Alert archive / Kansas / Freeze Warnings in 2017
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 8 more | 19 hr |
Nearby
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.