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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 10, 20214 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this frost advisory at May 10, 2021, 3:12 PM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at May 11, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2021, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
In effect from
May 11, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 11, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 45 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-05-10Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
1735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 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.

863 
WWUS73 KFSD 102012
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
312 PM CDT Mon May 10 2021

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-110415-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FR.Y.0005.210511T0900Z-210511T1300Z/
Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-
Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-
Pipestone-Rock-Dixon-Dakota-Beadle-Kingsbury-Brookings-Gregory-
Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-Brule-Aurora-Davison-Hanson-
McCook-Minnehaha-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner-Bon Homme-
Yankton-Union-
312 PM CDT Mon May 10 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures from 31 to 35 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central and 
  southeast South Dakota, northeast Nebraska, northwest and west 
  central Iowa and southwest Minnesota. This includes the Tribal 
  Lands of the Yankton Sioux Tribal Nation and the Flandreau 
  Santee Sioux Tribal Nation.

* WHEN...From 4 AM to 8 AM CDT Tuesday.

* 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
https://weather.gov/siouxfalls
1 follow-up statement
783 
WWUS73 KFSD 110242
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
942 PM CDT Mon May 10 2021

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-111100-
/O.CON.KFSD.FR.Y.0005.210511T0900Z-210511T1300Z/
Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-
Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-
Pipestone-Rock-Dixon-Dakota-Beadle-Kingsbury-Brookings-Gregory-
Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-Brule-Aurora-Davison-Hanson-
McCook-Minnehaha-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner-Bon Homme-
Yankton-Union-
942 PM CDT Mon May 10 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures from 31 to 35 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central and 
  southeast South Dakota, northeast Nebraska, northwest and west 
  central Iowa and southwest Minnesota. This includes the Tribal 
  Lands of the Yankton Sioux Tribal Nation and the Flandreau 
  Santee Sioux Tribal Nation.

* WHEN...From 4 AM to 8 AM CDT Tuesday.

* 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
https://weather.gov/siouxfalls

Nearby

Frost Advisories in South Dakota, 2021Frost Advisories in Iowa, 2021Frost Advisories in Minnesota, 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.