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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 7, 20127 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this frost advisory at Apr 7, 2012, 3:21 PM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 8, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2012, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 8, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2012-04-07Temperature 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 2012-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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.

648 
WWUS71 KCLE 071921
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
321 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012

.MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE MID 30S. THIS WILL ALLOW AREAS OF
FROST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT.

OHZ013-014-021>023-032-033-PAZ002-003-080330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.120408T0600Z-120408T1300Z/
GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-STARK-MAHONING-
SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARDON...JEFFERSON...AKRON...RAVENNA...
WARREN...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
321 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE MID 30S.

* TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED.

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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
033 
WWUS71 KCLE 080117
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
917 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012

.AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES DIP INTO THE MID 30S.

OHZ013-014-021>023-032-033-PAZ002-003-080930-
/O.CON.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.120408T0600Z-120408T1300Z/
GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-STARK-MAHONING-
SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARDON...JEFFERSON...AKRON...RAVENNA...
WARREN...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
917 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S.

* TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH DAYBREAK SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
528 
WWUS71 KCLE 080733
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
333 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012

.AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES DIP INTO THE MID 30S.

OHZ013-021-022-032-080845-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120408T1300Z/
GEAUGA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-STARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARDON...AKRON...RAVENNA...CANTON
333 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CANCELLED THE FROST
ADVISORY. 

CLOUDS HAVE INCREASED CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE SO THE
FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER NEEDED.

$$

OHZ014-023-033-PAZ002-003-081300-
/O.CON.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120408T1300Z/
ASHTABULA INLAND-TRUMBULL-MAHONING-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...WARREN...YOUNGSTOWN...
EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
333 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* TEMPERATURES...33 TO 37.

* TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
318 
WWUS71 KCLE 081238
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
838 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012


OHZ014-023-033-PAZ002-003-081345-
/O.EXP.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120408T1300Z/
ASHTABULA INLAND-TRUMBULL-MAHONING-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JEFFERSON...WARREN...YOUNGSTOWN...
EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
838 AM EDT SUN APR 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...


$$

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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.