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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Topeka, KS

April 13, 20215 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this frost advisory at Apr 13, 2021, 3:08 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 14, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2021, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 14, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Brown County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2021-04-13Temperature 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2021-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -223 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

314 
WWUS73 KTOP 132008
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Topeka KS
308 PM CDT Tue Apr 13 2021

KSZ008>012-141300-
/O.NEW.KTOP.FR.Y.0002.210414T0600Z-210414T1300Z/
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-
Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton,
Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Sabetha, 
Seneca, Hiawatha, and Horton
308 PM CDT Tue Apr 13 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Republic, Washington, Marshall, Nemaha and Brown 
  Counties.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 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.

&&

$$

Flanagan
1 follow-up statement
359 
WWUS73 KTOP 141247
NPWTOP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Topeka KS
747 AM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021

KSZ008>012-141400-
/O.EXP.KTOP.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210414T1300Z/
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-
Including the cities of Belleville, Washington, Hanover, Clifton,
Linn, Greenleaf, Marysville, Blue Rapids, Frankfort, Sabetha, 
Seneca, Hiawatha, and Horton
747 AM CDT Wed Apr 14 2021

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

Widespread sunshine and warming temperatures will cause any frost
to dissipate early this morning. 

$$

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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.