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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 15, 20214 counties in Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this frost advisory at Oct 15, 2021, 9:17 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri; Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas. It took effect at Oct 16, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2021, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 16, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 16, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 00:00Z on 2021-10-16Temperature 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
2378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

438 
WWUS73 KEAX 160217
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
917 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-161100-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FR.Y.0005.211016T0700Z-211016T1400Z/
Atchison KS-Doniphan-Atchison MO-Nodaway-Holt-Andrew-
Including the cities of Atchison, Wathena, Elwood, Troy, 
Highland, Tarkio, Rock Port, Fairfax, Maryville, Mound City, 
Oregon, Maitland, Forest City, Craig, Savannah, 
and Country Club Villa
917 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY...

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

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

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday.

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


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
084 
WWUS73 KEAX 161046
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
546 AM CDT Sat Oct 16 2021

KSZ025-102-MOZ001-002-011-012-161400-
/O.CON.KEAX.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-211016T1400Z/
Atchison KS-Doniphan-Atchison MO-Nodaway-Holt-Andrew-
Including the cities of Atchison, Wathena, Elwood, Troy, 
Highland, Tarkio, Rock Port, Fairfax, Maryville, Mound City, 
Oregon, Maitland, Forest City, Craig, Savannah, 
and Country Club Villa
546 AM CDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

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

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

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Kurtz

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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.