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Frost Advisory 8, NWS Northern Indiana

October 23, 2021Williams County, Ohio; Branch County, Hillsdale County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan

NWS Northern Indiana issued this frost advisory at Oct 23, 2021, 2:41 PM EDT for Williams County, Ohio; Branch County, Hillsdale County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It took effect at Oct 24, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 23, 2021, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 24, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 24, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana

Counties Branch County, MI, Hillsdale County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2021-10-23Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2021-10-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

846 
WWUS73 KIWX 231841
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
241 PM EDT Sat Oct 23 2021

MIZ079>081-OHZ001-240245-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FR.Y.0008.211024T0600Z-211024T1200Z/
St. Joseph-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-
Including the cities of Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon, 
Mendon, Coldwater, Bronson, Hillsdale, Jonesville, Litchfield, 
Bryan, Montpelier, and Edgerton
241 PM EDT Sat Oct 23 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the mid to upper 30s will result in 
  frost formation.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Williams County. In Michigan, St. Joseph, 
  Branch and Hillsdale Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
321 
WWUS73 KIWX 240219
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1019 PM EDT Sat Oct 23 2021

MIZ079>081-OHZ001-241100-
/O.CON.KIWX.FR.Y.0008.211024T0600Z-211024T1200Z/
St. Joseph-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-
Including the cities of Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon, 
Mendon, Coldwater, Bronson, Hillsdale, Jonesville, Litchfield, 
Bryan, Montpelier, and Edgerton
1019 PM EDT Sat Oct 23 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the mid to upper 30s will result in 
  frost formation.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Williams County. In Michigan, St. Joseph, 
  Branch and Hillsdale Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
791 
WWUS73 KIWX 240756
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
356 AM EDT Sun Oct 24 2021

MIZ079>081-OHZ001-241200-
/O.CON.KIWX.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-211024T1200Z/
St. Joseph-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-
Including the cities of Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon, 
Mendon, Coldwater, Bronson, Hillsdale, Jonesville, Litchfield, 
Bryan, Montpelier, and Edgerton
356 AM EDT Sun Oct 24 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures in the mid 30s will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...In Ohio, Williams County. In Michigan, St. Joseph, 
  Branch and Hillsdale Counties.

* WHEN...Through 8 AM EDT Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
022 
WWUS73 KIWX 241151
NPWIWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
751 AM EDT Sun Oct 24 2021

MIZ079>081-OHZ001-241300-
/O.EXP.KIWX.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-211024T1200Z/
St. Joseph-Branch-Hillsdale-Williams-
Including the cities of Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon, 
Mendon, Coldwater, Bronson, Hillsdale, Jonesville, Litchfield, 
Bryan, Montpelier, and Edgerton
751 AM EDT Sun Oct 24 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

Temperatures will start to warm over the next couple of hours.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 23, 2:29 PM EDTFlood WatchIWXDefiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Williams37 hr

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.