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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Topeka, KS

September 22, 201215 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this frost advisory at Sep 22, 2012, 8:57 PM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 23, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2012, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 23, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 23, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 2012-09-23Temperature 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2012-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
2411 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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.

973 
WWUS73 KTOP 230157
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
857 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012

KSZ008>012-020>024-026-036-038>040-231300-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FR.Y.0002.120923T0800Z-120923T1300Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE
857 PM CDT SAT SEP 22 2012

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

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

* TEMPERATURE...SUNDAY MORNING LOWS BETWEEN 32 AND 36 DEGREES. 

* IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED IF LEFT
  UNPROTECTED. 

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.

&&

$$

WOLTERS
1 follow-up statement
253 
WWUS73 KTOP 231254
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
754 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2012


KSZ008>012-020>024-026-036-038>040-231400-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120923T1300Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-GEARY-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA...
CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE
754 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2012

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

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

AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO NEAR 40 DEGREES AT 8 AM THE FROST ADVISORY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 AM.



$$

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.