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Frost Advisory 10, NWS La Crosse, WI

October 16, 20216 counties in Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this frost advisory at Oct 16, 2021, 1:31 PM CDT for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 17, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 2021, 1:31 PM CDT (18:31 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 17, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 17, 2021, 8:00 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, Monroe County, WI, Taylor County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-10-16Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

315 
WWUS73 KARX 161831
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
131 PM CDT Sat Oct 16 2021

WIZ017-029-034-042>044-171300-
/O.NEW.KARX.FR.Y.0010.211017T0700Z-211017T1300Z/
Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-
Including the cities of Medford, Neillsville, Black River Falls, 
Sparta, Tomah, Mauston, and Friendship
131 PM CDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the low to mid 30s will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Taylor, Clark, Jackson, Monroe, Juneau and Adams 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM CDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left
  uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

JAR
1 follow-up statement
391 
WWUS73 KARX 170710
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
210 AM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

WIZ017-029-034-042>044-171300-
/O.CON.KARX.FR.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-211017T1300Z/
Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-
Including the cities of Medford, Neillsville, Black River Falls, 
Sparta, Tomah, Mauston, and Friendship
210 AM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the low to mid 30s will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Monroe, Juneau, Adams, Jackson, Clark and Taylor 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

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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.