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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Kansas City, MO

October 21, 20214 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this frost advisory at Oct 21, 2021, 3:22 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Oct 22, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 21, 2021, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 22, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 22, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2021-10-21Temperature 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 2021-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -69 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
1694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

224 
WWUS73 KEAX 210822
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
322 AM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021

MOZ001>003-011-211630-
/O.NEW.KEAX.FR.Y.0006.211022T0600Z-211022T1400Z/
Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Holt-
Including the cities of Tarkio, Rock Port, Fairfax, Maryville, 
Grant City, Mound City, Oregon, Maitland, Forest City, and Craig
322 AM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY...

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

* WHERE...Atchison MO, Nodaway, Worth and Holt Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Friday.

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

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The best chances for frost are expected to
  be concentrated to valleys and other low lying areas.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
042 
WWUS73 KEAX 221350
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
850 AM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021

MOZ001>003-011-221500-
/O.EXP.KEAX.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-211022T1400Z/
Atchison MO-Nodaway-Worth-Holt-
Including the cities of Tarkio, Rock Port, Fairfax, Maryville, 
Grant City, Mound City, Oregon, Maitland, Forest City, and Craig
850 AM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...


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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.