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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD

September 12, 201412 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this frost advisory at Sep 12, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT for 12 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 13, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 13, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 13, 2014, 8:52 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 314 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.