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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Paducah, KY

April 21, 20214 states

NWS Paducah, KY issued this frost advisory at Apr 21, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 21, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 21, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 22, 2021, 8:25 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
All 58 counties

Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

179 
WWUS73 KPAH 210900
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Paducah KY
400 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>007-010-014-018-
MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-211400-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FR.Y.0002.210422T0400Z-210422T1400Z/
/O.CON.KPAH.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210421T1400Z/
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-
Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-
Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-
Livingston-Crittenden-Union KY-Henderson-Perry MO-Bollinger-
Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-
Mississippi-New Madrid-
Including the cities of Mount Vernon, Fairfield, Albion, 
Mount Carmel, Pinckneyville, West Frankfort, McLeansboro, Carmi, 
Carbondale, Murphysboro, Herrin, Harrisburg, Shawneetown, 
Jonesboro, Vienna, Golconda, Elizabethtown, Cairo, Mound City, 
Metropolis, Fort Branch, Petersburg, Poseyville, Evansville, 
Boonville, Rockport, Hickman, Clinton, Bardwell, Wickliffe, 
Paducah, Mayfield, Smithland, Marion, Morganfield, Henderson, 
Perryville, Marble Hill, Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Piedmont, 
Van Buren, Doniphan, Poplar Bluff, Bloomfield, Sikeston, 
Charleston, and New Madrid
400 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low
  as 29 degrees. For the Frost Advisory, temperatures as low as 31 
  will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...For the Freeze Warning, southwestern Indiana,  
  southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and western Kentucky, 
  except for most of the Pennyrile region and eastern parts of the
  Purchase area. For the Frost Advisory, the entire region.

* WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, until 9 AM CDT this morning. 
  For the Frost Advisory, from 11 PM this evening to 9 AM CDT 
  Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other 
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor 
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$

KYZ008-009-011>013-015>017-019>022-211400-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FR.Y.0002.210422T0400Z-210422T1400Z/
Marshall-Calloway-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-
Daviess-McLean-Muhlenberg-Todd-
Including the cities of Benton, Murray, Eddyville, Cadiz, 
Princeton, Dixon, Madisonville, Hopkinsville, Owensboro, Calhoun,
Greenville, and Elkton
400 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

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

* WHERE...Portions of western Kentucky, which includes most of the
  Pennyrile region and eastern parts of the Purchase area.

* WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 9 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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
038 
WWUS73 KPAH 211349
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Paducah KY
849 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>007-010-014-018-
MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-212200-
/O.EXP.KPAH.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210421T1400Z/
/O.CON.KPAH.FR.Y.0002.210422T0400Z-210422T1400Z/
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-
Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-
Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-
Livingston-Crittenden-Union KY-Henderson-Perry MO-Bollinger-
Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-
Mississippi-New Madrid-
Including the cities of Mount Vernon, Fairfield, Albion, 
Mount Carmel, Pinckneyville, West Frankfort, McLeansboro, Carmi, 
Carbondale, Murphysboro, Herrin, Harrisburg, Shawneetown, 
Jonesboro, Vienna, Golconda, Elizabethtown, Cairo, Mound City, 
Metropolis, Fort Branch, Petersburg, Poseyville, Evansville, 
Boonville, Rockport, Hickman, Clinton, Bardwell, Wickliffe, 
Paducah, Mayfield, Smithland, Marion, Morganfield, Henderson, 
Perryville, Marble Hill, Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Piedmont, 
Van Buren, Doniphan, Poplar Bluff, Bloomfield, Sikeston, 
Charleston, and New Madrid
849 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CDT THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

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

* WHERE...For the Freeze Warning, southwestern Indiana, 
  southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and western 
  Kentucky, except for most of the Pennyrile region and eastern 
  parts of the Purchase area. For the Frost Advisory, the entire 
  region.

* WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, until 9 AM CDT this morning. 
  For the Frost Advisory, from 11 PM this evening to 9 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.

&&

$$

KYZ008-009-011>013-015>017-019>022-212200-
/O.CON.KPAH.FR.Y.0002.210422T0400Z-210422T1400Z/
Marshall-Calloway-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-
Daviess-McLean-Muhlenberg-Todd-
Including the cities of Benton, Murray, Eddyville, Cadiz, 
Princeton, Dixon, Madisonville, Hopkinsville, Owensboro, Calhoun,
Greenville, and Elkton
849 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CDT THURSDAY...

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

* WHERE...Portions of western Kentucky, which includes most of 
  the Pennyrile region and eastern parts of the Purchase area.

* WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 9 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.

&&

$$
438 
WWUS73 KPAH 211414
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Paducah KY
914 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-212215-
/O.CON.KPAH.FR.Y.0002.210422T0400Z-210422T1400Z/
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-
Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-
Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-
Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-
Union KY-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean-
Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-
Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid-
Including the cities of Mount Vernon, Fairfield, Albion, 
Mount Carmel, Pinckneyville, West Frankfort, McLeansboro, Carmi, 
Carbondale, Murphysboro, Herrin, Harrisburg, Shawneetown, 
Jonesboro, Vienna, Golconda, Elizabethtown, Cairo, Mound City, 
Metropolis, Fort Branch, Petersburg, Poseyville, Evansville, 
Boonville, Rockport, Hickman, Clinton, Bardwell, Wickliffe, 
Paducah, Mayfield, Smithland, Benton, Murray, Marion, Eddyville, 
Cadiz, Princeton, Morganfield, Dixon, Madisonville, Hopkinsville,
Henderson, Owensboro, Calhoun, Greenville, Elkton, Perryville, 
Marble Hill, Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Piedmont, Van Buren, 
Doniphan, Poplar Bluff, Bloomfield, Sikeston, Charleston, 
and New Madrid
914 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CDT THURSDAY...

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

* WHERE...Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, Southwest
  Indiana, and West Kentucky. 

* WHEN...11 PM CDT this evening to 9 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.

&&

$$

Smith
736 
WWUS73 KPAH 211934
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Paducah KY
234 PM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-221400-
/O.CON.KPAH.FR.Y.0002.210422T0400Z-210422T1400Z/
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-
Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-
Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-
Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-
Union KY-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean-
Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-
Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid-
Including the cities of Mount Vernon, Fairfield, Albion, 
Mount Carmel, Pinckneyville, West Frankfort, McLeansboro, Carmi, 
Carbondale, Murphysboro, Herrin, Harrisburg, Shawneetown, 
Jonesboro, Vienna, Golconda, Elizabethtown, Cairo, Mound City, 
Metropolis, Fort Branch, Petersburg, Poseyville, Evansville, 
Boonville, Rockport, Hickman, Clinton, Bardwell, Wickliffe, 
Paducah, Mayfield, Smithland, Benton, Murray, Marion, Eddyville, 
Cadiz, Princeton, Morganfield, Dixon, Madisonville, Hopkinsville,
Henderson, Owensboro, Calhoun, Greenville, Elkton, Perryville, 
Marble Hill, Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Piedmont, Van Buren, 
Doniphan, Poplar Bluff, Bloomfield, Sikeston, Charleston, 
and New Madrid
234 PM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the low to mid 30s will result in frost
  formation.

* WHERE...Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, Southwest 
  Indiana, and West Kentucky.

* WHEN...11 PM CDT this evening to 9 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.

&&

$$

SP
096 
WWUS73 KPAH 220702
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Paducah KY
202 AM CDT Thu Apr 22 2021

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-221400-
/O.CON.KPAH.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210422T1400Z/
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-
Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-
Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-
Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-
Union KY-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean-
Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-
Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid-
Including the cities of Mount Vernon, Fairfield, Albion, 
Mount Carmel, Pinckneyville, West Frankfort, McLeansboro, Carmi, 
Carbondale, Murphysboro, Herrin, Harrisburg, Shawneetown, 
Jonesboro, Vienna, Golconda, Elizabethtown, Cairo, Mound City, 
Metropolis, Fort Branch, Petersburg, Poseyville, Evansville, 
Boonville, Rockport, Hickman, Clinton, Bardwell, Wickliffe, 
Paducah, Mayfield, Smithland, Benton, Murray, Marion, Eddyville, 
Cadiz, Princeton, Morganfield, Dixon, Madisonville, Hopkinsville,
Henderson, Owensboro, Calhoun, Greenville, Elkton, Perryville, 
Marble Hill, Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Piedmont, Van Buren, 
Doniphan, Poplar Bluff, Bloomfield, Sikeston, Charleston, 
and New Madrid
202 AM CDT Thu Apr 22 2021

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

* WHAT...Temperatures in the lower to middle 30s will result in 
  frost formation. 

* WHERE...Southeast Missouri, Southern Illinois, Southwest 
  Indiana, and Western Kentucky. 

* WHEN...through 9 AM CDT Today.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
760 
WWUS73 KPAH 221325
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Paducah KY
825 AM CDT Thu Apr 22 2021

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-221430-
/O.CAN.KPAH.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210422T1400Z/
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-
Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-
Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-
Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-
Union KY-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean-
Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-
Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid-
Including the cities of Mount Vernon, Fairfield, Albion, 
Mount Carmel, Pinckneyville, West Frankfort, McLeansboro, Carmi, 
Carbondale, Murphysboro, Herrin, Harrisburg, Shawneetown, 
Jonesboro, Vienna, Golconda, Elizabethtown, Cairo, Mound City, 
Metropolis, Fort Branch, Petersburg, Poseyville, Evansville, 
Boonville, Rockport, Hickman, Clinton, Bardwell, Wickliffe, 
Paducah, Mayfield, Smithland, Benton, Murray, Marion, Eddyville, 
Cadiz, Princeton, Morganfield, Dixon, Madisonville, Hopkinsville,
Henderson, Owensboro, Calhoun, Greenville, Elkton, Perryville, 
Marble Hill, Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Piedmont, Van Buren, 
Doniphan, Poplar Bluff, Bloomfield, Sikeston, Charleston, 
and New Madrid
825 AM CDT Thu Apr 22 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Paducah has cancelled the Frost
Advisory. Temperatures have already climbed to around 40 degrees
or higher, so the potential for frost has ended.

$$

Nearby

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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.