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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 8, 2021Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this frost advisory at May 8, 2021, 3:36 AM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 9, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2021, 3:36 AM EDT (07:36 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 9, 2021, 6:23 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:37 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-05-08Temperature 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2021-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

476 
WWUS71 KCLE 080736
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
336 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

PAZ002-003-081545-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.210509T0400Z-210509T1200Z/
Southern Erie-Crawford-
Including the cities of Edinboro, Corry, Union City, Meadville, 
and Titusville
336 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Southern Erie and Crawford Counties.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://www.weather.gov/cle
5 follow-up statements
155 
WWUS71 KCLE 081332
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
932 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

PAZ002-003-082145-
/O.CON.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.210509T0400Z-210509T1200Z/
Southern Erie-Crawford-
Including the cities of Edinboro, Corry, Union City, Meadville, 
and Titusville
932 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
EDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Crawford and Southern Erie Counties.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://www.weather.gov/cle
290 
WWUS71 KCLE 081917
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
317 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

PAZ002-003-090330-
/O.CON.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.210509T0400Z-210509T1200Z/
Southern Erie-Crawford-
Including the cities of Edinboro, Corry, Union City, Meadville, 
and Titusville
317 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
EDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Crawford and Southern Erie Counties.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://www.weather.gov/cle
805 
WWUS71 KCLE 090251
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1051 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

PAZ002-003-091100-
/O.CON.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.210509T0400Z-210509T1200Z/
Southern Erie-Crawford-
Including the cities of Edinboro, Corry, Union City, Meadville, 
and Titusville
1051 PM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...

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

* WHERE...Crawford and Southern Erie Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://www.weather.gov/cle
659 
WWUS71 KCLE 090707
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
307 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021

PAZ002-003-091200-
/O.CON.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210509T1200Z/
Southern Erie-Crawford-
Including the cities of Edinboro, Corry, Union City, Meadville, 
and Titusville
307 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Crawford and Southern Erie Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT 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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://www.weather.gov/cle
233 
WWUS71 KCLE 091023
NPWCLE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
623 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021

PAZ002-003-091130-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210509T1200Z/
Southern Erie-Crawford-
Including the cities of Edinboro, Corry, Union City, Meadville, 
and Titusville
623 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Increasing temperatures, clouds, and winds this morning have 
allowed for conditions to become unfavorable for frost 
development. Therefore, the frost advisory has been cancelled 
early.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
http://www.weather.gov/cle

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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.