Alert archive / Kansas / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this freeze warning at Oct 25, 2012, 2:35 PM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 26, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 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 25, 2012, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2012, 7:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
551 WWUS73 KICT 251935 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 235 PM CDT THU OCT 25 2012 KSZ067>072-082-083-091>093-260945- /O.NEW.KICT.FZ.W.0002.121026T0600Z-121026T1400Z/ /O.CON.KICT.FZ.A.0002.121027T0300Z-121027T1500Z/ RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 235 PM CDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT FRIDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 30 DEGREES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT. SLIGHTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH LOWS IN THE 20S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. * IMPACTS...A KILLING FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOME AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT...WITH A MORE WIDESPREAD FROST AND A KILLING FREEZE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KSZ094>096-098>100-260945- /O.CON.KICT.FZ.A.0002.121027T0300Z-121027T1500Z/ ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE... SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 235 PM CDT THU OCT 25 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FOR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FROST AND A KILLING FREEZE IS EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
934 WWUS73 KICT 260818 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 318 AM CDT FRI OCT 26 2012 KSZ067>072-082-083-091>093-262230- /O.UPG.KICT.FZ.A.0002.121027T0300Z-121027T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.FZ.W.0003.121027T0300Z-121027T1500Z/ /O.CON.KICT.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121026T1400Z/ RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 318 AM CDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY... * TEMPERATURES...ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE EVEN COLDER LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD LOWS IN THE 20S. * IMPACTS...A KILLING FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOME AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIDESPREAD FROST AND KILLING FREEZE IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KSZ094>096-098>100-262230- /O.UPG.KICT.FZ.A.0002.121027T0300Z-121027T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KICT.FZ.W.0003.121027T0300Z-121027T1500Z/ ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE... SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 318 AM CDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A WIDESPREAD FROST AND KILLING FREEZE IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
276 WWUS73 KICT 261235 NPWICT URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 735 AM CDT FRI OCT 26 2012 KSZ067>072-082-083-091>093-270245- /O.CAN.KICT.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121026T1400Z/ /O.CON.KICT.FZ.W.0003.121027T0300Z-121027T1500Z/ RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO... AUGUSTA...EUREKA...YATES CENTER...IOLA...KINGMAN...WICHITA... ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...ARKANSAS CITY 735 AM CDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES...WILL PLUMMET INTO THE MID 20S LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A KILLING FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOME AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIDESPREAD FROST AND KILLING FREEZE IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ KSZ094>096-098>100-270245- /O.CON.KICT.FZ.W.0003.121027T0300Z-121027T1500Z/ ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOWARD...FREDONIA...CHANUTE...ERIE... SEDAN...COFFEYVILLE...INDEPENDENCE...PARSONS 735 AM CDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY. * TEMPERATURES...WILL FALL INTO THE 20S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A WIDESPREAD FROST AND KILLING FREEZE IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ ES/JMC
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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.