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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Lincoln, IL

October 26, 2021Clark County, Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this frost advisory at Oct 26, 2021, 7:06 PM CDT for Clark County, Edgar County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It took effect at Oct 27, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2021, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 27, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 27, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Clark County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2021-10-27Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2021-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

390 
WWUS73 KILX 270006
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
706 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

ILZ046-057-063-270815-
/O.NEW.KILX.FR.Y.0006.211027T0600Z-211027T1400Z/
Vermilion-Edgar-Clark-
Including the cities of Danville, Paris, and Marshall
706 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

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

* WHERE...Vermilion, Edgar and Clark Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Wednesday.

* 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
667 
WWUS73 KILX 270508
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
1208 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021

ILZ046-057-063-271400-
/O.CON.KILX.FR.Y.0006.211027T0600Z-211027T1400Z/
Vermilion-Edgar-Clark-
Including the cities of Danville, Paris, and Marshall
1208 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

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

* WHERE...Vermilion, Edgar and Clark Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
501 
WWUS73 KILX 271340
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
840 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021

ILZ046-057-063-271445-
/O.EXP.KILX.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-211027T1400Z/
Vermilion-Edgar-Clark-
Including the cities of Danville, Paris, and Marshall
840 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

Temperatures are warming back into the 40s and the threat for
frost this morning has ended.

$$

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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.