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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 30, 20166 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this frost advisory at Apr 30, 2016, 4:17 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2016, 4:17 AM CDT (09:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 00:00Z on 2016-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 334 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

132 
WWUS73 KDDC 300917
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
417 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

KSZ043-061>063-074-075-301400-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FR.Y.0002.160430T0917Z-160430T1400Z/
SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SCOTT STATE LAKE...
SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES
417 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 /317 AM MDT SAT APR 30 2016/

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES
  ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.

* IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE
  COLD TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED.
SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

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JF
1 follow-up statement
880 
WWUS73 KDDC 301424
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
924 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

KSZ043-061>063-074-075-301530-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160430T1400Z/
SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SCOTT STATE LAKE...
SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES
924 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2016 /824 AM MDT SAT APR 30 2016/

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...



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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.