Alert archive / Kansas / Ice Storm Warnings in 2015
Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this ice storm warning at Nov 26, 2015, 3:06 AM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 26, 2015, 3:06 AM CST (09:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 26, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2015, 2:54 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 11:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Coldwater, KS | ICE ACCUMULATED TO AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH ON POWER LINES AND TREES. SOME POWER OUTAGES OCCURRED. |
| Nov 27, 12:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Greensburg, KS | ICE ACCUMULATED TO AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH ON TREES AND LINES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES OCCURRED. |
| Nov 27, 12:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Kiowa, KS | A TOTAL OF 1.6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BEFORE TEMPERATURES FELL BELOW FREEZING. ICE ACCUMULATED TO AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH ON EXPOSED OBJECTS. POWER WAS OUT AROUND COATS AND SAWYER IN PRATT COUNTY AND IN NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 2379 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
917 WWUS43 KDDC 260906 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 306 AM CST THU NOV 26 2015 KSZ066-080-081-088>090-261715- /O.UPG.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.151127T0000Z-151128T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.IS.W.0001.151127T0000Z-151128T0000Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 306 AM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR GREATER ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS COULD BE DOWNED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. * WIND CHILL...IN THE TEENS. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD. ALSO... NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY COMBINE WITH ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>087-261715- /O.EXT.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151128T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 306 AM CST THU NOV 26 2015 /206 AM MST THU NOV 26 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... * TIMING...EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH POCKETS OF ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL...IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JF
5 follow-up statements
293 WWUS43 KDDC 261930 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 130 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 KSZ066-080-081-088>090-270530- /O.CON.KDDC.IS.W.0001.151127T0000Z-151128T0000Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 130 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY... * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR GREATER ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS COULD BE DOWNED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. * WIND CHILL...IN THE TEENS. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD. ALSO... NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY COMBINE WITH ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>087-270530- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151128T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 130 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 /1230 PM MST THU NOV 26 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH POCKETS OF ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILL...IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
318 WWUS43 KDDC 270533 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1133 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 KSZ066-080-081-088>090-271345- /O.CON.KDDC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151128T0000Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1133 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACT...POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS COULD BE DOWNED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. * WIND CHILL...IN THE TEENS. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD. ALSO... NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY COMBINE WITH ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>087-271345- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151128T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 1133 PM CST THU NOV 26 2015 /1033 PM MST THU NOV 26 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH POCKETS OF SLEET LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL...IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
551 WWUS43 KDDC 270934 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 334 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 KSZ066-080-081-088>090-271745- /O.CON.KDDC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151128T0000Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 334 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACT...POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS COULD BE DOWNED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. * WIND CHILL...IN THE TEENS. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD. ALSO... NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY COMBINE WITH ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>087-271745- /O.EXT.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151128T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 334 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 /234 AM MST FRI NOV 27 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HUGOTON TO CIMARRON TO LA CROSSE. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY SLEET ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE, WHICH COULD ACCUMULATE TO A HALF INCH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL...IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JF
364 WWUS43 KDDC 271317 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 717 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 KSZ066-080-088-272130- /O.CAN.KDDC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151128T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WS.W.0003.151127T1317Z-151128T0600Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 717 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATION OF ONE INCH OR MORE LEADING TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR DRIFTS OF SLEET IN SOME PLACES * WIND CHILL...IN THE TEENS. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO REMAIN SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD. ALSO... NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY COMBINE WITH ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ KSZ046-064-065-076>079-086-087-272130- /O.UPG.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151128T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WS.W.0003.151127T1317Z-151128T0600Z/ RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 717 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...SIGNIFICANT SLEET ACCUMULATION OF ONE INCH OR MORE LEADING TO VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR DRIFTS OF SLEET IN SOME PLACES * WIND CHILL...IN THE TEENS. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO REMAIN SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD. ALSO... NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY COMBINE WITH ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ KSZ081-089-090-272130- /O.CON.KDDC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151128T0000Z/ PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 717 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACT...POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS COULD BE DOWNED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. * WIND CHILL...IN THE TEENS. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD. ALSO... NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY COMBINE WITH ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-074-075-084-085-272130- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151128T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 717 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 /617 AM MST FRI NOV 27 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HUGOTON TO CIMARRON TO LA CROSSE. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY SLEET ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE... WHICH COULD ACCUMULATE TO A HALF INCH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL...IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
809 WWUS43 KDDC 272054 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 254 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 KSZ081-089-090-280500- /O.CAN.KDDC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-151128T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0009.151127T2054Z-151128T1200Z/ PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 254 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNRISE * MAIN IMPACT...AROUND A TENTH OF ICE WITH POCKETS OF SLEET AND SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ080-088-280500- /O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151128T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0009.151127T2054Z-151128T1200Z/ KIOWA-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA 254 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNRISE * MAIN IMPACT...AROUND A TENTH OF ICE WITH POCKETS OF SLEET AND SNOW. * OTHER IMPACTS...EXPECT AREA ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TO BECOME SLICK THROUGH THIS PERIOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ046-064>066-076>079-086-087-272200- /O.CAN.KDDC.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-151128T0600Z/ RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-SEWARD- MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 254 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED...HOWEVER...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED $$ KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-074-075-084-085-272200- /O.CAN.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151128T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 254 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 /154 PM MST FRI NOV 27 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...HOWEVER...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm 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 ice storm warning went out at Nov 26, 12:07 AM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 12:07 AM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1207 AM CST THU NOV 26 2015 ...Updated for aviation discussion... .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH Thursday) ISSUED AT 1217 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015 The upper level low will shift into the Central Rockies tonight and sit there through the short term period. Weak impulses will eject around its periphery and head to our area enhancing lift. Mid to upper level moisture will increase tonight creating a cloud deck above western Kansas. Towards the surface, an area of low pressure located across eastern Colorado will intensify with an associated cold front pushing south into portions of Kansas tonight and through most of our area by sunrise tomorrow. Moist southerly winds will feed into central Kansas as this boundary approaches leading to low stratus or possibly fog in some places. Northerly winds are anticipated behind this front with much cooler air. There is a slight chance of light rain showers around midnight across central and south central Kansas. However, most precipitation should hold off until after midnight. Rain chances increase and spread across the remainder of the CWA after midnight, otherwise mostly cloudy skies will be visible. Temperatures across west central Kansas look to dip at or below freezing towards sunrise leading to the chance of freezing rain/sleet/snow or a combination of these elements. Lows tonight look to range from the upper 20s across west central Kansas to mid 50s across south central Kansas. Precipitation chances continue into tomorrow along the aforementioned cold front as well as farther north where mid level frontogenesis and isentropic lift will be present. The best chance for precipitation will be across south central Kansas, but a good chance will also be present across the remainder of the forecast area throughout the day. Strong cold air advection will be felt behind the cold front tomorrow leading to steady or falling temperatures throughout the day. The only exception to this will be across portions of south central Kansas where the temp may increase a few degrees in the morning. Highs in most places will be around midnight and range from the upper 20s across west central Kansas to upper 50s across south central Kansas. Precipitation type has been the main challenge for this forecast as a warm tongue is present above the surface. During the morning hours, rain is expected across south central Kansas and along the KS/OK border. The remainder of the CWA is anticipated to observe a wide range of precip types from rain, freezing rain, sleet, to snow. Light accumulations of snow will be possible across west central Kansas with some accumulating ice across this same area as well as portions of western Kansas and the I-70 corridor around Hays. This mix of precipitation types look to shift southeastward in the afternoon. Up to an inch of snow will be possible across west central Kansas in the afternoon with over a tenth of an inch of ice expected across eastern portions of the CWA. .LONG TERM...(Thursday NIGHT THROUGH Wednesday) ISSUED AT 250 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015 The storm system mentioned in the short term will continue to wreak havoc across the CWA tomorrow night into Friday with snow showers continuing across west and west central Kansas and freezing rain across central and south central Kansas. A mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain will be expected in between these two areas. Most of the CWA should change over to snow by Friday afternoon with the exception of portions of south central Kansas where freezing rain or sleet will remain be possible. The chance of wintry precipitation will continue through the weekend as more upper level impulses move around the periphery of the upper level low over the Central Rockies. Winds will generally be from a northerly direction through at least Saturday as high pressure builds into the area then shift to more of an easterly direction Saturday night into Sunday as the dome of high pressure treks to the east. Skies look to be mostly cloudy through the weekend. Snow totals up to 5 inches will be possible through the end of this weekend with over a quarter inch of ice east of a line from Liberal to Great Bend. The upper level low then moves over the Plains during the beginning of next week bringing decreased cloudiness, drier conditions, and warmer temperatures. Lows ranging from the upper teens across far western Kansas to mid 20s across central and south central Kansas are anticipated through Sunday morning then increase into the 20s early next week. Highs are forecasted to only reach into the upper 20s Friday and Saturday then rebound into the 30s Sunday and Monday. Highs in the lower 40s will be possible Tuesday into Wednesday. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z Thursday NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1204 AM CST THU NOV 26 2015 A cold front has passed the TAF sites and winds will be north to north-northeasterly at 15 kts through the period. Low to mid level warm advection will increase ahead of an upper level storm system, resuting in widespread precipitation that will transition from rain to freezing rain to sleet and freezing drizzle. CIGS will drop to IFR/LIFR and remain there. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 35 23 25 22 / 90 70 60 60 GCK 31 21 24 20 / 70 60 50 40 EHA 32 21 24 18 / 70 60 60 50 LBL 34 22 25 21 / 70 70 70 50 HYS 33 22 25 21 / 70 70 30 20 P28 45 26 28 26 / 100 80 70 50 && .DDC Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Winter Weather Advisory until midnight CST /11 PM MST/ tonight for KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>077-084-085. Winter Weather Advisory from 6 PM this evening to 6 PM CST Friday for KSZ065-066-078>081-086>090. && SHORT TERM...Hovorka_42 LONG TERM...Hovorka_42 AVIATION...Finch
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 25, 3:08 PM CST, 11 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 308 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-262115- 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- 308 PM CST WED NOV 25 2015 /208 PM MST WED NOV 25 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW, FREEZING RAIN, OR SLEET ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE LATE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. LIMITED SNOW AND SLEET RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. DISCUSSION... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. SEE THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE LATEST DETAILS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN WITH POCKETS OF SNOW OR SLEET. SEE THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE LATEST DETAILS. HAZARDS WEATHER RISK... THURSDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. LIMITED SNOW AND SLEET RISK. FRIDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. LIMITED SNOW AND SLEET RISK. SATURDAY... ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. LIMITED SNOW AND SLEET RISK. SUNDAY... LIMITED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK. LIMITED SNOW AND SLEET RISK. MONDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. TUESDAY... LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.