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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Omaha, NE

May 11, 20215 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this frost advisory at May 11, 2021, 3:03 PM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at May 12, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2021, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
In effect from
May 12, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 12, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE

Counties Boone County, NE, Madison County, NE, Platte County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Omaha, 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2021-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
1534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

400 
WWUS73 KOAX 112003
NPWOAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
303 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

NEZ018-030>032-042-120415-
/O.NEW.KOAX.FR.Y.0002.210512T0800Z-210512T1400Z/
Wayne-Boone-Madison-Stanton-Platte-
Including the cities of Wayne, Albion, St. Edward, Norfolk, 
Stanton, and Columbus
303 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

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

* WHERE...Wayne, Boone, Madison, Stanton and Platte Counties.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM CDT Wednesday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps this evening to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
106 
WWUS73 KOAX 120208
NPWOAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
908 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

NEZ018-030>032-042-121015-
/O.CON.KOAX.FR.Y.0002.210512T0800Z-210512T1400Z/
Wayne-Boone-Madison-Stanton-Platte-
Including the cities of Wayne, Albion, St. Edward, Norfolk, 
Stanton, and Columbus
908 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 38 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Stanton, Boone, Madison, Wayne and Platte Counties.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 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.

&&

$$
368 
WWUS73 KOAX 121030
NPWOAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
530 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

NEZ018-030>032-042-121400-
/O.CON.KOAX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210512T1400Z/
Wayne-Boone-Madison-Stanton-Platte-
Including the cities of Wayne, Albion, St. Edward, Norfolk, 
Stanton, and Columbus
530 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as the lower 30s will result in 
  frost formation.

* WHERE...Stanton, Boone, Madison, Wayne and Platte Counties.

* WHEN...until 9 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.

&&

$$
968 
WWUS73 KOAX 121351
NPWOAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
851 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

NEZ018-030>032-042-121500-
/O.EXP.KOAX.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210512T1400Z/
Wayne-Boone-Madison-Stanton-Platte-
Including the cities of Wayne, Albion, St. Edward, Norfolk, 
Stanton, and Columbus
851 AM CDT Wed May 12 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

Temperatures will continue to warm the rest of the morning and
frost is no longer a threat.

$$

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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.