Alert archive / Kansas / Hard Freeze Warnings in 2013
Hard Freeze Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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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</html>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 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 3:59 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hamilton and 9 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:22 AM CDT | Hard Freeze Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 22, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 41 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.