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Hard Freeze Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 22, 201327 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this hard freeze warning at Apr 22, 2013, 2:58 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 22, 2013, 9:37 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 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
Apr 22, 2013, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 22, 2013, 9:37 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 23, 2013, 8:06 AM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, 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, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2013-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2013-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hard freeze warning 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 hard freeze warning went out at Apr 22, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 10:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1056 AM CDT MON APR 22 2013

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-231000-
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-
1056 AM CDT MON APR 22 2013 /956 AM MDT MON APR 22 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
7 PM CDT, SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM SAINT JOHN TO MINNEOLA.
THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO PING PONG SIZE
AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 TO 3
INCHES AND BLOWING SNOW. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR
MORE DETAIL.

ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS, AFTER MIDNIGHT A PERIOD OF FREEZING
RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME
MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED SURFACES.

A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM TUESDAY, FOR STRONG NORTH
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT INTO EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGES FOR MORE
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A HARD FREEZE IS AGAIN LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING, WITH OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 20S.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 7 PM, SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM SAINT JOHN TO MINNEOLA.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 3:59 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton and 9 more30 hr
Apr 22, 10:22 AM CDTHard Freeze WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more11 hr
Apr 22, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche52 min
Apr 22, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt48 min
Apr 22, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber43 min
Apr 22, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber45 min
Apr 22, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche41 min

Nearby

Hard Freeze Warnings in Kansas, 2013Every hard freeze warning in 2013

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.