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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this winter storm warning at Nov 27, 2015, 7:17 AM CST for 12 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report 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 27, 2015, 7:17 AM CST (13:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2015, 2:54 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 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, 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. |
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 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 447 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-074-075-084-085-272130- /O.CON.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151128T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 717 AM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 /617 AM MST FRI NOV 27 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SATURDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION...TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM HUGOTON TO CIMARRON TO LA CROSSE. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY SLEET ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE... WHICH COULD ACCUMULATE TO A HALF INCH. * MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. * WINDS...NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL...IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
1 follow-up statement
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 $$ KSZ030-031-043>045-061>063-074-075-084-085-272200- /O.CAN.KDDC.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-151128T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT- MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW 254 PM CST FRI NOV 27 2015 /154 PM MST FRI NOV 27 2015/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...HOWEVER...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 2:54 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 8 more | 43 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2015Every winter storm warning in 2015
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.