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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Green Bay, WI

May 12, 202115 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Green Bay, WI issued this frost advisory at May 12, 2021, 2:04 PM CDT for 15 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 13, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2021, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
In effect from
May 13, 2021, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 13, 2021, 7:34 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Green Bay, WI

Counties Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Portage County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2021-05-12Temperature 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 2021-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
1721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

043 
WWUS73 KGRB 121904
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
204 PM CDT Wed May 12 2021

WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045-073-074-130415-
/O.NEW.KGRB.FR.Y.0006.210513T0500Z-210513T1300Z/
Vilas-Oneida-Forest-Florence-Northern Marinette County-Lincoln-
Langlade-Menominee-Northern Oconto County-Marathon-Shawano-Wood-
Portage-Waupaca-Waushara-Southern Marinette County-Southern
Oconto County-
Including the cities of Spread Eagle, New London, Keshena,
Mountain, Antigo, Neopit, Harmony, High Falls Reservoir, Eagle
River, Crivitz, Clintonville, Townsend, Waupaca, Marshfield,
Lakewood, Wausau, Lac Du Flambeau, Aurora, Oconto, Little
Suamico, Porterfield, Middle Inlet, Loomis, Rhinelander,
Tomahawk, Crandon, Plover, Redgranite, Commonwealth, Peshtigo,
Merrill, Brookside, Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point, Shawano,
Sobieski, Niagara, Pensaukee, Wautoma, and Wausaukee
204 PM CDT Wed May 12 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT 
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures from 32 to 37 will result in frost formation. 
  Local freezing temperatures are expected in the typical cold spots 
  of north central Wisconsin.

* WHERE...Portions of central, north central, and northeast 
  Wisconsin.

* WHEN...From Midnight tonight to 8 AM CDT Thursday.

* 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

Kieckbusch
3 follow-up statements
689 
WWUS73 KGRB 130315
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
1015 PM CDT Wed May 12 2021

WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045-073-074-131115-
/O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0006.210513T0500Z-210513T1300Z/
Vilas-Oneida-Forest-Florence-Northern Marinette County-Lincoln-
Langlade-Menominee-Northern Oconto County-Marathon-Shawano-Wood-
Portage-Waupaca-Waushara-Southern Marinette County-Southern
Oconto County-
Including the cities of Spread Eagle, New London, Keshena,
Mountain, Antigo, Neopit, Harmony, High Falls Reservoir, Eagle
River, Crivitz, Clintonville, Townsend, Waupaca, Marshfield,
Lakewood, Wausau, Lac Du Flambeau, Aurora, Oconto, Little
Suamico, Porterfield, Middle Inlet, Loomis, Rhinelander,
Tomahawk, Crandon, Plover, Redgranite, Commonwealth, Peshtigo,
Merrill, Brookside, Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point, Shawano,
Sobieski, Niagara, Pensaukee, Wautoma, and Wausaukee
1015 PM CDT Wed May 12 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central, north central, and northeast 
  Wisconsin.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT Thursday.

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

$$

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

RDM
509 
WWUS73 KGRB 131005
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
505 AM CDT Thu May 13 2021

WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045-073-074-131300-
/O.CON.KGRB.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210513T1300Z/
Vilas-Oneida-Forest-Florence-Northern Marinette County-Lincoln-
Langlade-Menominee-Northern Oconto County-Marathon-Shawano-Wood-
Portage-Waupaca-Waushara-Southern Marinette County-Southern
Oconto County-
Including the cities of Spread Eagle, New London, Keshena,
Mountain, Antigo, Neopit, Harmony, High Falls Reservoir, Eagle
River, Crivitz, Clintonville, Townsend, Waupaca, Marshfield,
Lakewood, Wausau, Lac Du Flambeau, Aurora, Oconto, Little
Suamico, Porterfield, Middle Inlet, Loomis, Rhinelander,
Tomahawk, Crandon, Plover, Redgranite, Commonwealth, Peshtigo,
Merrill, Brookside, Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point, Shawano,
Sobieski, Niagara, Pensaukee, Wautoma, and Wausaukee
505 AM CDT Thu May 13 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Temperatures from 32 to 37 will result in frost formation. 
  Local freezing temperatures are expected in the typical cold spots 
  of north central Wisconsin.

* WHERE...Portions of central, north central, and northeast 
  Wisconsin.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT this morning.

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

$$

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

Cooley
398 
WWUS73 KGRB 131234
NPWGRB

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Green Bay WI
734 AM CDT Thu May 13 2021

WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045-073-074-131345-
/O.CAN.KGRB.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-210513T1300Z/
Vilas-Oneida-Forest-Florence-Northern Marinette County-Lincoln-
Langlade-Menominee-Northern Oconto County-Marathon-Shawano-Wood-
Portage-Waupaca-Waushara-Southern Marinette County-Southern
Oconto County-
Including the cities of Spread Eagle, New London, Keshena,
Mountain, Antigo, Neopit, Harmony, High Falls Reservoir, Eagle
River, Crivitz, Clintonville, Townsend, Waupaca, Marshfield,
Lakewood, Wausau, Lac Du Flambeau, Aurora, Oconto, Little
Suamico, Porterfield, Middle Inlet, Loomis, Rhinelander,
Tomahawk, Crandon, Plover, Redgranite, Commonwealth, Peshtigo,
Merrill, Brookside, Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point, Shawano,
Sobieski, Niagara, Pensaukee, Wautoma, and Wausaukee
734 AM CDT Thu May 13 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Temperatures have warmed, so the threat of frost has ended.

$$

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

Kieckbusch

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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.