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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 18, 201127 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this frost advisory at Oct 18, 2011, 3:47 AM CDT for 27 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 19, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2011, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 19, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 19, 2011, 7:59 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
All 34 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2011-10-18Temperature 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2011-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -192 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
1581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-91 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.

993 
WWUS73 KEAX 180847
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
347 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...GROWING SEASON TO END BY THURSDAY MORNING...

.THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD INTO MISSOURI
AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. A WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED OVER ALL BUT EASTERN MISSOURI
TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A HARD FREEZE THURSDAY MORNING.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>006-011>015-020>023-028>031-037>039-
043>045-053-054-181700-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FR.Y.0003.111019T0900Z-111019T1300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-HOLT-
ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
347 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM
CDT WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...PATCHY FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 4 AM WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 65...AND CONTINUE THROUGH AN
  HOUR OR TWO AFTER DAYBREAK. 

* TEMPERATURE: WEDNESDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM
  AROUND 30 DEGREE IN FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI...TO THE MID 30S ALONG
  HIGHWAY 65. FROST WILL BE MOST PREVALENT IN THE RIVER VALLEYS AND
  OTHER SHELTERED AREAS WHERE THE WIND WILL DIMINISH.

* IMPACTS: FROST WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION...WITH
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES KILLING UNPROTECTED 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 ADVISORY 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.

&&

$$

BOOKBINDER
5 follow-up statements
856 
WWUS73 KEAX 181524
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1024 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...GROWING SEASON TO END BY THURSDAY MORNING...

.THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD INTO
MISSOURI AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. A WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED OVER ALL BUT
EASTERN MISSOURI TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A HARD FREEZE THURSDAY
MORNING.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>006-011>015-020>023-028>031-037>039-
043>045-053-054-182330-
/O.CON.KEAX.FR.Y.0003.111019T0900Z-111019T1300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-HOLT-
ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1024 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...PATCHY FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 4 AM 
  WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 65...AND 
  CONTINUE THROUGH AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER DAYBREAK. 

* TEMPERATURE: WEDNESDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 
  FROM AROUND 30 DEGREE IN FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI...TO THE MID 
  30S ALONG HIGHWAY 65. FROST WILL BE MOST PREVALENT IN THE 
  RIVER VALLEYS AND OTHER SHELTERED AREAS WHERE THE WIND WILL 
  DIMINISH. 

* IMPACTS: FROST WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION...WITH 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES KILLING UNPROTECTED 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 ADVISORY 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.

&&

$$
039 
WWUS73 KEAX 181946
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
246 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...GROWING SEASON TO END BY THURSDAY MORNING...

.THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD INTO
MISSOURI AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. A WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED OVER ALL BUT
EASTERN MISSOURI TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A HARD FREEZE THURSDAY
MORNING.

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>006-011>015-020>023-028>031-037>039-
043>045-053-054-190545-
/O.CON.KEAX.FR.Y.0003.111019T0900Z-111019T1300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-HOLT-
ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-
LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
246 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...PATCHY FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 4 AM 
  WEDNESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 65...AND 
  CONTINUE THROUGH AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER DAYBREAK. 

* TEMPERATURE: WEDNESDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 
  FROM AROUND 30 DEGREE IN FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI...TO THE MID 
  30S ALONG HIGHWAY 65. FROST WILL BE MOST PREVALENT IN THE 
  RIVER VALLEYS AND OTHER SHELTERED AREAS WHERE THE WIND WILL 
  DIMINISH. 

* IMPACTS: FROST WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION...WITH 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES KILLING UNPROTECTED 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 ADVISORY 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.

&&

$$
765 
WWUS73 KEAX 190305
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1005 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...GROWING SEASON TO END BY THURSDAY MORNING...

.THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD INTO
MISSOURI AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. CLEAR SKIES AND VERY CHILLY AIR HEADING SOUTH
COMBINED WITH LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE...AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL BUT EASTERN
MISSOURI TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A HARD FREEZE THURSDAY MORNING.

KSZ102-MOZ001>005-011>014-191115-
/O.UPG.KEAX.FR.Y.0003.111019T0900Z-111019T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KEAX.FZ.W.0001.111019T0600Z-111019T1300Z/
DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-DAVIESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT
1005 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM
CDT WEDNESDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...WHILE A FEW LOCATIONS MAY SEE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS
  EARLY AS SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...MOST AREAS WEST OF AN EAGLEVILLE
  TO GALLATIN LINE AND NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 36 WILL LIKELY
  EXPERIENCE SEVERAL HOURS OF THOSE CONDITIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 AM.

* TEMPERATURE: OVERNIGHT READINGS WILL LIKELY BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH
  ACROSS THE FREEZING MARK AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH WEDNESDAY
  MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES FINALLY ENDING AROUND 30 DEGREES. SOME
  SHELTERED AND LOW LYING AREAS COULD SEE READINGS FALL INTO THE
  UPPER 20S. 

* IMPACTS: SEVERAL HOURS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD KILL
  UNPROTECTED VEGETATION...WHILE SEVERAL HOURS OF TEMPERATURES IN THE
  UPPER 20S WILL FREEZE THE WATER IN MOST PLANTS AND EFFECTIVELY END
  THEIR GROWING SEASON.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ006-015-020>023-028>031-037>039-043>045-
053-054-191115-
/O.CON.KEAX.FR.Y.0003.111019T0900Z-111019T1300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-MERCER-
GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-
CARROLL-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-BATES-
HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...PRINCETON...TRENTON...
ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...
PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...
RICHMOND...CARROLLTON...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...LEXINGTON...
CONCORDIA...MARSHALL...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...SEDALIA...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
1005 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...PATCHY FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 4 AM WEDNESDAY
  MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER DAYBREAK.

* TEMPERATURE: WEDNESDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE
  LOWER 30S OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE
  MID 30S ALONG HIGHWAY 65. FROST WILL BE MOST PREVALENT IN THE RIVER
  VALLEYS AND OTHER SHELTERED AREAS WHERE THE WIND WILL DIMINISH.

* IMPACTS: FROST WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION...WITH 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES KILLING UNPROTECTED 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 ADVISORY 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.

&&

$$

MJ
064 
WWUS73 KEAX 190915
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
415 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...GROWING SEASON TO END BY THURSDAY MORNING FOR MOST AND FRIDAY
MORNING FOR EASTERN MISSOURI...

.THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD INTO
MISSOURI AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. CLEAR SKIES AND VERY CHILLY AIR HEADING SOUTH
COMBINED WITH DIMINISHING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE...AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL BUT EASTERN
MISSOURI TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A HARD FREEZE THURSDAY MORNING.

KSZ102-MOZ001>005-011>014-191715-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FZ.W.0002.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
/O.CON.KEAX.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111019T1300Z/
DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-DAVIESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT
415 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT NORTHEAST
KANSAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING.
A FREEZE WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

* TIMING...WHILE A FEW LOCATIONS MAY SEE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES
  THIS MORNING...MOST AREAS WEST OF AN EAGLEVILLE TO GALLATIN LINE
  AND NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 36 WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE A MORE
  WIDESPREAD HARD KILLING FREEZE AFTER 1 AM THURSDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: OVERNIGHT READINGS WILL LIKELY BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH
  ACROSS THE FREEZING MARK EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH SOME AREAS
  SEEING TEMPERATURES WARM AS CLOUDS MOVE IN FROM THE EAST. A MORE
  WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING AS READINGS
  FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S.

* IMPACTS: SEVERAL HOURS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD KILL 
  UNPROTECTED VEGETATION...WHILE SEVERAL HOURS OF TEMPERATURES 
  IN THE UPPER 20S WILL FREEZE THE WATER IN MOST PLANTS AND 
  EFFECTIVELY END THEIR GROWING SEASON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ020>022-028>030-037-038-043-044-053-054-
191715-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FZ.W.0002.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
/O.CON.KEAX.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111019T1300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...
HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
415 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
8 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

* TIMING...PATCHY FROST IS EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
  HOURS. A MORE WIDESPREAD KILLING HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED THURSDAY
  MORNING.

* TEMPERATURE: WEDNESDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE
  LOWER 30S OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS TO THE
  MID 30S ALONG HIGHWAY 65. FROST WILL BE MOST PREVALENT IN THE RIVER
  VALLEYS AND OTHER SHELTERED AREAS WHERE THE WIND WILL DIMINISH.
  TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S
  EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN A HARD FREEZE.

* IMPACTS: FROST WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION...WITH 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES KILLING UNPROTECTED 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 ADVISORY 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.

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

MOZ006-015-023-031-039-045-191715-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FR.Y.0004.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
/O.CON.KEAX.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111019T1300Z/
MERCER-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-CARROLL-SALINE-PETTIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...CHILLICOTHE...
CARROLLTON...MARSHALL...SEDALIA
415 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT
THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING...PATCHY FROST IS EXPECTED TO FORM MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 65
  THIS MORNING THROUGH 8 AM...BUT WILL BE LIMITED AS CLOUDS CONTINUE
  TO INCREASE FROM THE EAST. CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO THIN OUT EARLY
  THURSDAY MORNING...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOW TO
  MID 30S WITH AREAS OF FROST ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPING.

* TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES MAY REBOUND INTO THE UPPER 30S EARLY THIS
  MORNING AS CLOUD COVER INCREASES. FROST WILL BE MOST PREVALENT IN
  THE RIVER VALLEYS AND OTHER SHELTERED AREAS WHERE THE WIND WILL
  DIMINISH. A BETTER CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED EARLY
  THURSDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S.

* IMPACTS: FROST WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION...WITH
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES KILLING UNPROTECTED 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 ADVISORY 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.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-032-033-040-046-191715-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FR.Y.0004.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-
HOWARD-COOPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
BOONVILLE
415 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM
CDT THURSDAY. 

* TIMING: AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING FOR AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 65. 

* TEMPERATURES: CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER
  MIDNIGHT THURSDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIMINISHING WINDS. THIS SHOULD
  ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S WITH AREAS
  OF FROST DEVELOPING.

* IMPACTS: FROST WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION...WITH 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES KILLING UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

BOOKBINDER
078 
WWUS73 KEAX 191259
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
759 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...GROWING SEASON TO END BY THURSDAY MORNING FOR MOST AND FRIDAY
MORNING FOR EASTERN MISSOURI...

.THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD INTO
MISSOURI AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. CLEAR SKIES AND VERY CHILLY AIR HEADING SOUTH
COMBINED WITH DIMINISHING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN SUB-
FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST
AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE
TONIGHT...RESULTING IN A HARD FREEZE THURSDAY MORNING.


KSZ102-MOZ001>005-011>014-192100-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111019T1300Z/
/O.CON.KEAX.FZ.W.0002.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-DAVIESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE... GRANT
CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT
759 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

* TIMING...MOST AREAS WEST OF AN EAGLEVILLE TO GALLATIN LINE AND
  NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 36 WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE A WIDESPREAD HARD
  KILLING FREEZE AFTER 1 AM THURSDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES: A MORE WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED THURSDAY
  MORNING AS READINGS FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S.

* IMPACTS: SEVERAL HOURS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD KILL
  UNPROTECTED VEGETATION...WHILE SEVERAL HOURS OF TEMPERATURES IN THE
  UPPER 20S WILL FREEZE THE WATER IN MOST PLANTS AND EFFECTIVELY END
  THEIR GROWING SEASON.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

KSZ025-057-060-103>105-MOZ020>022-028>030-037-038-043-044-053-054-
192100-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111019T1300Z/
/O.CON.KEAX.FZ.W.0002.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-CASS-
JOHNSON MO-BATES-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...
HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
LEXINGTON...CONCORDIA...RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...
WARRENSBURG...BUTLER...RICH HILL...CLINTON
759 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. 


* TIMING...A WIDESPREAD KILLING HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED THURSDAY
  MORNING.

* TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S
  AND LOWER 30S EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN A HARD FREEZE.

* IMPACTS: FROST WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION...WITH 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES KILLING UNPROTECTED 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 ADVISORY 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.

&&



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

MOZ006-015-023-031-039-045-192100-
/O.CAN.KEAX.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-111019T1300Z/
/O.CON.KEAX.FR.Y.0004.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
MERCER-GRUNDY-LIVINGSTON-CARROLL-SALINE-PETTIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...TRENTON...CHILLICOTHE...
CARROLLTON...MARSHALL...SEDALIA
759 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. 


* TIMING...CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO THIN OUT EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S
  WITH AREAS OF FROST ONCE AGAIN DEVELOPING.

* TEMPERATURE: A MORE WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED
  EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S.

* IMPACTS: FROST WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION...WITH 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES KILLING UNPROTECTED 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 ADVISORY 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.

&&


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

MOZ007-008-016-017-024-025-032-033-040-046-192100-
/O.CON.KEAX.FR.Y.0004.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-LINN MO-MACON-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-
HOWARD-COOPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...
SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY...FAYETTE...NEW FRANKLIN...
BOONVILLE
759 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING: AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY 
  MORNING FOR AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 65. 

* TEMPERATURES: CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER 
  MIDNIGHT THURSDAY MORNING ALONG WITH DIMINISHING WINDS. THIS 
  SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S 
  WITH AREAS OF FROST DEVELOPING. 

* IMPACTS: FROST WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION...WITH 
  SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES KILLING UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

ACH

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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Oct 18, 3:13 AM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 3:13 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
313 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

.DISCUSSION...

Recent water vapor imagery shows two distinct troughs over north
central KS and southwest MO beginning to phase early this morning.
This process will accelerate as upstream jet streak entering the
central High Plains enters the primary trough later this morning. As
expected, realization of instability and strong baroclinity over the
Ozarks became the dominant feature last evening, leading to a rapid
dissipation of precipitation over nrn MO. There are some hints of
deformation light rain development over NW MO, but expect only trace
to 0.01 amounts at most from this activity before it too dissipates.

Extensive cloud cover has kept temperatures up this evening, but do
not expect much of an improvement today as low level cold advection
and cloud cover persist. As mid level circulation over the NE/KS
border translates eastward this morning, skies may briefly clear for
a period, or give way to more scattered high clouds associated with
the upstream jet streak. However, secondary vort lobe diving south
from Minnesota will delivery more substantial low level moisture
(4-6kft) by mid afternoon. It's this feature that plays into
vegetation concerns tonight.

The GFS remains more aggressive with the depth and western extent of
the moisture arriving from the north this afternoon, although it is
present in the NAM and other solutions. Where overcast skies persist
tonight, especially over the eastern CWA, frost will remain
unlikely. Even where temperatures fall to around the freezing mark
over the western CWA, the frost scenario may also not pan out owing
to the presence of dry boundary layer air and persistent winds
around 10 mph. Erring on the side of caution, will issue a frost
advisory (4-8AM Wednesday) for areas generally along and west of
highway 65. A near certain end to the agricultural season will occur
Thursday morning as clearing skies and diminishing winds lead to a
more optimal scenario for a killing hard freeze or heavy frost.

As the deep vortex lifts to the northeast by late week, and upper
ridging restrengthens over the SW United States, the upper flow
pattern will all but solidify an extended period of dry weather for
the region. This does not bode well for the many areas from Kansas
City eastward that received little to no measurable rain yesterday.
A weak shortwave trough will pass through the area on Sunday, but
moisture looks much too meager to support measurable precipitation
at this time.

Otherwise, building heights and a gradual modification of a
sprawling surface ridge will lead to a slow moderation of
temperatures Friday through Sunday, with a more aggressive warmup
expected Monday as shortwave energy pushing across the intermountain
west drives the upper ridge eastward across the Plains. Given the
strong agreement of the upper flow pattern among the medium range
solutions and ensembles, there is enough confidence to bump
consensus temperatures upwards a few degrees Monday into the low-mid
70s.

&&

.AVIATION...

For the 06Z TAFs...area of light rain from sern NE through central
KS is tied to the upper level trough axis and associated vorticity
max. While short range models gradually dissipate this rain as it
moves east as downglide dominates believe there remains sufficient
saturation through the mid levels for sprinkles/light rain to fall
at all 3 terminals, nothing worse than getting the pavement barely
wet.

Otherwise, VFR conditions will prevail with back edge of clearing
reaching the terminals shortly after sunrise. Expect to see breezy
conditions develop by mid morning and last through the afternoon due
to favorable mixing of stronger winds down to the surface.

MJ

&&

.EAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FROST ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR MOZ001>006-
     011>015-020>023-028>031-037>039-043>045-053-054.

KS...FROST ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ025-057-
     060-102>105.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 17, 6:56 PM CDT, 8 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
656 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-181115-
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS-
ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-
HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-
COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
656 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS EVENING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A PAOLA KANSAS TO
MOBERLY LINE. ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE PEA-SIZE HAIL NO
SEVERE WEATHER IS FORECAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY...AND FRIDAY MORNINGS. SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES
WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA...ESSENTIALLY ENDING THE GROWING SEASON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MJ

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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.