Alert archive / Kentucky / Frost Advisories in 2021
Frost Advisory 9, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this frost advisory at Nov 2, 2021, 2:12 PM CDT for 11 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Nov 2, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 2, 2021, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
Counties Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Butler County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Logan County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Warren County, KY
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
330 WWUS73 KLMK 021912 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Louisville KY 312 PM EDT Tue Nov 2 2021 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-063>067-077- 078-030900- /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0007.211103T0400Z-211103T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.A.0004.211104T0600Z-211104T1300Z/ Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison- Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin- Bullitt-Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson- Woodford-Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Mercer-Jessamine-Larue- Marion-Boyle-Garrard-Madison-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln- Adair-Russell- Including the cities of Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper, English, Tell City, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Lewisport, Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Hartford, Leitchfield, Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford, Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana, Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Bardstown, Springfield, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester, Hodgenville, Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Columbia, and Jamestown 312 PM EDT Tue Nov 2 2021 /212 PM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Morning lows near 30 degrees. * WHERE...Southern Indiana and most of central Kentucky * WHEN...Early Wednesday morning and again early Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. A Freeze Watch means sub-freezing temperatures are possible. These conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ KYZ061-062-070>076-081-082-030900- /O.NEW.KLMK.FR.Y.0009.211103T0400Z-211103T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.A.0004.211104T0600Z-211104T1300Z/ Butler-Edmonson-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe- Cumberland-Clinton- Including the cities of Morgantown, Brownsville, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Burkesville, and Albany 212 PM CDT Tue Nov 2 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Morning lows near 30 degrees. * WHERE...South central Kentucky * WHEN...Early Thursday morning * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Watch means sub-freezing temperatures are possible. These conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
2 follow-up statements
477 WWUS73 KLMK 030704 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Louisville KY 304 AM EDT Wed Nov 3 2021 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-063>067-077- 078-032000- /O.UPG.KLMK.FZ.A.0004.211104T0600Z-211104T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.W.0008.211104T0400Z-211104T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-211103T1300Z/ Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison- Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin- Bullitt-Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson- Woodford-Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Mercer-Jessamine-Larue- Marion-Boyle-Garrard-Madison-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln- Adair-Russell- Including the cities of Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper, English, Tell City, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Lewisport, Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Hartford, Leitchfield, Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford, Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana, Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Bardstown, Springfield, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester, Hodgenville, Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Columbia, and Jamestown 304 AM EDT Wed Nov 3 2021 /204 AM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THURSDAY... * WHAT...Morning lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s this morning and mid 20s to around 30 Thursday. * WHERE...Southern Indiana and most of central Kentucky. * WHEN...Early Wednesday morning and again early Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ KYZ061-062-070>076-081-082-032000- /O.UPG.KLMK.FZ.A.0004.211104T0600Z-211104T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.FZ.W.0008.211104T0400Z-211104T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FR.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-211103T1300Z/ Butler-Edmonson-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe- Cumberland-Clinton- Including the cities of Morgantown, Brownsville, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Burkesville, and Albany 204 AM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Morning lows in the low to mid 30s this morning and upper 20s to around 30 Thursday. * WHERE...South central Kentucky. * WHEN...Early Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$ EBW
308 WWUS73 KLMK 031254 NPWLMK URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Louisville KY 854 AM EDT Wed Nov 3 2021 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-063>067-077- 078-032100- /O.EXP.KLMK.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-211103T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0008.211104T0400Z-211104T1300Z/ Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison- Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin- Bullitt-Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson- Woodford-Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Mercer-Jessamine-Larue- Marion-Boyle-Garrard-Madison-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln- Adair-Russell- Including the cities of Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper, English, Tell City, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Lewisport, Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Hartford, Leitchfield, Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford, Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana, Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Bardstown, Springfield, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester, Hodgenville, Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty, Stanford, Columbia, and Jamestown 854 AM EDT Wed Nov 3 2021 /754 AM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Morning lows in the upper 20s to lower 30s this morning and mid 20s to around 30 Thursday. * WHERE...Southern Indiana and most of central Kentucky. * WHEN...Early Wednesday morning and again early Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ KYZ061-062-070>076-081-082-032100- /O.EXP.KLMK.FR.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-211103T1300Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.FZ.W.0008.211104T0400Z-211104T1300Z/ Butler-Edmonson-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe- Cumberland-Clinton- Including the cities of Morgantown, Brownsville, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Burkesville, and Albany 754 AM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Morning lows in the low to mid 30s this morning and upper 20s to around 30 Thursday. * WHERE...South central Kentucky. * WHEN...Early Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. && $$ CG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2:35 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LMK | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 2, 2:35 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LMK | Adair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 32 more | 29 hr |
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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.