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Frost Advisory 11, NWS La Crosse, WI

October 17, 20216 counties in Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this frost advisory at Oct 17, 2021, 2:26 PM CDT for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 18, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2021, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 18, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 18, 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 19:29 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, 7.4 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 2021-10-17Temperature 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 2021-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

045 
WWUS73 KARX 171926
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
226 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

WIZ017-029-034-042>044-181300-
/O.NEW.KARX.FR.Y.0011.211018T0700Z-211018T1300Z/
Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-
Including the cities of Medford, Neillsville, Black River Falls, 
Sparta, Tomah, Mauston, and Friendship
226 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures dipping into the upper 20s to middle 30s
  will result in frost formation.

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

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
696 
WWUS73 KARX 180604
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
104 AM CDT Mon Oct 18 2021

WIZ017-029-034-042>044-181300-
/O.CON.KARX.FR.Y.0011.211018T0700Z-211018T1300Z/
Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-
Including the cities of Medford, Neillsville, Black River Falls, 
Sparta, Tomah, Mauston, and Friendship
104 AM CDT Mon Oct 18 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures will range from the upper 20s to middle 30s
  early this morning. This 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.

&&

$$

Boyne
349 
WWUS73 KARX 181259
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
759 AM CDT Mon Oct 18 2021

WIZ017-029-034-042>044-181400-
/O.EXP.KARX.FR.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-211018T1300Z/
Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-
Including the cities of Medford, Neillsville, Black River Falls, 
Sparta, Tomah, Mauston, and Friendship
759 AM CDT Mon Oct 18 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

Temperatures will quickly warm through the 30s into the 40s,
therefore the frost advisory will be allowed to expire.

$$

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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.