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Wind Chill Advisory 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 31, 2011, 2:44 PM CST for 21 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 31, 2011, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2011, 2:44 PM CST (20:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2011, 10:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2011, 6:15 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 21 counties
Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
899 WWUS43 KDDC 312044 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 244 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...EXPECT SNOW...COLD AND WIND THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .AS AN UPPER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY, COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR SOUTH THROUGH THE HIGH PLAINS. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE TONIGHT IN WESTERN KANSAS, AND SPREAD EAST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ALSO, STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES, AS WELL AS DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS MINUS 24 DEGREES TONIGHT. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>087-010445- /O.NEW.KDDC.WC.Y.0006.110201T0400Z-110202T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KDDC.WC.A.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 244 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 /144 PM MST MON JAN 31 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CST /9 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CST /9 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PRATT, MEDICINE LODGE AND COLDWATER AREAS. * WIND CHILLS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MEADE TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED. ON TUESDAY NIGHT, IT WILL GET EVEN COLDER AND BE NEARLY AS WINDY...WITH WIND CHILLS DIPPING TO VERY DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM MINUS 25 TO MINUS 35 DEGREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLIER TODAY...THE SNOW PILING UP AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. DO NOT BE OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS TONIGHT OR TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ KSZ066-080-081-088>090-010445- /O.EXT.KDDC.WC.A.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 244 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PRATT, MEDICINE LODGE AND COLDWATER AREAS. * WIND CHILLS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MEADE TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED. ON TUESDAY NIGHT, IT WILL GET EVEN COLDER AND BE NEARLY AS WINDY...WITH WIND CHILLS DIPPING TO VERY DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM MINUS 25 TO MINUS 35 DEGREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLIER TODAY...THE SNOW PILING UP AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. DO NOT BE OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS TONIGHT OR TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ 12
4 follow-up statements
032 WWUS43 KDDC 010234 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 834 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...EXPECT SNOW...COLD AND WIND THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .AS AN UPPER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY... COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR SOUTH THROUGH THE HIGH PLAINS. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND MAY BRIEFLY BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. ALSO... STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES... AS WELL AS DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS MINUS 24 DEGREES TONIGHT. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>087-011200- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WC.Y.0006.110201T0400Z-110202T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WC.A.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 834 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 /734 PM MST MON JAN 31 2011/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AND BRIEFLY BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER AT TIMES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM TUESDAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PRATT... MEDICINE LODGE AND COLDWATER AREAS. * WIND CHILLS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MEADE TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED. ON TUESDAY NIGHT... IT WILL GET EVEN COLDER AND BE NEARLY AS WINDY...WITH WIND CHILLS DIPPING TO VERY DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM MINUS 25 TO MINUS 35 DEGREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLIER TODAY...THE SNOW PILING UP AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. DO NOT BE OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS TONIGHT OR TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ KSZ066-080-081-088>090-011200- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WC.A.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 834 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AND BRIEFLY BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER AT TIMES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM TUESDAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PRATT... MEDICINE LODGE AND COLDWATER AREAS. * WIND CHILLS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MEADE TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED. ON TUESDAY NIGHT... IT WILL GET EVEN COLDER AND BE NEARLY AS WINDY...WITH WIND CHILLS DIPPING TO VERY DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM MINUS 25 TO MINUS 35 DEGREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLIER TODAY...THE SNOW PILING UP AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. DO NOT BE OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS TONIGHT OR TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$
952 WWUS43 KDDC 010439 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1039 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...EXPECT SNOW...COLD AND WIND THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... .AS AN UPPER STORM MOVES EAST ACROSS OKLAHOMA OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY... COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR SOUTH THROUGH THE HIGH PLAINS. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND MAY BRIEFLY BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. ALSO... STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES... AS WELL AS DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS MINUS 24 DEGREES TONIGHT. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>087-011300- /O.CON.KDDC.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WC.A.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 1039 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 /939 PM MST MON JAN 31 2011/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AND BRIEFLY BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER AT TIMES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM TUESDAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PRATT... MEDICINE LODGE AND COLDWATER AREAS. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MEADE TO DODGE CITY TO LARNED. ON TUESDAY NIGHT... IT WILL GET EVEN COLDER AND BE NEARLY AS WINDY...WITH WIND CHILLS DIPPING TO VERY DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM MINUS 25 TO MINUS 35 DEGREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLIER TODAY...THE SNOW PILING UP AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. DO NOT BE OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS TONIGHT OR TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ KSZ066-080-081-088>090-011300- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WC.A.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1039 PM CST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AND BRIEFLY BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER AT TIMES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM TUESDAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOWFALL BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE PRATT... MEDICINE LODGE AND COLDWATER AREAS. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT. ON TUESDAY NIGHT... IT WILL GET EVEN COLDER AND BE NEARLY AS WINDY...WITH WIND CHILLS DIPPING TO VERY DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM MINUS 25 TO MINUS 35 DEGREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLIER TODAY...THE SNOW PILING UP AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. DO NOT BE OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS TONIGHT OR TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$
861 WWUS43 KDDC 011100 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS CONTINUE... .A WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION, STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. KSZ030-031-043>045-062>064-077-078-011900- /O.UPG.KDDC.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WC.W.0001.110201T1100Z-110201T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WC.Y.0007.110201T1500Z-110202T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WC.A.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN 500 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE EAST OF A HAYS TO LIBERAL LINE THIS MORNING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GARDEN CITY TO HAYS.. TONIGHT IT WILL GET EVEN COLDER WITH WIND CHILLS DIPPING TO VERY DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM THE SNOW PILING UP AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ KSZ046-061-065-074>076-079-084>087-011900- /O.CON.KDDC.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WC.A.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ RUSH-HAMILTON-PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE... LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 500 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 /400 AM MST TUE FEB 1 2011/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH MINIMAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH THIS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GARDEN CITY TO HAYS. TONIGHT IT WILL GET EVEN COLDER WITH WIND CHILLS DIPPING TO VERY DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM THE SNOW PILING UP AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ KSZ066-080-081-088>090-011900- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WC.A.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 500 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF THIS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. TONIGHT IT COULD BE EVEN COLDER WITH WIND CHILLS DIPPING TO DANGEROUS LEVELS AS COLD AS 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM THE SNOW PILING UP AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ RUSSELL
754 WWUS43 KDDC 011215 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 615 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER HAZARDS CONTINUE... .A WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. KSZ046-061-065-074>076-079-084>087-012015- /O.UPG.KDDC.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110202T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110201T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.WC.Y.0007.110201T1500Z-110202T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WC.A.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ RUSH-HAMILTON-PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE... LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 615 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 /515 AM MST TUE FEB 1 2011/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH MINIMAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH THIS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. TONIGHT IT WILL GET EVEN COLDER WITH WIND CHILLS DIPPING TO VERY DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM THE SNOW PILING UP AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ KSZ066-080-081-088>090-012015- /O.EXA.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110201T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WC.A.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 615 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF THIS MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. TONIGHT IT COULD BE EVEN COLDER WITH WIND CHILLS DIPPING TO DANGEROUS LEVELS AS COLD AS 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM THE SNOW PILING UP AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>045-062>064-077-078-012015- /O.CON.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110201T1500Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110202T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WC.Y.0007.110201T1500Z-110202T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WC.A.0001.110202T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN 615 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE EAST OF A HAYS TO LIBERAL LINE THIS MORNING. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. TONIGHT IT WILL GET EVEN COLDER WITH WIND CHILLS DIPPING TO VERY DANGEROUS LEVELS FROM 25 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS FROM THE SNOW PILING UP AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 5 MPH OR HIGHER WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ RUSSELL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Jan 31, 4:05 AM CST, 10 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 4:05 AM CST, 10 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 405 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE DURATION OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TODAY AND SNOW AMOUNTS INTO TUESDAY. ALSO DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE STILL EXPECTED TONIGHT AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS. A STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM ARIZONA THIS MORNING AND INTO NEW MEXICO BY THIS EVENING. ARCTIC AIR WILL DROP SOUTH AHEAD OF THIS STORM SYSTEM INTO WESTERN KANSAS WITH WINDS TURNING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPS FROM 20 TO 25 DEGREES MAY ACTUALLY FALL BACK INTO THE TEENS AFTER 3 OR 4 PM. FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW A POTENTIAL OF SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING THEN QUICKLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON FROM NORTH TO SOUTH FA AS THE NAM SOUNDING SHOWING SOME ICE CRYSTAL FORMATION AT -10C TO -12C IN THE CLOUD LAYER. FOR TONIGHT THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES EAST AS AN OPEN WAVE AND INTO WESTERN KANSAS BY MORNING WITH MUCH OF THE DYNAMICS AND FRONTOGENESIS WELL SOUTH OF WESTERN KANSAS AND INTO TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. STILL SOME LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WILL INCREASE POPS TO 80 PERCENT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE VERY STRONG AT 25 TO 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS WITH LOTS BLOWING SNOW WITH AREAS OF LOWER VISIBILITIES ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY. LOOK FOR LOWS AROUND ZERO ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS EXCEPT AROUND 8 AT MEDICINE LODGE. WIND CHILLS COULD RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. ON TUESDAY THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS WITH AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST BY EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM HAYS TO DODGE CITY AND ASHLAND BY EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY COLD AND ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT LOOK FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH NORTH WINDS DECREASING A TAD TO 20 TO 30 MPH EAST FA TO 15 TO 25 MPH WEST FA. WIND CHILLS READINGS AGAIN WILL BE VERY COLD WITH 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM LARNED TO COLDWATER AND EAST. WITH SO MUCH WIND IT WILL BE HARD TO MEASURE WITH LOTS OF BARE SPOTS AND DRIFTS. ANOTHER PROBLEM WILL BE QPF AND SNOW RATIOS. SNOW RATIOS MAY EXCEED 20 TO 1 WITH THE SNOW EVENT WITH QPF LESS THAN MODELS SHOW IN SUCH A COLD AND DEEP ARCTIC AIRMASS. 850MB TEMPS DROP TO 18C TO 20C BELOW ZERO FROM TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. CURRENT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INTO MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT LOOKS GOOD AND WILL CONTINUE. ALSO THE WIND CHILL WATCH FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING LOOKS TO BE ON TARGET. 06 DAYS 3-7... THE BEGINNING OF THE MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD WILL START OUT COLD...VERY COLD IN FACT! THE MID LEVEL COLD CORE IN THE BASE OF THE TROUGH IN THE MODEL OUTPUT SHOWS 500 MILLIBAR PRESSURE LEVEL TEMPERATURES AROUND -36 DEGREES C, AND THE 850 MILLIBAR LEVEL TEMPERATURES ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS ARE AS COLD AS -20 DEGREES C WEDNESDAY MORNING. CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH AND EASTERN FORECAST AREA. SOME FLURRIES CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS THIS NEARLY SATURATED LAYER DOES INTERSECT THE PREFERRED DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE. THE MORE IMPORTANT PROBLEM WILL BE THE WIND ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE PLAINS. MODELS INDICATE WEAKENING WIND FIELDS DURING THIS TIMEFRAME, HOWEVER EVEN AT 15 KNOTS THE APPARENT TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABLE TO FALL TO 25 BELOW ZERO, OR COLDER IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING THROUGH THE MORNING, SO BY MIDDAY, THERE OUGHT TO BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO THE WIND CHILL INDICES, WITH A WARMING INTO THE SINGLE NEGATIVE DIGITS. ADDITIONALLY, WE SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WARMER GLOBAL FORECAST SYSTEM SUITE OF MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS AND THE VERY COLD CANADIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN MESOSCALE MODEL OUTPUT, TO ARRIVE AT A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FORECAST IN THE LOW TEENS WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY IS THE TRANSITION DAY FROM A BITTER ARCTIC COLD INTO A PRE- DOWNSLOPE WARMING EPISODE. THE MODEL DEEP LAYER RELATIVE HUMIDITY FIELDS INDICATE ABUNDANT INSOLATION WILL BE AVAILABLE, AND MODELS HAVE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S AND LOW 30S, WITH A FEW OUTLYING EXCEPTIONS. THERE WILL BE WEAK DOWNSLOPE WEST WINDS, BUT SOME SNOWPACK (HOW MUCH YET IS NOT POSITIVELY KNOWN) MAY INFLUENCE THE ABILITY TO WARM SIGNIFICANTLY AS WELL. A WIDE VARIANCE IN MODEL AND GUIDANCE OUTPUT TEMPERATURES EXITS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND PERHAPS THE DECIDING FACTOR HERE WILL BE THE STRENGTH THE THE WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE AND BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING. CERTAINLY THE SOURCE AIR WILL BE COLD, BUT THE WINDS SHOULD BE SUSTAINED AROUND 10 KNOTS OR GREATER ALL NIGHT, WHICH WOULD NOT FAVOR THE COLDEST SOLUTIONS. IN THIS TIMEFRAME WE'VE INCREASED THE TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOW TO MID TEENS. BY THE DAYTIME FRIDAY, A MORE SIGNIFICANT DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT WILL BE IN PLACE OVER WESTERN KANSAS, WHICH WILL ALLOW ADIABATIC WARMING OF THE SURFACE AIR PERHAPS TO AS WARM AS NEAR 50S DEGREES LOCALLY IN THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES. THIS WARMING MAY BE MOST DRAMATIC LATE IN THE DAY. FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING THE LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH SKY COVER MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO TEMPER RADIATIONAL COOLING. HOWEVER A RANGE FROM UPPER TEENS WITH THIN CIRRUS OR CLEAR SKIES TO UPPER 20S WITH A BIT THICKER CLOUDS IS POSSIBLE. .AVIATION... EASTERLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BACK TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE IN MAGNITUDE BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. IN THE MEANTIME THERE WILL BE INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE ESPECIALLY TOWARD LATE MORNING, WITH A CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW AS THE DEEPER COLD AIR ARRIVES. LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IN THE LOW INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULE CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 24 1 6 -4 / 30 80 80 10 GCK 23 1 6 -5 / 30 80 80 10 EHA 28 1 6 -5 / 30 80 80 10 LBL 27 2 6 -4 / 30 80 80 10 HYS 20 1 6 -5 / 30 80 80 10 P28 29 8 11 2 / 30 80 80 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT FOR KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090. WIND CHILL WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090. && FN06/33
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 3:50 AM CST, 10 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 350 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-011200- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 350 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011 /250 AM MST MON JAN 31 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE UNTREATED SURFACES SLICK. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON, AND BECOME MORE PROBABLE THIS EVENING WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW AFTER 7 PM. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST, WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WIND CHILL INDICES ARE FORECAST IN THE 15 BELOW ZERO TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING, WIND CHILL INDICES MAY FALL TO COLDER THAN 25 BELOW ZERO...WHICH IS COLD ENOUGH TO FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN 30 MINUTES. NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ON TUESDAY WI8LL MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC RUSSELL
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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.