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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Springfield, MO

April 11, 20129 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this frost advisory at Apr 11, 2012, 3:39 AM CDT for 9 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Apr 12, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2012, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 12, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Dent County, MO, Howell County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-04-11Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
2379 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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.

881 
WWUS73 KSGF 110839
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
339 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...PATCHY FROST LIKELY EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT ACROSS
THE EASTERN OZARKS...

.A CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDING SOUTH INTO THE
REGION WILL BRING A COLDER AIR MASS INTO MUCH OF THE OZARKS. PATCHY
FROST WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE COLDER VALLEYS AND
SHELTER AREAS.

MOZ057-058-070-071-082-083-098-112100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FR.Y.0002.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120411T1300Z/
MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-TEXAS-DENT-SHANNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...HOUSTON...CABOOL...
SALEM...WINONA...EMINENCE
339 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 AM
  AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 30S. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN EARLY
  THURSDAY MORNING EAST OF A LINE FROM ELDON...TO HOUSTON...TO
  WEST PLAINS.

* TEMPERATURE...PATCHY FROST WILL LIKELY DEVELOP EARLY THIS
  MORNING AND AGAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES FALL
  INTO THE MIDDLE 30S. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FROST WILL BE IN THE
  COLDER VALLEYS AND OTHER WIND PROTECTED AREAS.

  TEMPERATURES IN SOME OF THE COLDER VALLEYS COULD FALL TO THE
  FREEZING MARK...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED WARMTH THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH RESULTED IN
  AN EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON THIS SPRING. THE EARLY
  PLANT GROWTH WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FROST. SENSITIVE
  PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

MOZ097-106-112100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FR.Y.0002.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
HOWELL-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST PLAINS...THAYER...ALTON
339 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PATCHY FROST WILL LIKELY DEVELOP
  LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN
  OZARKS...OR EAST OF A LINE FROM ELDON...TO HOUSTON...TO WEST
  PLAINS.

* TEMPERATURE...PATCHY FROST WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND
  EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S.
  THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FROST WILL BE IN THE COLDER VALLEYS AND
  OTHER WIND PROTECTED AREAS.

  TEMPERATURES IN SOME OF THE COLDER VALLEYS COULD FALL TO THE
  FREEZING MARK THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED WARMTH THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH RESULTED IN
  AN EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON THIS SPRING. THE EARLY
  PLANT GROWTH WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FROST. SENSITIVE
  PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

MOZ055-056-069-081-092-111300-
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120411T1300Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-CAMDEN-LACLEDE-WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LEBANON...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD
339 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 AM
  AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 30S. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EARLY THIS MORNING EAST OF A LINE
  FROM WARSAW...TO LEBANON...TO HARTVILLE.

* TEMPERATURE...PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING
  AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 30S. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FROST
  WILL BE IN THE COLDER VALLEYS AND OTHER WIND PROTECTED AREAS.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED WARMTH THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH RESULTED IN
  AN EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON THIS SPRING. THE EARLY
  PLANT GROWTH WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FROST. SENSITIVE
  PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

FOSTER
6 follow-up statements
601 
WWUS73 KSGF 111236
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
736 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...PATCHY FROST LIKELY AGAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE
EASTERN OZARKS...

.A CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDING SOUTH INTO THE
REGION WILL BRING A COLDER AIR MASS INTO MUCH OF THE OZARKS.
PATCHY FROST WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE COLDER VALLEYS
AND WIND PROTECTED AREAS.

MOZ057-058-070-071-082-083-098-112100-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120411T1300Z/
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0002.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-TEXAS-DENT-SHANNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...HOUSTON...CABOOL...
SALEM...WINONA...EMINENCE
736 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 40S BY MID
  MORNING BRINGING AN END TO THE RISK OF FROST THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EARLY THURSDAY MORNING EAST OF A
  LINE FROM ELDON...TO HOUSTON...TO WEST PLAINS.

* TEMPERATURE...PATCHY FROST WILL LIKELY DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S. THE HIGHEST
  RISK FOR FROST WILL BE IN THE COLDER VALLEYS AND OTHER WIND
  PROTECTED AREAS.

  TEMPERATURES IN SOME OF THE COLDER VALLEYS COULD FALL TO THE  
  FREEZING MARK.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED WARMTH THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH RESULTED IN
  AN EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON THIS SPRING. THE EARLY
  PLANT GROWTH WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FROST. SENSITIVE
  PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

MOZ055-056-069-081-092-111345-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120411T1300Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-CAMDEN-LACLEDE-WRIGHT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LEBANON...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD
736 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 40S BY MID MORNING BRINGING AN END
TO THE RISK OF FROST THIS MORNING.

$$

MOZ097-106-112100-
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0002.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
HOWELL-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST PLAINS...THAYER...ALTON
736 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PATCHY FROST WILL LIKELY DEVELOP EARLY
  THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS...OR EAST OF A LINE
  FROM ELDON...TO HOUSTON...TO WEST PLAINS.

* TEMPERATURE...PATCHY FROST WILL LIKELY DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY
  MORNING AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S. THE HIGHEST
  RISK FOR FROST WILL BE IN THE COLDER VALLEYS AND OTHER WIND
  PROTECTED AREAS.

  TEMPERATURES IN SOME OF THE COLDER VALLEYS COULD FALL TO THE 
  FREEZING MARK THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED WARMTH THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH RESULTED IN
  AN EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON THIS SPRING. THE EARLY
  PLANT GROWTH WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FROST. SENSITIVE
  PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

FOSTER
534 
WWUS73 KSGF 111322
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
822 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...PATCHY FROST LIKELY AGAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE
EASTERN OZARKS...

.A CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDING SOUTH INTO THE
REGION WILL BRING A COLDER AIR MASS INTO MUCH OF THE OZARKS.
PATCHY FROST WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE COLDER VALLEYS
AND WIND PROTECTED AREAS OF THE EASTERN OZARKS.

MOZ057-058-070-071-082-083-097-098-106-120100-
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0002.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-TEXAS-DENT-HOWELL-SHANNON-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...HOUSTON...CABOOL...
SALEM...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...THAYER...ALTON
822 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PATCHY FROST WILL LIKELY DEVELOP
  EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS...OR EAST OF A
  LINE FROM ELDON...TO HOUSTON...TO WEST PLAINS.

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE
  30S ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FROST WILL
  BE IN THE COLDER VALLEYS AND OTHER WIND PROTECTED AREAS.

  TEMPERATURES IN SOME OF THE COLDER VALLEYS COULD BRIEFLY FALL TO
  THE FREEZING MARK THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED WARMTH THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH RESULTED
  IN AN EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON THIS SPRING. THE EARLY
  PLANT GROWTH WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FROST. SENSITIVE
  PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

GAGAN
117 
WWUS73 KSGF 112027
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
327 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...PATCHY FROST LIKELY AGAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE
EASTERN OZARKS...

.A CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDING SOUTH INTO THE
REGION WILL BRING A COLDER AIR MASS INTO MUCH OF THE OZARKS.
PATCHY FROST WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE COLDER VALLEYS
AND WIND PROTECTED AREAS OF THE EASTERN OZARKS.

MOZ057-058-070-071-082-083-097-098-106-120830-
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0002.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-TEXAS-DENT-HOWELL-SHANNON-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...HOUSTON...CABOOL...
SALEM...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...THAYER...ALTON
327 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PATCHY FROST WILL LIKELY DEVELOP EARLY
  THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS...OR EAST OF A LINE
  FROM ELDON...TO HOUSTON...TO WEST PLAINS.

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S
  ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FROST WILL BE IN
  THE COLDER VALLEYS AND OTHER WIND PROTECTED AREAS.

  TEMPERATURES IN SOME OF THE COLDER VALLEYS COULD BRIEFLY FALL
  TO THE FREEZING MARK THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED WARMTH THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH RESULTED
  IN AN EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON THIS SPRING. THE EARLY PLANT
  GROWTH WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FROST. SENSITIVE
  PLANTS AND VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

CRAMER
297 
WWUS73 KSGF 120028
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
728 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...PATCHY AREAS OF FROST LIKELY AGAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS...

.UNSEASONABLY COOL HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR AND JUST EAST OF
THE MISSOURI OZARKS WILL KEEP COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN
PLACE OVER THE REGION WITH LOWS EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 30S. 

MOZ057-058-070-071-082-083-097-098-106-121230-
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0002.120412T0800Z-120412T1300Z/
MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-TEXAS-DENT-HOWELL-SHANNON-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...HOUSTON...CABOOL...
SALEM...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...THAYER...ALTON
728 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PATCHY FROST WILL LIKELY DEVELOP
  EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS...OR EAST OF A
  LINE FROM ELDON...TO HOUSTON...TO WEST PLAINS.

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE
  30S. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FROST WILL BE IN THE COLDER VALLEYS
  AND OTHER WIND PROTECTED AREAS. TEMPERATURES IN SOME OF THE
  COLDER VALLEYS COULD BRIEFLY FALL TO THE FREEZING MARK THURSDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED WARMTH THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH RESULTED
  IN AN EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON. THE EARLY PLANT GROWTH
  WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FROST. SENSITIVE PLANTS AND
  VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

DSA
907 
WWUS73 KSGF 121144
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
644 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012


MOZ057-058-070-071-082-083-097-098-106-121300-
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120412T1300Z/
MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-TEXAS-DENT-HOWELL-SHANNON-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...HOUSTON...CABOOL...
SALEM...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...THAYER...ALTON
644 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PATCHY FROST WILL IMPACT THE EASTERN
  OZARKS...OR EAST OF AN ELDON...TO HOUSTON...TO WEST PLAINS LINE
  THIS MORNING.

* TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE
  30S THROUGH 8 AM. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR FROST WILL BE IN THE
  COLDER VALLEYS AND OTHER WIND PROTECTED AREAS. TEMPERATURES IN
  SOME OF THE COLDER VALLEYS COULD FALL BELOW FREEZING.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED WARMTH THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH RESULTED IN
  AN EARLY START TO THE GROWING SEASON. THE EARLY PLANT GROWTH
  WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FROST. SENSITIVE PLANTS AND
  VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

FOSTER
932 
WWUS73 KSGF 121303
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
803 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012


MOZ057-058-070-071-082-083-097-098-106-121415-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120412T1300Z/
MILLER-MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-TEXAS-DENT-HOWELL-SHANNON-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...HOUSTON...CABOOL...
SALEM...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...THAYER...ALTON
803 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

TEMPERATURES WILL RISE THROUGH THE MORNING BRINGING AN END TO THE
RISK OF FROST.



$$

FOSTER

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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.