Alert archive / Kansas / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this freeze warning at Oct 17, 2012, 1:23 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 18, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2012, 1:23 PM CDT (18:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 2207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
505 WWUS73 KDDC 171823 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 123 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY... .AS WINDS GO CALM OR NEARLY CALM TONIGHT WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE 30 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE MAINLY WEST OF A LIBERAL TO GARDEN CITY LINE TO THE COLORADO BORDER. DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWEST OF A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER IOWA AND MINNESOTA. KSZ061>063-075-076-086-180230- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121017T2300Z/ /O.UPG.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.121018T0900Z-121018T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.W.0002.121018T0900Z-121018T1400Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.121018T1500Z-121018T2300Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRANT-HASKELL-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...LIBERAL... KISMET 123 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 /1223 PM MDT WED OCT 17 2012/ ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO THE 30 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ085-180230- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121017T2300Z/ /O.UPG.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.121018T0900Z-121018T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.W.0002.121018T0900Z-121018T1400Z/ STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 123 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO THE 30 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KSZ043-044-077-087-180230- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121017T2300Z/ /O.CAN.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.121018T0900Z-121018T1200Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.121018T1500Z-121018T2300Z/ SCOTT-LANE-GRAY-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...MEADE...FOWLER 123 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM THURSDAY. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-079-081-180230- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121017T2300Z/ /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0004.121018T1500Z-121018T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.121018T1500Z-121018T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-PRATT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...PRATT 123 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM THURSDAY. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THURSDAY. STRONGER WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED NORTHEAST OF A WAKEENEY TO LARNED LINE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ078-080-088>090-180230- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-121017T2300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.121018T1500Z-121018T2300Z/ FORD-KIOWA-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 123 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ074-084-180230- /O.UPG.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.121018T0900Z-121018T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.W.0002.121018T0900Z-121018T1400Z/ STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD 123 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO THE 30 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ UMSCHEID
3 follow-up statements
279 WWUS73 KDDC 180123 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 823 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY... .AS WINDS BECOME NEARLY CALM TONIGHT WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE 30 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE MAINLY WEST OF A LIBERAL TO GARDEN CITY LINE TO THE COLORADO BORDER. DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWEST OF A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW ACROSS IOWA AND MINNESOTA. KSZ061>063-075-076-086-180930- /O.CON.KDDC.FZ.W.0002.121018T0900Z-121018T1400Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.121018T1500Z-121018T2300Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRANT-HASKELL-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...LIBERAL... KISMET 823 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 /723 PM MDT WED OCT 17 2012/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THURSDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THURSDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM CDT. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO THE 30 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ074-084-085-180930- /O.CON.KDDC.FZ.W.0002.121018T0900Z-121018T1400Z/ STANTON-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW 823 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO THE 30 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-180930- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.121018T1500Z-121018T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY- FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 823 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CDT THURSDAY... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM CDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THURSDAY. STRONGER WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED NORTHEAST OF A WAKEENEY TO LARNED LINE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 32
621 WWUS73 KDDC 180850 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 350 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS MORNING FOR FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS WELL. .WINDS WILL BRIEFLY BECOME CALM EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO RADIATE DOWN TO THE FREEZING MARK. MEANWHILE...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND AN INTENSE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL CREATE VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. KSZ030-031-190000- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.121018T1500Z-121018T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0008.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS 350 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PEAK IN INTENSITY A FEW HOURS CENTERED BEFORE AND AFTER NOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. COMMUTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION ON WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY INTERSTATE SEVENTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ061>063-075-076-086-190000- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.FZ.W.0002.121018T0900Z-121018T1400Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRANT-HASKELL-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...LIBERAL... KISMET 350 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 /250 AM MDT THU OCT 18 2012/ ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PEAK IN INTENSITY A FEW HOURS CENTERED BEFORE AND AFTER NOON. * TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO THE LOWER 30S. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY KILL VEGETATION. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. COMMUTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION ON WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ074-084-085-181400- /O.CON.KDDC.FZ.W.0002.121018T0900Z-121018T1400Z/ STANTON-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW 350 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TIMING...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY KILL VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KSZ043>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-190000- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 350 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PEAK IN INTENSITY A FEW HOURS CENTERED BEFORE AND AFTER NOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. COMMUTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION ON WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SUGDEN
798 WWUS73 KDDC 181354 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 854 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND AN INTENSE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL CREATE VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE REGION. STRONGER WINDS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS DAYTIME HEATING INCREASES. KSZ061>063-075-076-086-190000- /O.EXP.KDDC.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121018T1400Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRANT-HASKELL-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...LIBERAL... KISMET 854 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 /754 AM MDT THU OCT 18 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING... * TIMING...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PEAK IN INTENSITY A FEW HOURS CENTERED BEFORE AND AFTER NOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. USE EXTRA CAUTION ON WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ074-084-085-181500- /O.EXP.KDDC.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121018T1400Z/ STANTON-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW 854 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES ARE RISING ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND THE THREAT FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES HAS ENDED. $$ KSZ030-031-190000- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0008.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS 854 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PEAK IN INTENSITY A FEW HOURS CENTERED BEFORE AND AFTER NOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. COMMUTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION ON WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS...PARTICULARLY INTERSTATE SEVENTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ043>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-190000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0037.121018T1500Z-121019T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 854 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PEAK IN INTENSITY A FEW HOURS CENTERED BEFORE AND AFTER NOON. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... WILL ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. COMMUTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION ON WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 4:28 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 39 hr |
| Oct 17, 4:31 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 17, 4:31 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Pratt and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 17, 4:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more | 38 hr |
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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.