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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 28, 2021Jackson County, Minnesota; Dickinson County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this frost advisory at May 28, 2021, 2:11 PM CDT for Jackson County, Minnesota; Dickinson County, Iowa. It took effect at May 29, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2021, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
In effect from
May 29, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 29, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Counties Dickinson County, IA, Jackson County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-05-28Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

623 
WWUS73 KFSD 281911
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
211 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

IAZ003-MNZ090-290400-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FR.Y.0006.210529T0500Z-210529T1200Z/
Dickinson-Jackson-
211 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 AM CDT
SATURDAY...

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

* WHERE...In Iowa, Dickinson County. In Minnesota, Jackson 
  County.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 7 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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/siouxfalls
2 follow-up statements
237 
WWUS73 KFSD 290852
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
352 AM CDT Sat May 29 2021

IAZ003-MNZ090-291200-
/O.CON.KFSD.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210529T1200Z/
Dickinson-Jackson-
352 AM CDT Sat May 29 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

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

* WHERE...In Iowa, Dickinson County. In Minnesota, Jackson 
  County.

* WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT this morning.

* 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
768 
WWUS73 KFSD 291147
NPWFSD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
647 AM CDT Sat May 29 2021

IAZ003-MNZ090-291300-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210529T1200Z/
Dickinson-Jackson-
647 AM CDT Sat May 29 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

With increasing cloud cover and the sun having risen, frost
development is no longer a significant threat. Thus the frost
advisory will be allowed to expire at 7 AM.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/siouxfalls

Nearby

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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.