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Freeze Watch 2, NWS Wichita, KS

April 13, 201426 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this freeze watch at Apr 13, 2014, 4:17 AM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 14, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2014, 4:17 AM CDT (09:17 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 13, 2014, 4:38 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS

All 26 counties

Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze watch went out at Apr 13, 3:47 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 3:47 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 11:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 13, 3:30 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	47 min
Apr 13, 3:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Neosho	30 min
Apr 13, 4:17 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Russell and 1 more	12 hr
Apr 13, 11:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	26 min
Apr 13, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	44 min
Apr 13, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	36 min
Apr 13, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	47 min
Apr 13, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	38 min
Apr 13, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk	41 min
Apr 13, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	36 min
Apr 13, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	48 min
Apr 13, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	26 min
Apr 13, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	64 min
Apr 13, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Greenwood, Woodson	58 min
Apr 13, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	47 min
Apr 13, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	43 min
Apr 13, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	45 min
Apr 13, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Labette, Montgomery	61 min
Apr 13, 4:38 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Elk, Ellsworth and 14 more	16 hr
Apr 13, 4:38 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	40 hr
Apr 13, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho, Wilson	49 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.