:52 PM CDT for 13 counties in Tennessee; 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2006, 8:52 PM CDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 2006, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Alcorn County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2006-10-15Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2006-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 8:52 PM CDTFreeze WarningMEGCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Hardin and 6 more11 hr
Oct 15, 2:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 9 more37 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Tennessee, 2006Frost Advisories in Mississippi, 2006Every frost advisory in 2006

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.