Alert archive / West Virginia / Frost Advisories in 2012
Frost Advisory 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this frost advisory at Apr 2, 2012, 2:33 PM EDT for 6 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 3, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2012, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
Counties Braxton County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Taylor County, WV
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
186 WWUS71 KRLX 021833 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 233 PM EDT MON APR 2 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... WVZ031-032-030245- /O.NEW.KRLX.FR.Y.0002.120403T0600Z-120403T1200Z/ HARRISON-TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON 233 PM EDT MON APR 2 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...TAYLOR AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
270 WWUS71 KRLX 030202 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1002 PM EDT MON APR 2 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... WVZ020-028>030-031015- /O.EXA.KRLX.FR.Y.0002.120403T0600Z-120403T1200Z/ DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST UNION...SUTTON...GASSAWAY... BURNSVILLE...GLENVILLE...WESTON 1002 PM EDT MON APR 2 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...TAYLOR AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ WVZ031-032-031015- /O.CON.KRLX.FR.Y.0002.120403T0600Z-120403T1200Z/ HARRISON-TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON 1002 PM EDT MON APR 2 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...TAYLOR AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
901 WWUS71 KRLX 030752 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 352 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... WVZ020-028>032-031200- /O.CON.KRLX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120403T1200Z/ DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST UNION...SUTTON...GASSAWAY... BURNSVILLE...FLATWOODS...GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON 352 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...DODDRIDGE...BRAXTON...GILMER...LEWIS...HARRISON AND TAYLOR COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED OR DAMAGED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
628 WWUS71 KRLX 031202 NPWRLX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 802 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 WVZ020-028>032-031315- /O.EXP.KRLX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120403T1200Z/ DODDRIDGE-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST UNION...SUTTON...GASSAWAY... BURNSVILLE...FLATWOODS...GLENVILLE...WESTON...CLARKSBURG... BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON 802 AM EDT TUE APR 3 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE FROST ADVISORY IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 1:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Wayne | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 1:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Logan, Wayne | 35 min |
Nearby
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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.