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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 17, 201113 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this frost advisory at Oct 17, 2011, 4:08 AM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 18, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2011, 4:08 AM CDT (09:08 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 18, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 18, 2011, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-10-17Temperature 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
2451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

888 
WWUS73 KDDC 170908
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
408 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIDESPREAD FROST FORMATION LIKELY TONIGHT... 

.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND OVER
THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY. AS IT DOES IT WILL PUSH A
REINFORCING COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. STRONG NORTH
WINDS WILL DEVELOP WITH THIS FRONT ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON. COLDER TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO A GOOD
POSSIBILITY OF WIDESPREAD FROST BY EARLY MORNING TUESDAY.

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-171715-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FR.Y.0004.111018T0800Z-111018T1300Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0034.111017T1800Z-111018T0100Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
408 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 /308 AM MDT MON OCT 17 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO 8 AM CDT
/7 AM MDT/ TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO 8 AM
CDT /7 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF
  KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME 
  GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR 
  DRIVERS...PARTICULARLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

KSZ043-044-063-076-077-086-087-171715-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FR.Y.0004.111018T0800Z-111018T1300Z/
SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY-HASKELL-GRAY-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
408 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY. 


* TEMPERATURE...WIDESPREAD LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 32 TO 35 DEGREE
  RANGE IS EXPECTED, WITH LOCALLY COLDER TEMPERATURES FROM 30 TO 32
  DEGREES POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...FROST WILL EASILY FORM BY 4 AM AS TEMPERATURES FALL
  AND NEAR SURFACE AIR SATURATES. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

RUSSELL
5 follow-up statements
422 
WWUS73 KDDC 171645
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1145 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... 
...FROST FORMATION POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND OVER
THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY. AS IT DOES IT WILL PUSH A
REINFORCING COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. STRONG NORTH
WINDS WILL DEVELOP WITH THIS FRONT ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON. COLDER TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO A GOOD
POSSIBILITY OF FROST ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF OUR FORECAST AREA BY
EARLY MORNING TUESDAY.

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-180045-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0034.111017T1800Z-111018T0100Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0004.111018T0800Z-111018T1300Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
1145 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 /1045 AM MDT MON OCT 17 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO
8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ TUESDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM
MDT/ TO 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF 
  KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. 

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME 
  GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR 
  DRIVERS...PARTICULARLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

KSZ043-044-063-076-077-086-087-180045-
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0004.111018T0800Z-111018T1300Z/
SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY-HASKELL-GRAY-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
1145 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S IS
  EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY COLDER TEMPERATURES FROM 30 TO 32
  DEGREES POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS.

* IMPACTS...FROST MAY FORM BY 4 AM AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND NEAR
  SURFACE AIR SATURATES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

42
982 
WWUS73 KDDC 172032
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
332 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... 
...FROST FORMATION POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS...
...FROST FORMATION POSSIBLE WEST OF HIGHWAY 183 TOMORROWNIGHT...

.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS MOVING INTO WESTERN KANSAS. AS IT
DOES IT WILL PUSH A REINFORCING COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN
KANSAS. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP WITH THIS FRONT ACROSS FAR
WESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. COLDER TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL
LEAD TO A GOOD POSSIBILITY OF FROST ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF OUR
FORECAST AREA BY EARLY MORNING TUESDAY. COLDER TEMPERATURES EXTEND
FARTHER EAST TOMORROW NIGHT AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF FROST
WEST OF HIGHWAY 183 BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-180100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.111019T0800Z-111019T1300Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-111018T0100Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0004.111018T0800Z-111018T1300Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
332 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 /232 PM MDT MON OCT 17 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO
8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ TUESDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO 8 AM CDT
/7 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO 8 AM
CDT /7 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF 
  KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. 

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME 
  GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S IS 
  EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY COLDER TEMPERATURES FROM 30 TO 32 
  DEGREES POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR 
  DRIVERS...PARTICULARLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

KSZ043-044-063-076-077-086-087-180100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.111019T0800Z-111019T1300Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0004.111018T0800Z-111018T1300Z/
SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY-HASKELL-GRAY-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
332 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
TUESDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. A
FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S IS 
  EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY COLDER TEMPERATURES FROM 30 TO 32 
  DEGREES POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. 

* IMPACTS...FROST MAY FORM BY 4 AM AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND NEAR 
  SURFACE AIR SATURATES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-045-046-064-065-078>080-088-089-180100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.111019T0800Z-111019T1300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-CLARK-
COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION
332 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S IS 
  EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY COLDER TEMPERATURES FROM 30 TO 32 
  DEGREES POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. 

* IMPACTS...FROST MAY FORM BY 4 AM AS TEMPERATURES FALL AND NEAR
  SURFACE AIR SATURATES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

42
669 
WWUS73 KDDC 180027
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
727 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...FROST EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE
SOUTHWARD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN CLEAR SKIES
AND LIGHT OVERNIGHT WINDS WHICH WILL CREATE AN IDEAL ENVIRONMENT
FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING. FROST IS EXPECTED DURING THE LATE NIGHT
AND EARLY MORNING HOURS FOR TUESDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-181300-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0034.000000T0000Z-111018T0100Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0004.111018T0800Z-111018T1300Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.111019T0800Z-111019T1300Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
727 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011 /627 PM MDT MON OCT 17 2011/

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO
8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ TUESDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO
8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM
MDT/ TO 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ TUESDAY. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S IS
  EXPECTED... WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES FROM 30 TO 32 DEGREES
  POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS.

* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND AGRICULTURE
  INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PLANTS FROM FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

KSZ043-044-063-076-077-086-087-181300-
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0004.111018T0800Z-111018T1300Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.111019T0800Z-111019T1300Z/
SCOTT-LANE-FINNEY-HASKELL-GRAY-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...LIBERAL...
KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
727 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
TUESDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT TUESDAY.
A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S IS
  EXPECTED... WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES FROM 30 TO 32 DEGREES
  POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS.

* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND AGRICULTURE
  INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PLANTS FROM FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-045-046-064-065-078>080-088-089-181300-
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.111019T0800Z-111019T1300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-CLARK-
COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION
727 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S IS
  EXPECTED... WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES FROM 30 TO 32 DEGREES
  POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS.

* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND AGRICULTURE
  INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PLANTS FROM FROST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

SUGDEN
062 
WWUS73 KDDC 180929
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
429 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...GROWING SEASON EXPECTED TO END ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

.A COLD HIGH PRESSURE AREA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ITS GRIP ON THE
WESTERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL
LEAD TO FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM THIS MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THURSDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BE THE
COLDEST MORNING AS WINDS GO CALM OR NEARLY CALM MOST OF THE NIGHT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT...A KILLING FREEZE IS EXPECTED EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING.

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-181300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-111018T1300Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.111019T0800Z-111019T1300Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
429 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 /329 AM MDT TUE OCT 18 2011/

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO
8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM
CDT /7 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...THIS MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 32
  AND 35 DEGREES THROUGH 8 AM. WEDNESDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL
  RANGE FROM 31 TO 34 DEGREES. THURSDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL
  BE THE COLDEST OF THE THREE MORNINGS WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING
  FROM 27 TO 31 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND AGRICULTURE
  INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PLANTS FROM FROST AND
  FREEZING TEMPERATURES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY ALSO DAMAGE
  OUTDOOR WATER AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN
  WINTERIZED YET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-045-046-064-065-078>080-088-089-181300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.111019T0800Z-111019T1300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-CLARK-
COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION
429 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO
8 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE...WEDNESDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 32
  TO 35 DEGREES. THURSDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER WITH
  TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 27 TO 31 DEGREES. LOWS IN THE MID 20S
  WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WAKEENEY TO HAYS TO LARNED.

* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND AGRICULTURE
  INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PLANTS FROM FROST AND
  FREEZING TEMPERATURES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY ALSO DAMAGE
  OUTDOOR WATER AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN
  WINTERIZED YET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

KSZ066-081-090-181300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
STAFFORD-PRATT-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...PRATT...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
429 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURE...THURSDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
  RANGE BETWEEN 27 TO 31 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND AGRICULTURE
  INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PLANTS FROM FROST AND
  FREEZING TEMPERATURES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY ALSO DAMAGE
  OUTDOOR WATER AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN
  WINTERIZED YET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

UMSCHEID
042 
WWUS73 KDDC 181250
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
750 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...GROWING SEASON EXPECTED TO END ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS...

.A COLD HIGH PRESSURE AREA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ITS GRIP ON
THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS
WILL LEAD TO FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES FROM THIS
MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THURSDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO
BE THE COLDEST MORNING AS WINDS GO CALM OR NEARLY CALM MOST OF
THE NIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT...A KILLING FREEZE IS
EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-182100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-111018T1300Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.111019T0800Z-111019T1300Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
750 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 /650 AM MDT TUE OCT 18 2011/

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO
8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CDT /2 AM MDT/ TO 8
AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.


* TEMPERATURE...WEDNESDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 31
  TO 34 DEGREES. THURSDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE COLDEST
  OF THE THREE MORNINGS WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 27 TO 31
  DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND AGRICULTURE
  INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PLANTS FROM FROST AND
  FREEZING TEMPERATURES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY ALSO DAMAGE
  OUTDOOR WATER AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN
  WINTERIZED YET.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-045-046-064-065-078>080-088-089-182100-
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.111019T0800Z-111019T1300Z/
/O.CON.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-CLARK-
COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION
750 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURE...WEDNESDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 
  32 TO 35 DEGREES. THURSDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER 
  WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 27 TO 31 DEGREES. LOWS IN THE 
  MID 20S WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WAKEENEY TO HAYS TO LARNED. 

* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND AGRICULTURE 
  INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PLANTS FROM FROST AND 
  FREEZING TEMPERATURES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY ALSO DAMAGE 
  OUTDOOR WATER AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN 
  WINTERIZED YET. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

KSZ066-081-090-182100-
/O.CON.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.111020T0600Z-111020T1300Z/
STAFFORD-PRATT-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...PRATT...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
750 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011

...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURE...THURSDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO 
  RANGE BETWEEN 27 TO 31 DEGREES. 

* IMPACTS...THOSE WITH OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND AGRICULTURE 
  INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PLANTS FROM FROST AND 
  FREEZING TEMPERATURES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY ALSO DAMAGE 
  OUTDOOR WATER AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN 
  WINTERIZED YET. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 3:32 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 18 more40 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Kansas, 2011Every frost advisory in 2011

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.