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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

December 17, 201620 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 17, 2016, 10:10 PM CST for 20 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 2016, 10:10 PM CST (04:10 UTC)
Expired
Dec 18, 2016, 10:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 2016-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

201 
WWUS43 KDDC 180410
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1010 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

KSZ031-046-064>066-074>081-084>090-181600-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-161218T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.WC.Y.0002.161218T0410Z-161218T1600Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-
FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHEIFER...HAYS...LA CROSSE...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...MACKSVILLE...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...
HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...HUGOTON...LIBERAL...MEADE...
PLAINS CITY...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
LAKE COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA
1010 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* TIMING AND VALUES...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND 5 TO 10 MPH
  WINDS WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUANCE OF WIND CHILL VALUES OF -15 OR
  COLDER THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

KSZ030-043>045-061>063-181600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161218T1600Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...SCOTT CITY...
SCOTT STATE LAKE...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...
DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY
1010 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 /910 PM MST SAT DEC 17 2016/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /9 AM
MST/ SUNDAY...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 18 AND 28 BELOW 
  ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY. 

* WIND CHILL IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES MAY 
  CAUSE FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED FLESH IN A SHORT TIME. HYPOTHERMIA 
  MAY DEVELOP QUICKLY IF INDIVIDUALS VENTURE OUTSIDE WITHOUT 
  ADEQUATE PROTECTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD
OR BROUGHT INSIDE.



&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
622 
WWUS43 KDDC 180643
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1243 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

KSZ031-046-064-065-074>078-084>087-181600-
/O.UPG.KDDC.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1600Z/
/O.EXA.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161218T1600Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-
STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHEIFER...HAYS...LA CROSSE...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...ELKHART...HUGOTON...LIBERAL...
MEADE...PLAINS CITY...FOWLER
1243 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING.
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING AND VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 30 BELOW
  ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY.

* WIND CHILL IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES MAY 
  CAUSE FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED FLESH IN A SHORT TIME. HYPOTHERMIA 
  MAY DEVELOP QUICKLY IF INDIVIDUALS VENTURE OUTSIDE WITHOUT 
  ADEQUATE PROTECTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

KSZ030-043>045-061>063-181600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161218T1600Z/
TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...SCOTT CITY...
SCOTT STATE LAKE...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...
DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY
1243 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 /1143 PM MST SAT DEC 17 2016/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /9 AM
MST/ THIS MORNING...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 15 AND 30 BELOW
  ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY.

* WIND CHILL IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES MAY 
  CAUSE FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED FLESH IN A SHORT TIME. HYPOTHERMIA 
  MAY DEVELOP QUICKLY IF INDIVIDUALS VENTURE OUTSIDE WITHOUT 
  ADEQUATE PROTECTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD
OR BROUGHT INSIDE.

&&

$$

KSZ066-079>081-088>090-181600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1600Z/
STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...MACKSVILLE...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...LAKE COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA
1243 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING AND VALUES...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND 5 TO 10 MPH 
  WINDS WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUANCE OF WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 -
  OR COLDER THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
192 
WWUS43 KDDC 181001
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
401 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

KSZ066-079>081-181600-
/O.UPG.KDDC.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1600Z/
/O.EXA.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161218T1600Z/
STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...MACKSVILLE...
KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT
401 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING.
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING AND VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW
  ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY.

* WIND CHILL IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES MAY 
  CAUSE FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED FLESH IN A SHORT TIME. HYPOTHERMIA 
  MAY DEVELOP QUICKLY IF INDIVIDUALS VENTURE OUTSIDE WITHOUT 
  ADEQUATE PROTECTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>078-084>087-181600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161218T1600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-
MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...PHEIFER...HAYS...
SCOTT CITY...SCOTT STATE LAKE...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...ELKHART...HUGOTON...LIBERAL...MEADE...
PLAINS CITY...FOWLER
401 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 /301 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2016/

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /9 AM
MST/ THIS MORNING...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW
  ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY.

* WIND CHILL IMPACTS...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES MAY 
  CAUSE FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED FLESH IN A SHORT TIME. HYPOTHERMIA 
  MAY DEVELOP QUICKLY IF INDIVIDUALS VENTURE OUTSIDE WITHOUT 
  ADEQUATE PROTECTION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD
OR BROUGHT INSIDE.

&&

$$

KSZ088>090-181600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1600Z/
CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
LAKE COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA
401 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

* TIMING AND VALUES...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND 5 TO 10 MPH 
  WINDS WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUANCE OF WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15  -
  OR COLDER THROUGH MID MORNING SUNDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU
MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$
337 
WWUS43 KDDC 181555
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
955 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>087-181700-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161218T1600Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...PHEIFER...HAYS...
SCOTT CITY...SCOTT STATE LAKE...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...MACKSVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...
ELKHART...HUGOTON...LIBERAL...MEADE...PLAINS CITY...FOWLER
955 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016 /855 AM MST SUN DEC 18 2016/

...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING...

WIND CHILLS WERE SLOWLY IMPROVING EARLY THIS MORNING, HOWEVER
BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO NEAR -10 DEGREES CAN STILL BE
EXPECTED THROUGH NOON SUNDAY.

$$

KSZ088>090-181700-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-161218T1600Z/
CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
LAKE COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA
955 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CST THIS MORNING...

WIND CHILLS WERE SLOWLY IMPROVING EARLY THIS MORNING, HOWEVER
BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO NEAR -5 DEGREES CAN STILL BE
EXPECTED THROUGH NOON SUNDAY.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 2:16 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryDDCFinney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell and 7 more19 hr

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