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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 24, 20215 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this frost advisory at Sep 24, 2021, 2:44 PM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 25, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2021, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 25, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 25, 2021, 7:42 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Barnes County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2021-09-24Temperature 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2021-09-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -146 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
2604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

593 
WWUS73 KFGF 241944
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
244 PM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021

NDZ024-028-038-049-052-251400-
/O.NEW.KFGF.FR.Y.0003.210925T0900Z-210925T1400Z/
Eddy-Griggs-Barnes-Ransom-Sargent-
Including the cities of New Rockford, Cooperstown, Valley City, 
Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, and Rutland
244 PM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY...

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

* WHERE...Eddy, Griggs, Barnes, Ransom and Sargent Counties.

* WHEN...From 4 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
076 
WWUS73 KFGF 250225
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
925 PM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021

NDZ024-028-038-049-052-251400-
/O.CON.KFGF.FR.Y.0003.210925T0900Z-210925T1400Z/
Eddy-Griggs-Barnes-Ransom-Sargent-
Including the cities of New Rockford, Cooperstown, Valley City, 
Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, and Rutland
925 PM CDT Fri Sep 24 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

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

* WHERE...Griggs, Ransom, Eddy, Sargent and Barnes Counties.

* WHEN...From 4 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.

&&

$$
002 
WWUS73 KFGF 251242
NPWFGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
742 AM CDT Sat Sep 25 2021

NDZ024-028-038-049-052-251345-
/O.CAN.KFGF.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210925T1400Z/
Eddy-Griggs-Barnes-Ransom-Sargent-
Including the cities of New Rockford, Cooperstown, Valley City, 
Lisbon, Enderlin, Gwinner, Milnor, Forman, and Rutland
742 AM CDT Sat Sep 25 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Cloud cover has helped to stop the temperature fall early this
morning, so the threat of frost has passed.

$$

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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.