Alert archive / Kansas / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this freeze warning at Oct 6, 2012, 3:01 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 7, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 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 6, 2012, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
All 23 counties
Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
501 WWUS73 KTOP 060801 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 301 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 KSZ008>012-020>023-036-061615- /O.CAN.KTOP.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121006T1400Z/ /O.UPG.KTOP.FZ.A.0001.121007T0700Z-121007T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FZ.W.0002.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-GEARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY 301 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA 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. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL FALL TO AROUND FREEZING BY 100 AM...AND RISE ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 800 AM. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... KILLING CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ KSZ024-026-034-035-037>040-054>056-058-059-061615- /O.UPG.KTOP.FZ.A.0001.121007T0700Z-121007T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FZ.W.0002.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE- DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABILENE...TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...EMPORIA... OTTAWA 301 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL FALL TO AROUND FREEZING BY 100 AM...AND RISE ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 800 AM. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... KILLING CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ BLAIR
4 follow-up statements
871 WWUS73 KTOP 061605 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1105 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-062100- /O.CON.KTOP.FZ.W.0002.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 1105 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL FALL TO AROUND FREEZING BY 100 AM...AND RISE ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 800 AM. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... KILLING CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ ACH
904 WWUS73 KTOP 062036 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 336 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-070900- /O.CON.KTOP.FZ.W.0002.121007T0600Z-121007T1400Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 336 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL FALL TO AROUND FREEZING BY 100 AM...AND RISE ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 800 AM. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... KILLING CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$ ACH
571 WWUS73 KTOP 070821 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 321 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-071400- /O.CON.KTOP.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121007T1400Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 321 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR UNTIL MID MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...THE HARD FREEZE WILL DAMAGE OR KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS FREEZING CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. && $$
923 WWUS73 KTOP 071351 NPWTOP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 851 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-071500- /O.EXP.KTOP.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121007T1400Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARYSVILLE...HIAWATHA...CONCORDIA... CLAY CENTER...MANHATTAN...ABILENE...JUNCTION CITY...TOPEKA... LAWRENCE...EMPORIA...OTTAWA 851 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING TO ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 9 AM THIS MORNING...SO THE FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ ACH
Nearby
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.