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Frost Advisory 2, NWS North Platte, NE

May 11, 20215 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this frost advisory at May 11, 2021, 2:49 PM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at May 12, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2021, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
In effect from
May 12, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 12, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Blaine County, NE, Custer County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Loup County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2021-05-11Temperature 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 2021-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

933 
WWUS73 KLBF 111949
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
249 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

NEZ026>029-038-120400-
/O.NEW.KLBF.FR.Y.0002.210512T0800Z-210512T1300Z/
Blaine-Loup-Garfield-Wheeler-Custer-
Including the cities of Dunning, Purdum, Brewster, Taylor, 
Burwell, Bartlett, Ericson, and Broken Bow
249 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

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

* WHERE...Blaine, Loup, Garfield, Wheeler and Custer Counties.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 8 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.

&&

$$

Brown
2 follow-up statements
178 
WWUS73 KLBF 120947
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
447 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

NEZ026>029-038-121300-
/O.CON.KLBF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210512T1300Z/
Blaine-Loup-Garfield-Wheeler-Custer-
Including the cities of Dunning, Purdum, Brewster, Taylor, 
Burwell, Bartlett, Ericson, and Broken Bow
447 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Blaine, Loup, Garfield, Wheeler and Custer Counties.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 8 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.

&&

$$
672 
WWUS73 KLBF 121258
NPWLBF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service North Platte NE
758 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

NEZ026>029-038-121400-
/O.EXP.KLBF.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210512T1300Z/
Blaine-Loup-Garfield-Wheeler-Custer-
Including the cities of Dunning, Purdum, Brewster, Taylor, 
Burwell, Bartlett, Ericson, and Broken Bow
758 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT 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.