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Frost Advisory 7, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 12, 20216 counties in Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this frost advisory at May 12, 2021, 1:36 PM CDT for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 13, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2021, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
In effect from
May 13, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 13, 2021, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
8 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 18:41 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, 6.6 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 2021-05-12Temperature 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 2021-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
1721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

000 
WWUS73 KARX 121836
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
136 PM CDT Wed May 12 2021

WIZ017-029-034-042>044-130245-
/O.NEW.KARX.FR.Y.0007.210513T0500Z-210513T1300Z/
Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-
Including the cities of Medford, Neillsville, Black River Falls, 
Sparta, Tomah, Mauston, and Friendship
136 PM CDT Wed May 12 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 30 to 35 will result in frost 
  formation.

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

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM CDT Thursday.

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


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Zapotocny
2 follow-up statements
416 
WWUS73 KARX 130211
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
911 PM CDT Wed May 12 2021

WIZ017-029-034-042>044-131300-
/O.CON.KARX.FR.Y.0007.210513T0500Z-210513T1300Z/
Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-
Including the cities of Medford, Neillsville, Black River Falls, 
Sparta, Tomah, Mauston, and Friendship
911 PM CDT Wed May 12 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 30 to 35 will result in frost 
  formation.

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

* WHEN...Through 8 AM CDT Thursday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Boyne
794 
WWUS73 KARX 131230
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
730 AM CDT Thu May 13 2021

WIZ017-029-034-042>044-131330-
/O.CAN.KARX.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-210513T1300Z/
Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-
Including the cities of Medford, Neillsville, Black River Falls, 
Sparta, Tomah, Mauston, and Friendship
730 AM CDT Thu May 13 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Temperatures have warmed into the upper 30s and 40s, therefore, 
the frost advisory has been cancelled.

$$

Zapotocny

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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.