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Frost Advisory 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this frost advisory at May 4, 2016, 2:57 AM CDT for 10 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 5, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2016, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Adams County, WI, Clark County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
743 WWUS73 KARX 040757 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 257 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... .THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT WILL LEAD TO FROST DEVELOPMENT IN THE FAVORED COLDER VALLEYS AND BOGS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS FROST COULD DAMAGE OR KILL FROST SENSITIVE PLANTS. WIZ017-029-034-042>044-041600- /O.NEW.KARX.FR.Y.0002.160505T0600Z-160505T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...FRIENDSHIP 257 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. * THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS FROST COULD DAMAGE OR KILL FROST SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ BOYNE
5 follow-up statements
045 WWUS73 KARX 041519 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1019 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO FROST DEVELOPMENT IN THE FAVORED COLDER VALLEYS AND BOGS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THIS FROST COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS. WIZ017-029-034-042>044-050000- /O.CON.KARX.FR.Y.0002.160505T0600Z-160505T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...FRIENDSHIP 1019 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM. * THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP. THIS FROST COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ LAWRENCE
848 WWUS73 KARX 042007 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 307 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT... .THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL LEAD TO FROST DEVELOPMENT IN THE FAVORED COLDER VALLEYS AND BOGS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THIS FROST COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS. WIZ033-051200- /O.EXA.KARX.FR.Y.0002.160505T0600Z-160505T1200Z/ TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCADIA...WHITEHALL 307 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM. * THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP. THIS FROST COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ WIZ017-029-034-042>044-051200- /O.CON.KARX.FR.Y.0002.160505T0600Z-160505T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...FRIENDSHIP 307 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM. * THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP. THIS FROST COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ LAWRENCE
870 WWUS73 KARX 050204 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 904 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED TONIGHT... .FROST WILL FORM OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S ALLOWING THE FROST TO FORM. TENDER VEGETATION SHOULD BE PROTECTED. WIZ041-053-055-051015- /O.EXA.KARX.FR.Y.0002.160505T0600Z-160505T1200Z/ LA CROSSE-VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 904 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S TONIGHT...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM. * THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP. THIS FROST COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ WIZ017-029-033-034-042>044-051015- /O.CON.KARX.FR.Y.0002.160505T0600Z-160505T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...ARCADIA... WHITEHALL...BLACK RIVER FALLS...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... FRIENDSHIP 904 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S TONIGHT...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM. * THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP. THIS FROST COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ 04
634 WWUS73 KARX 050802 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 302 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...AREAS OF EXPECTED FROST EARLY THIS MORNING... .TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S EARLY THIS MORNING IN WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS WILL CAUSE FROST TO DEVELOP...AND THIS FROST MAY DAMAGE OR KILL FROST SENSITIVE PLANTS. WIZ017-029-033-034-041>044-053-055-051200- /O.CON.KARX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160505T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...ARCADIA... WHITEHALL...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...FRIENDSHIP...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 302 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S EARLY THIS MORNING. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM. * THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FROST TO DEVELOP...AND THIS FROST COULD DAMAGE OR KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ BOYNE
840 WWUS73 KARX 051147 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 647 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... .TEMPERATURES WILL RISE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING NOW THAT THE SUN HAS RISEN....ALLOWING ANY FROST THAT DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT TO MELT. WIZ017-029-033-034-041>044-053-055-051300- /O.EXP.KARX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160505T1200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- VERNON-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...ARCADIA... WHITEHALL...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH... MAUSTON...FRIENDSHIP...VIROQUA...RICHLAND CENTER 647 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ARE STILL IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...BUT WILL RISE RAPIDLY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS ALLOWING THE FROST THREAT TO DIMINISH. AS A RESULT...THE FROST ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT. $$ ROGERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Monroe | 36 min |
| May 3, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | La Crosse | 41 min |
| May 3, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Crawford, Richland, Vernon | 61 min |
| May 3, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Grant | 55 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.