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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this frost advisory at Oct 5, 2012, 2:48 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 6, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2012, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 6, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2012, 3:37 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
110 WWUS73 KDDC 051948 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 248 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING... .A COLD AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS THIS WEEKEND. COLD AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES COULD DROP INTO THE MID 30S WITH A CHANCE FOR FROST IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT DEPENDING IF CLOUDS WILL THIN. AS SKIES CLEAR AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES MORE ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. KSZ043-044-061>063-074-075-061000- /O.CAN.KDDC.FZ.A.0002.121006T0800Z-121006T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HZ.W.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES 248 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 /148 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2012/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 28 DEGREES OR COLDER. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KSZ084-085-061000- /O.CAN.KDDC.FZ.A.0002.121006T0800Z-121006T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.W.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 248 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 32 DEGREES OR COLDER. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KSZ030-045-061000- /O.UPG.KDDC.FZ.A.0002.121006T0800Z-121006T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FR.Y.0003.121006T0800Z-121006T1400Z/ /O.UPG.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HZ.W.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ TREGO-NESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... NESS CITY 248 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. A FROST ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES MAY FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD AREAS OF FROST. OVERNIGHT LOWS BY SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 28 DEGREES OR COLDER. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ KSZ031-046-061000- /O.UPG.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HZ.W.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FR.Y.0003.121006T0800Z-121006T1400Z/ ELLIS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER 248 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. A FROST ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES MAY FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF FROST. OVERNIGHT LOWS BY SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 28 DEGREES OR COLDER. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ KSZ064>066-076>079-061000- /O.UPG.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HZ.W.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS 248 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 28 DEGREES OR COLDER. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KSZ080-081-086>088-061000- /O.UPG.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.W.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 248 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 29 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KSZ089-090-061000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.W.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 248 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 29 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE 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. && $$ 06
1 follow-up statement
457 WWUS73 KDDC 060837 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 337 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING... .A COLD AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS THIS WEEKEND. AS SKIES CLEAR AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES MORE ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT, TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. KSZ030-031-045-046-062100- /O.CAN.KDDC.FR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-121006T1400Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.HZ.W.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER 337 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. * OVERNIGHT LOWS BY SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 28 DEGREES OR COLDER. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KSZ043-044-061>066-074>079-062100- /O.CON.KDDC.HZ.W.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS 337 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 /237 AM MDT SAT OCT 6 2012/ ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 28 DEGREES OR COLDER. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KSZ080-081-084>090-062100- /O.CON.KDDC.FZ.W.0001.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 337 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 29 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE. * IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS COLD WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 3:37 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Morton and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 5, 2:48 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Meade, Morton and 3 more | 42 hr |
| Oct 5, 2:48 PM CDT | Hard Freeze Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 12 more | 42 hr |
Nearby
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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.