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Frost Advisory 5, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 27, 20227 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this frost advisory at Sep 27, 2022, 1:51 PM CDT for 7 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 28, 2022, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 2022, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 28, 2022, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 28, 2022, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
All 22 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Richland County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2022-09-27Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2022-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Sep 27, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 1:51 PM CDTFreeze WarningARXAdams, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, Monroe, Taylor18 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Iowa, 2022Frost Advisories in Wisconsin, 2022Frost Advisories in Minnesota, 2022Every frost advisory in 2022

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.