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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Jackson, KY

April 4, 201533 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this frost advisory at Apr 4, 2015, 3:33 AM EDT for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 5, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2015, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 5, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2015, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

All 33 counties

Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 579 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Apr 4, 1:33 AM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 1:33 AM EDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 12:02 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 9:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	61 min
Apr 3, 9:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Elliott	4 hr
Apr 3, 9:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry and 1 more	55 min
Apr 4, 7:58 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Magoffin	12 hr
Apr 4, 8:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Martin, Pike	8 hr
Apr 4, 8:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Johnson	8 hr
Apr 4, 9:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	24 hr
Apr 4, 9:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Rowan	8 hr
Apr 4, 3:07 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	41 hr
Apr 4, 3:37 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 24 more	17 hr

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.