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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 10, 20217 counties in Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Leavenworth County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this frost advisory at Apr 10, 2021, 3:02 PM CDT for 7 counties in Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Leavenworth County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 11, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2021, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 11, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 11, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2021-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2021-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

184 
WWUS73 KEAX 102002
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
302 PM CDT Sat Apr 10 2021

KSZ025-102-103-MOZ001>003-011-012-020-028-110415-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FR.Y.0002.210411T0600Z-210411T1300Z/
Atchison KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Holt-
Andrew-Buchanan-Platte-
Including the cities of Atchison, Wathena, Elwood, Troy, 
Highland, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Lansing, Tarkio, 
Rock Port, Fairfax, Maryville, Grant City, Mound City, Oregon, 
Maitland, Forest City, Craig, Savannah, Country Club Villa, 
St. Joseph Airport, St. Joseph, Parkville, Platte City, 
Riverside, Weatherby Lake, and Weston
302 PM CDT Sat Apr 10 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 36 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...In Kansas, Atchison KS, Doniphan and Leavenworth 
  Counties. In Missouri, Atchison MO, Nodaway, Worth, Holt, 
  Andrew, Buchanan and Platte Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
999 
WWUS73 KEAX 110155
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
855 PM CDT Sat Apr 10 2021

KSZ025-102-103-MOZ001>003-011-012-020-028-111300-
/O.CON.KEAX.FR.Y.0002.210411T0600Z-210411T1300Z/
Atchison KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Holt-
Andrew-Buchanan-Platte-
Including the cities of Atchison, Wathena, Elwood, Troy, 
Highland, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Lansing, Tarkio, 
Rock Port, Fairfax, Maryville, Grant City, Mound City, Oregon, 
Maitland, Forest City, Craig, Savannah, Country Club Villa, 
St. Joseph Airport, St. Joseph, Parkville, Platte City, 
Riverside, Weatherby Lake, and Weston
855 PM CDT Sat Apr 10 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 36 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...In Kansas, Atchison KS, Leavenworth and Doniphan 
  Counties. In Missouri, Atchison MO, Nodaway, Worth, Buchanan, 
  Andrew, Holt and Platte Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 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.

&&

$$
410 
WWUS73 KEAX 111255
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
755 AM CDT Sun Apr 11 2021

KSZ025-102-103-MOZ001>003-011-012-020-028-111400-
/O.EXP.KEAX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210411T1300Z/
Atchison KS-Doniphan-Leavenworth-Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Holt-
Andrew-Buchanan-Platte-
Including the cities of Atchison, Wathena, Elwood, Troy, 
Highland, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Lansing, Tarkio, 
Rock Port, Fairfax, Maryville, Grant City, Mound City, Oregon, 
Maitland, Forest City, Craig, Savannah, Country Club Villa, 
St. Joseph Airport, St. Joseph, Parkville, Platte City, 
Riverside, Weatherby Lake, and Weston
755 AM CDT Sun Apr 11 2021

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

Temperatures are rising into the lower 40s this morning, and will
continue to rise into the 60s and 70s through the rest of the 
day.


$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 8:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper, Saline5 days
Apr 9, 8:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCass, Henry, Johnson62 hr
Apr 9, 8:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper58 hr
Apr 9, 8:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXJohnson, Pettis53 hr
Apr 9, 8:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCooper65 hr
Apr 9, 8:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll46 hr
Apr 9, 8:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXCarroll, Chariton, Linn, Livingston3 days
Apr 9, 8:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXChariton, Macon41 hr
Apr 9, 8:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXBates, Cass, Henry14 hr
Apr 10, 5:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXClay, Ray21 hr
Apr 10, 10:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXHoward25 hr
Apr 10, 10:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningEAXRay51 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Missouri, 2021Frost Advisories in Kansas, 2021Every frost advisory in 2021

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.