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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 22, 201719 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this frost advisory at Apr 22, 2017, 3:24 PM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 23, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2017, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 23, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 23, 2017, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2017-04-22Temperature 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 2017-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -117 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

732 
WWUS73 KDDC 222024
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
324 PM CDT Sat Apr 22 2017

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>087-230430-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FR.Y.0002.170423T0600Z-170423T1300Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
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, Johnson City, Ulysses, 
Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Elkhart, 
Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, and Fowler
324 PM CDT Sat Apr 22 2017 /224 PM MDT Sat Apr 22 2017/

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ TO 8 AM
CDT /7 AM MDT/ SUNDAY...

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a Frost
Advisory, which is in effect from 1 AM CDT /midnight MDT/ to 8 AM
CDT /7 AM MDT/ Sunday. 

* TEMPERATURE...32 to 36 degrees.

* Timing...Late tonight through Sunday morning. 

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
069 
WWUS73 KDDC 230145
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
845 PM CDT Sat Apr 22 2017

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>087-231300-
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0002.170423T0600Z-170423T1300Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
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, Johnson City, Ulysses, 
Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Elkhart, 
Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, and Fowler
845 PM CDT Sat Apr 22 2017 /745 PM MDT Sat Apr 22 2017/

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
TO 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...32 to 36 degrees.

* Timing...Late tonight through Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...Recently bloomed vegetation may be damaged. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
788 
WWUS73 KDDC 230546
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1246 AM CDT Sun Apr 23 2017

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>087-231300-
/O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0002.170423T0600Z-170423T1300Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
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, Johnson City, Ulysses, 
Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Dodge City, Elkhart, 
Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, and Fowler
1246 AM CDT Sun Apr 23 2017 /1146 PM MDT Sat Apr 22 2017/

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/
THIS MORNING...

* TEMPERATURE...32 to 36 degrees.

* Timing...Through early this morning.

* IMPACTS...Recently bloomed vegetation may be damaged.

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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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.