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Frost Advisory 1, NWS North Platte, NE

May 10, 202110 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this frost advisory at May 10, 2021, 2:21 PM CDT for 10 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at May 11, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2021, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
In effect from
May 11, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 11, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Loup County, NE, Rock County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-05-10Temperature 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

468 
WWUS73 KLBF 101921
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
221 PM CDT Mon May 10 2021

NEZ005>010-026>029-111300-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FR.Y.0001.210511T0900Z-210511T1300Z/
Eastern Cherry-Keya Paha-Boyd-Brown-Rock-Holt-Blaine-Loup-
Garfield-Wheeler-
Including the cities of Valentine, Springview, Spencer, Butte, 
Lynch, Ainsworth, Bassett, Rose, Oneill, Atkinson, Dunning, 
Purdum, Brewster, Taylor, Burwell, Bartlett, and Ericson
221 PM CDT Mon May 10 2021 /121 PM MDT Mon May 10 2021/

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ TO 8 AM CDT
/7 AM MDT/ TUESDAY...

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

* WHERE...Eastern Cherry, Keya Paha, Boyd, Brown, Rock, Holt, 
  Blaine, Loup, Garfield and Wheeler Counties.

* WHEN...From 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ to 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ Tuesday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

CLB
2 follow-up statements
486 
WWUS73 KLBF 110758
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
258 AM CDT Tue May 11 2021

NEZ005>010-026>029-111300-
/O.CON.KLBF.FR.Y.0001.210511T0900Z-210511T1300Z/
Eastern Cherry-Keya Paha-Boyd-Brown-Rock-Holt-Blaine-Loup-
Garfield-Wheeler-
Including the cities of Valentine, Springview, Spencer, Butte, 
Lynch, Ainsworth, Bassett, Rose, Oneill, Atkinson, Dunning, 
Purdum, Brewster, Taylor, Burwell, Bartlett, and Ericson
258 AM CDT Tue May 11 2021 /158 AM MDT Tue May 11 2021/

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING...

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

* WHERE...Holt, Rock, Brown, Loup, Blaine, Wheeler, Garfield, 
  Boyd, Keya Paha and Eastern Cherry Counties.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ this morning.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Roberg
886 
WWUS73 KLBF 111300
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
800 AM CDT Tue May 11 2021

NEZ005>010-026>029-111400-
/O.EXP.KLBF.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210511T1300Z/
Eastern Cherry-Keya Paha-Boyd-Brown-Rock-Holt-Blaine-Loup-
Garfield-Wheeler-
Including the cities of Valentine, Springview, Spencer, Butte, 
Lynch, Ainsworth, Bassett, Rose, Oneill, Atkinson, Dunning, 
Purdum, Brewster, Taylor, Burwell, Bartlett, and Ericson
800 AM CDT Tue May 11 2021 /700 AM MDT Tue May 11 2021/

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING...

Temperatures have risen above freezing across the advisory area
and the threat for frost 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.