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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this frost advisory at May 12, 2021, 2:48 PM CDT for 10 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 13, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2021, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2021, 7:13 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Marquette County, WI, Racine County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
933 WWUS73 KMKX 121948 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 248 PM CDT Wed May 12 2021 WIZ046-047-056>058-064-065-070>072-130400- /O.NEW.KMKX.FR.Y.0004.210513T0600Z-210513T1300Z/ Marquette-Green Lake-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge-Jefferson-Waukesha- Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- Including the cities of Montello, Westfield, Oxford, Neshkoro, Endeavor, Berlin, Princeton, Markesan, Baraboo, Reedsburg, Prairie Du Sac, Sauk City, Portage, Columbus, Lake Wisconsin, Lodi, Beaver Dam, Waupun, Mayville, Watertown, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Waukesha, Brookfield, New Berlin, Menomonee Falls, Muskego, Whitewater, Delavan, Elkhorn, Lake Geneva, East Troy, Racine, and Kenosha 248 PM CDT Wed May 12 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Cold temperatures and light winds will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Marquette, Green Lake, Sauk, Columbia, Dodge, Jefferson, Waukesha, Walworth, Racine and Kenosha Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$ MRC
3 follow-up statements
338 WWUS73 KMKX 130153 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 853 PM CDT Wed May 12 2021 WIZ046-047-056>058-064-065-070>072-131000- /O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0004.210513T0600Z-210513T1300Z/ Marquette-Green Lake-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge-Jefferson-Waukesha- Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- Including the cities of Montello, Westfield, Oxford, Neshkoro, Endeavor, Berlin, Princeton, Markesan, Baraboo, Reedsburg, Prairie Du Sac, Sauk City, Portage, Columbus, Lake Wisconsin, Lodi, Beaver Dam, Waupun, Mayville, Watertown, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Waukesha, Brookfield, New Berlin, Menomonee Falls, Muskego, Whitewater, Delavan, Elkhorn, Lake Geneva, East Troy, Racine, and Kenosha 853 PM CDT Wed May 12 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Cold temperatures and light winds will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Jefferson, Waukesha, Racine, Walworth, Marquette, Green Lake, Columbia, Sauk, Kenosha and Dodge Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$
825 WWUS73 KMKX 130849 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 349 AM CDT Thu May 13 2021 WIZ046-047-056>058-064-065-070>072-131300- /O.CON.KMKX.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210513T1300Z/ Marquette-Green Lake-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge-Jefferson-Waukesha- Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- Including the cities of Montello, Westfield, Oxford, Neshkoro, Endeavor, Berlin, Princeton, Markesan, Baraboo, Reedsburg, Prairie Du Sac, Sauk City, Portage, Columbus, Lake Wisconsin, Lodi, Beaver Dam, Waupun, Mayville, Watertown, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Waukesha, Brookfield, New Berlin, Menomonee Falls, Muskego, Whitewater, Delavan, Elkhorn, Lake Geneva, East Troy, Racine, and Kenosha 349 AM CDT Thu May 13 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Cold temperatures and light winds will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Jefferson, Waukesha, Racine, Walworth, Marquette, Green Lake, Columbia, Sauk, Kenosha and Dodge Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT 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. && $$
018 WWUS73 KMKX 131213 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI 713 AM CDT Thu May 13 2021 WIZ046-047-056>058-064-065-070>072-131315- /O.CAN.KMKX.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210513T1300Z/ Marquette-Green Lake-Sauk-Columbia-Dodge-Jefferson-Waukesha- Walworth-Racine-Kenosha- Including the cities of Montello, Westfield, Oxford, Neshkoro, Endeavor, Berlin, Princeton, Markesan, Baraboo, Reedsburg, Prairie Du Sac, Sauk City, Portage, Columbus, Lake Wisconsin, Lodi, Beaver Dam, Waupun, Mayville, Watertown, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Waukesha, Brookfield, New Berlin, Menomonee Falls, Muskego, Whitewater, Delavan, Elkhorn, Lake Geneva, East Troy, Racine, and Kenosha 713 AM CDT Thu May 13 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Temperatures have warmed into the upper 30s and 40s in those areas that had been included in the Frost Advisory. Hence the Frost Advisory is being cancelled. $$ MBK
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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.