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Frost Advisory 14, NWS Green Bay, WI

October 17, 20219 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this frost advisory at Oct 17, 2021, 1:35 PM CDT for 9 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 18, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2021, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 18, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 18, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-10-17Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

487 
WWUS73 KGRB 171835
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
135 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

WIZ020-021-031-037-045-073-074-180245-
/O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0014.211018T0600Z-211018T1300Z/
Menominee-Northern Oconto County-Shawano-Waupaca-Waushara-
Southern Marinette County-Southern Oconto County-
Including the cities of Mountain, New London, Keshena, Loomis,
Neopit, Harmony, Crivitz, Clintonville, Townsend, Waupaca,
Lakewood, Oconto, Little Suamico, Porterfield, Middle Inlet, High
Falls Reservoir, Redgranite, Peshtigo, Brookside, Shawano,
Sobieski, Pensaukee, and Wautoma
135 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Waushara, Menominee, Northern Oconto County, Shawano, 
  Southern Marinette County, Southern Oconto County and Waupaca 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive 
  outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information, visit us at http://www.weather.gov/GreenBay

Eckberg
2 follow-up statements
406 
WWUS73 KGRB 171936
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
236 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

WIZ030-035-036-180345-
/O.EXA.KGRB.FR.Y.0014.211018T0600Z-211018T1300Z/
Marathon-Wood-Portage-
Including the cities of Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids, Plover,
Marshfield, and Stevens Point
236 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 31 will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Marathon, Portage and Wood Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive 
  outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

WIZ020-021-031-037-045-073-074-180345-
/O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0014.211018T0600Z-211018T1300Z/
Menominee-Northern Oconto County-Shawano-Waupaca-Waushara-
Southern Marinette County-Southern Oconto County-
Including the cities of Mountain, New London, Keshena, Loomis,
Neopit, Harmony, Crivitz, Clintonville, Townsend, Waupaca,
Lakewood, Oconto, Little Suamico, Porterfield, Middle Inlet, High
Falls Reservoir, Redgranite, Peshtigo, Brookside, Shawano,
Sobieski, Pensaukee, and Wautoma
236 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Waushara, Menominee, Northern Oconto County, Shawano, 
  Southern Marinette County, Southern Oconto County and Waupaca 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive 
  outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information, visit us at http://www.weather.gov/GreenBay

Eckberg
302 
WWUS73 KGRB 180319
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1019 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

WIZ020-021-031-037-045-073-074-181300-
/O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0014.211018T0600Z-211018T1300Z/
Menominee-Northern Oconto County-Shawano-Waupaca-Waushara-
Southern Marinette County-Southern Oconto County-
Including the cities of Mountain, New London, Keshena, Loomis,
Neopit, Harmony, Crivitz, Clintonville, Townsend, Waupaca,
Lakewood, Oconto, Little Suamico, Porterfield, Middle Inlet, High
Falls Reservoir, Redgranite, Peshtigo, Brookside, Shawano,
Sobieski, Pensaukee, and Wautoma
1019 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 31 will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Waushara, Menominee, Northern Oconto County, Shawano, 
  Southern Marinette County, Southern Oconto County and Waupaca 
  Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive 
  outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

WIZ030-035-036-181300-
/O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0014.211018T0600Z-211018T1300Z/
Marathon-Wood-Portage-
Including the cities of Wausau, Wisconsin Rapids, Plover,
Marshfield, and Stevens Point
1019 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 31 will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Marathon, Portage and Wood Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive 
  outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information, visit us at http://www.weather.gov/GreenBay

Cooley

The office that day

Everything else NWS Green Bay, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 2:57 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryGRB16 hr

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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.