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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 27, 201128 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this frost advisory at Oct 27, 2011, 3:40 PM EDT for 28 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 28, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 2011, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 28, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 28, 2011, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
All 29 counties

Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-10-27Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2011-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

205 
WWUS71 KCLE 271940
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
340 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011

PAZ002-003-280345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FZ.W.0001.111028T0400Z-111028T1400Z/
SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
340 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT
FRIDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT AND BE
  AT OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SKIES WILL
  PARTIALLY CLEAR AND WINDS WILL BE LIGHT.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED
AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...
POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT
INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

$$

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001-280345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.111028T0400Z-111028T1400Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-
TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-
MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...
RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...
ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD...
MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA...ERIE
340 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT
FRIDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER AND MID 30S.

* TIMING...AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT AS SKIES PARTIALLY
  CLEAR AND TEMPERATURES DROP. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT.

* IMPACTS...FROST WILL DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN
THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER
VEGETATION. ALSO, POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE
COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$

OUDEMAN
2 follow-up statements
140 
WWUS71 KCLE 280117
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
917 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011

OHZ013-014-018>023-027>033-036>038-047-280930-
/O.UPG.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.111028T0400Z-111028T1400Z/
/O.EXA.KCLE.FZ.W.0001.111028T0400Z-111028T1400Z/
GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-
TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-
MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARDON...JEFFERSON...TIFFIN...
NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...
CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...
YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD...MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON
917 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE FROST
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT AND 
  BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SKIES WILL 
  PARTIALLY CLEAR AND WINDS WILL BE LIGHT.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED
AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...
POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT
INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

$$

PAZ002-003-280930-
/O.CON.KCLE.FZ.W.0001.111028T0400Z-111028T1400Z/
SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
917 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT FRIDAY...

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT AND 
  BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SKIES WILL 
  PARTIALLY CLEAR AND WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED
AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...
POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT
INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

&&

$$

OHZ003-006>012-017-089-PAZ001-280930-
/O.CON.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.111028T0400Z-111028T1400Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-HANCOCK-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...FINDLAY...
ASHTABULA...ERIE
917 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT FRIDAY...

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* TIMING...AREAS OF FROST ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT AS SKIES 
  PARTIALLY CLEAR AND TEMPERATURES DROP. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...FROST WILL DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN
THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER
VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD
BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$
433 
WWUS71 KCLE 280647
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
247 AM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

OHZ013-014-018>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ002-003-281400-
/O.CON.KCLE.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111028T1400Z/
GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-
TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-
MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARDON...JEFFERSON...TIFFIN...
NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...
CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...
YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD...MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...
EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
247 AM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S TO UPPER 20S.

* TIMING...TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER IN THE LOWER 30S TO UPPER 20
  UNTIL MID MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA YOU SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT
TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS
SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD. 

&&

$$

OHZ003-006>012-017-089-PAZ001-281400-
/O.CON.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-111028T1400Z/
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-HANCOCK-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON...
FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...FINDLAY...
ASHTABULA...ERIE
247 AM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* TIMING...AREAS OF FROST WILL LINGER ACROSS THE LAKESHORE
  COUNTIES UNTIL MID MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FROST WILL DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED
TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO... POTTED PLANTS
NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY
FROM THE COLD.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 3:40 PM EDTFreeze WarningCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Geauga, Holmes, Huron and 13 more18 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Ohio, 2011Frost Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2011Every frost advisory in 2011

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.