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Frost Advisory 6, NWS St. Louis, MO

October 7, 202221 counties in Missouri; 14 counties in Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this frost advisory at Oct 7, 2022, 2:42 AM CDT for 21 counties in Missouri; 14 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Oct 8, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2022, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 8, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 8, 2022, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
All 35 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 249 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2022-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 67 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2022-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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 St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Oct 6, 10:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 10:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 2:42 AM CDTFreeze WarningLSXAudrain, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike and 2 more30 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Missouri, 2022Frost Advisories in Illinois, 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.