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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 4, 202632 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this frost advisory at Apr 4, 2026, 1:53 PM CDT for 32 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 5, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2026, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 5, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2026, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO

All 39 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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.

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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Apr 3, 6:29 PM CDT, 19 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 6:29 PM CDT, 19 hours 24 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Clinton	35 min
Apr 3, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Caldwell, Daviess	25 min
Apr 3, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Grundy	33 min
Apr 3, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Bates	32 min
Apr 3, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Henry	28 min
Apr 3, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EAX	Benton	32 min
Apr 4, 12:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EAX	Cooper	9 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Missouri, 2026 Frost Advisories in Kansas, 2026 Every frost advisory in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.