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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Raleigh, NC

November 7, 2021Anson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this frost advisory at Nov 7, 2021, 2:12 PM EST for Anson County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 8, 2021, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 2021, 2:12 PM EST (19:12 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 8, 2021, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 8, 2021, 8:00 AM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC

County Anson County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-11-07Temperature 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -97 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
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

398 
WWUS72 KRAH 071912
NPWRAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
212 PM EST Sun Nov 7 2021

NCZ083-080915-
/O.NEW.KRAH.FR.Y.0006.211108T0500Z-211108T1300Z/
Anson-
Including the cities of Wadesboro and Polkton
212 PM EST Sun Nov 7 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST
MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures between 33 and 36 degrees will result in 
  frost formation.

* WHERE...Anson County.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EST Monday.

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


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
311 
WWUS72 KRAH 080909
NPWRAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
409 AM EST Mon Nov 8 2021

NCZ083-081300-
/O.CON.KRAH.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-211108T1300Z/
Anson-
Including the cities of Wadesboro and Polkton
409 AM EST Mon Nov 8 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Temperatures between 33 and 36 degrees will result in 
  frost formation.

* WHERE...Anson County.

* WHEN...Through 8 AM EST Monday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
218 
WWUS72 KRAH 081313
NPWRAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
813 AM EST Mon Nov 8 2021

NCZ083-081415-
/O.EXP.KRAH.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-211108T1300Z/
Anson-
Including the cities of Wadesboro and Polkton
813 AM EST Mon Nov 8 2021

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

$$

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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.