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Frost Advisory 3, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 9, 20244 counties in Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this frost advisory at May 9, 2024, 2:34 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at May 10, 2024, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2024, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
In effect from
May 10, 2024, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 10, 2024, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI

Counties Clark County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2024-05-09Temperature 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 2024-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 May 9, 1:47 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 1:47 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 4:00 AM CDT, 10 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
400 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094>096-WIZ053>055-061-
101200-
Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-
Clayton-Dodge-Olmsted-Mower-Fillmore-Houston-Vernon-Crawford-
Richland-Grant-
400 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
Iowa...northeast Iowa...southeast Minnesota and southwest
Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A slight chance of thunderstorms is forecast today with lightning
being the main threat. Rainfall across northeast Iowa and
southwest Wisconsin may cause within bank rises on rivers.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Thunderstorms are possible Friday and Friday night, and
periodically into next week. Organized severe weather is not
expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

No action needed.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

No webinar is scheduled.

MNZ079-088-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-101200-
Wabasha-Winona-Taylor-Clark-Buffalo-Trempealeau-Jackson-La Crosse-
Monroe-Juneau-Adams-
400 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast
Minnesota...central Wisconsin...north central Wisconsin and west
central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Thunderstorms are possible Friday and Friday night, and
periodically into next week. Organized severe weather is not
expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

No action needed.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

No webinar is scheduled.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 9, 1:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 1:11 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARXFloyd16 min
May 9, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXAllamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more16 min

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Wisconsin, 2024Every frost advisory in 2024

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.