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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Jackson, KY

May 7, 20214 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this frost advisory at May 7, 2021, 4:17 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at May 8, 2021, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2021, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
In effect from
May 8, 2021, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 8, 2021, 8:02 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY

Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-05-07Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2021-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 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
744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

985 
WWUS73 KJKL 072017
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Jackson KY
417 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021

KYZ044-050>052-081000-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FR.Y.0005.210508T0900Z-210508T1300Z/
Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-
Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, 
Mount Sterling, Owingsville, and Morehead
417 PM EDT Fri May 7 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures will fall to around 34 in the coldest
  valleys around dawn, allowing frost to develop.

* WHERE...Fleming, Montgomery, Bath and Rowan Counties.

* WHEN...The Frost Advisory is in effect From 5 AM to 9 AM EDT 
  Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could damage or kill sensitive outdoor
  vegetation if left unprotected.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

HAL
2 follow-up statements
947 
WWUS73 KJKL 080850
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Jackson KY
450 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

KYZ044-050>052-081300-
/O.CON.KJKL.FR.Y.0005.210508T0900Z-210508T1300Z/
Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-
Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, 
Mount Sterling, Owingsville, and Morehead
450 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures will fall to around 35 in the coldest 
  valleys around dawn, allowing frost to develop.

* WHERE...Fleming, Montgomery, Bath and Rowan Counties.

* WHEN...The Frost Advisory is in effect until 9 AM EDT this
  morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost could damage or kill sensitive outdoor 
  vegetation if left unprotected.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
525 
WWUS73 KJKL 081202
NPWJKL

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Jackson KY
802 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

KYZ044-050>052-081315-
/O.CAN.KJKL.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210508T1300Z/
Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-
Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, 
Mount Sterling, Owingsville, and Morehead
802 AM EDT Sat May 8 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Temperatures have risen into the upper 30s and lower 40s, ending
the threat for frost. Therefore, the Frost Advisory that was in
effect until 9 AM EDT has been cancelled.

$$

JP

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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.