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Frost Advisory 7, NWS Charleston, WV

May 11, 2020Boone County, Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this frost advisory at May 11, 2020, 2:44 AM EDT for Boone County, Logan County, Mingo County, West Virginia. It took effect at May 12, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2020, 2:44 AM EDT (06:44 UTC)
In effect from
May 12, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 12, 2020, 8:05 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

Counties Boone County, WV, Logan County, WV, Mingo County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 239 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2020-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2020-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -79 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
1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at May 11, 2:39 AM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 2:39 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 9:10 AM EDT, 17 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Charleston WV
910 AM EDT Sun May 10 2020

VAZ003-004-WVZ013-015-016-018-020-024>031-033-034-515>517-519-111315-
Dickenson-Buchanan-Lincoln-Kanawha-Roane-Calhoun-Doddridge-Mingo-
Logan-Boone-Clay-Braxton-Gilmer-Lewis-Harrison-McDowell-Wyoming-
Northwest Raleigh-Southeast Raleigh-Northwest Fayette-
Northwest Nicholas-
910 AM EDT Sun May 10 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southwest Virginia, and
portions of central West Virginia, northern West Virginia,
southeast West Virginia and southern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Frost or freeze headlines may be necessary Monday night into Tuesday
morning.

Frost may occur again Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

WVZ032-039-040-518-520>522-524-525-111315-
Taylor-Upshur-Barbour-Southeast Fayette-Southeast Nicholas-
Northwest Webster-Southeast Webster-Southeast Pocahontas-
Northwest Randolph-
910 AM EDT Sun May 10 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central West
Virginia, northeast West Virginia, northern West Virginia and
southeast West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Frost or freeze headlines may be necessary again Monday night into
Tuesday morning and Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time..

WVZ523-526-111315-
Northwest Pocahontas-Southeast Randolph-
910 AM EDT Sun May 10 2020

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast West
Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Freeze Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Freeze Warning.

A Freeze Warning may be necessary again Tuesday night into Wednesday
morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

KYZ101>103-105-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ005>011-014-017-019-
111315-
Greenup-Carter-Boyd-Lawrence KY-Perry-Morgan-Athens-Washington-
Jackson OH-Vinton-Meigs-Gallia-Lawrence OH-Wayne-Cabell-Mason-
Jackson WV-Wood-Pleasants-Tyler-Putnam-Wirt-Ritchie-
910 AM EDT Sun May 10 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, southeast
Ohio, and portions of central West Virginia, northern West
Virginia, southern West Virginia and western West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon
into this evening. A few of the storms may contain strong to
damaging winds and small hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Frost or freeze headlines may be necessary again Monday night into
Tuesday morning.

Frost may occur again Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions by calling the toll-free spotter hotline, or by other
methods detailed at www.weather.gov/rlx/reports.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 9:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 8:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBoone, Logan, Mingo25 min
May 10, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 4 more36 min
May 10, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Braxton, Clay, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 4 more35 min
May 10, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXFayette, McDowell, Raleigh, Wyoming27 min
May 10, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBarbour, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Randolph, Taylor, Upshur and 1 more27 min
May 10, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXCalhoun, Jackson, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt23 min
May 10, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXPocahontas, Randolph26 min
May 10, 10:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXBraxton, Gilmer, Lewis, Upshur22 min
May 10, 8:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXGallia, Lawrence32 min
May 10, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXJackson, Meigs, Vinton35 min
May 10, 9:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXLawrence21 min
May 10, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXGreenup29 min
May 10, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRLXGreenup30 min

Nearby

Frost Advisories in West Virginia, 2020Every frost advisory in 2020

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.