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Frost Advisory 9, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 22, 20216 counties in Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this frost advisory at Sep 22, 2021, 2:07 PM CDT for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Sep 23, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2021, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 23, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 23, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
7 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 19:05 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, 7.1 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 2021-09-22Temperature 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 2021-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -144 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
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

398 
WWUS73 KARX 221907
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
207 PM CDT Wed Sep 22 2021

WIZ017-029-034-042>044-231300-
/O.NEW.KARX.FR.Y.0009.210923T0600Z-210923T1300Z/
Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-
Including the cities of Medford, Neillsville, Black River Falls, 
Sparta, Tomah, Mauston, and Friendship
207 PM CDT Wed Sep 22 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...

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

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

* WHEN...From 1 AM 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.

&&

$$

Kurz
2 follow-up statements
783 
WWUS73 KARX 230935
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
435 AM CDT Thu Sep 23 2021

WIZ017-029-034-042>044-231300-
/O.CON.KARX.FR.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-210923T1300Z/
Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-
Including the cities of Medford, Neillsville, Black River Falls, 
Sparta, Tomah, Mauston, and Friendship
435 AM CDT Thu Sep 23 2021

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

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

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

* WHEN...Until 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.

&&

$$
221 
WWUS73 KARX 231302
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
802 AM CDT Thu Sep 23 2021

WIZ017-029-034-042>044-231415-
/O.EXP.KARX.FR.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-210923T1300Z/
Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-
Including the cities of Medford, Neillsville, Black River Falls, 
Sparta, Tomah, Mauston, and Friendship
802 AM CDT Thu Sep 23 2021

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Temperatures have warmed into the mid to upper 30s in most areas,
so the Frost Advisory was allowed to expire.

$$

Boyne

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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.