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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 10, 201710 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this freeze warning at Oct 10, 2017, 2:12 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 11, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 10, 2017, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 11, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 11, 2017, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 12:00Z on 2017-10-10Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2017-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

172 
WWUS73 KDDC 101912
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
212 PM CDT Tue Oct 10 2017

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-110500-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.W.0002.171011T0600Z-171011T1400Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pheifer, Hays, Scott City, 
Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, La Crosse, Syracuse, Lakin,
Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, and Hanston
212 PM CDT Tue Oct 10 2017 /112 PM MDT Tue Oct 10 2017/

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 9 AM
CDT /8 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Freeze
Warning, which is in effect from 1 AM CDT /midnight MDT/ to 9 AM
CDT /8 AM MDT/ Wednesday. 

* TEMPERATURE...Around 32 degrees for a low.

* IMPACTS...Widespread frost development is likely. Crops and 
  sensitive vegetation may be damaged due to temperatures around 
  or just below freezing. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or
highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other
sensitive vegetation.

&&

$$

KSZ065-066-074>080-084>088-110500-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.171011T0600Z-171011T1400Z/
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-
Including the cities of Larned, St. John, Stafford, Macksville, 
Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, 
Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, Elkhart, 
Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, 
and Minneola
212 PM CDT Tue Oct 10 2017

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT WEDNESDAY...

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Frost
Advisory, which is in effect from 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Wednesday. 

* TEMPERATURE...33 to 35 degrees for a low.

* IMPACTS...Frost development is possible. Only sensitive 
  vegetation would be susceptible to temperatures within a few 
  degrees of freezing.
  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected.
Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
183 
WWUS73 KDDC 110242
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
942 PM CDT Tue Oct 10 2017

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-111400-
/O.CON.KDDC.FZ.W.0002.171011T0600Z-171011T1400Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pheifer, Hays, Scott City, 
Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, La Crosse, Syracuse, Lakin,
Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, and Hanston
942 PM CDT Tue Oct 10 2017 /842 PM MDT Tue Oct 10 2017/

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
TO 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ WEDNESDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...Around 32 degrees for a low.

* IMPACTS...Widespread frost development is likely. Crops and 
  sensitive vegetation may be damaged due to temperatures around 
  or just below freezing. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or
highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other
sensitive vegetation.

&&

$$

KSZ065-066-074>080-084>088-111400-
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.171011T0600Z-171011T1400Z/
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-
Including the cities of Larned, St. John, Stafford, Macksville, 
Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, 
Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, Elkhart, 
Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, 
and Minneola
942 PM CDT Tue Oct 10 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...33 to 35 degrees for a low.

* IMPACTS...Frost development is possible. Only sensitive 
  vegetation would be susceptible to temperatures within a few 
  degrees of freezing. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected.
Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

&&

$$
088 
WWUS73 KDDC 111344
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
844 AM CDT Wed Oct 11 2017

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-111445-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-171011T1400Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pheifer, Hays, Scott City, 
Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, La Crosse, Syracuse, Lakin,
Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, and Hanston
844 AM CDT Wed Oct 11 2017 /744 AM MDT Wed Oct 11 2017/

...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT /8 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING...

$$

KSZ065-066-074>080-084>088-111445-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-171011T1400Z/
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-
Including the cities of Larned, St. John, Stafford, Macksville, 
Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, 
Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, Elkhart, 
Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, 
and Minneola
844 AM CDT Wed Oct 11 2017

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 10, 2:12 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 8 more19 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Kansas, 2017Every freeze warning in 2017

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.