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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Memphis, TN

October 17, 202115 counties in Tennessee

NWS Memphis, TN issued this frost advisory at Oct 17, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT for 15 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Oct 18, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2021, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 18, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 18, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN

Counties Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2021-10-17Temperature 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2021-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

586 
WWUS74 KMEG 172000
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Memphis TN
300 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

TNZ003-004-020>022-050>055-089>092-180900-
/O.NEW.KMEG.FR.Y.0004.211018T0900Z-211018T1400Z/
Weakley-Henry-Gibson-Carroll-Benton TN-Haywood-Crockett-Madison-
Chester-Henderson-Decatur-Fayette-Hardeman-McNairy-Hardin-
Including the cities of Martin, Dresden, Paris, Humboldt, Milan, 
Huntingdon, Camden, Brownsville, Alamo, Jackson, Henderson, 
Lexington, Parsons, Decaturville, Somerville, Oakland, Bolivar, 
Selmer, and Savannah
300 PM CDT Sun Oct 17 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 36 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of west Tennessee.

* WHEN...From 4 AM to 9 AM CDT Monday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
327 
WWUS74 KMEG 180805
NPWMEG

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Memphis TN
305 AM CDT Mon Oct 18 2021

TNZ003-004-020>022-050>055-089>092-181400-
/O.CON.KMEG.FR.Y.0004.211018T0900Z-211018T1400Z/
Weakley-Henry-Gibson-Carroll-Benton TN-Haywood-Crockett-Madison-
Chester-Henderson-Decatur-Fayette-Hardeman-McNairy-Hardin-
Including the cities of Martin, Dresden, Paris, Humboldt, Milan, 
Huntingdon, Camden, Brownsville, Alamo, Jackson, Henderson, 
Lexington, Parsons, Decaturville, Somerville, Oakland, Bolivar, 
Selmer, and Savannah
305 AM CDT Mon Oct 18 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 36 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of west Tennessee.

* WHEN...From 4 AM to 9 AM CDT Monday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

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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.