Alert archive / Kansas / Blizzard Warnings in 2018
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this blizzard warning at Apr 13, 2018, 4:13 AM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 13, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 16 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
- Apr 13, 2018, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2018, 11:06 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 4937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
436 WWUS43 KDDC 130913 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 413 AM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 KSZ030-031-132100- /O.NEW.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.180414T0000Z-180415T0000Z/ Trego-Ellis- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pheifer, and Hays 413 AM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions expected. Winds gusting as high as 60 mph will cause whiteout conditions in blowing snow. Drifting of the snow is likely. Total snow accumulations of up to 2 inches are expected. * WHERE...Trego and Ellis Counties. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 7 PM CDT Saturday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel will be very dangerous to impossible. Damage to trees and power lines is likely. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout conditions, making travel extremely dangerous. Do not travel. If you must travel, have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded, stay with your vehicle. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1. && $$
3 follow-up statements
361 WWUS43 KDDC 131912 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 212 PM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 KSZ030-031-150000- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.180414T0000Z-180415T0000Z/ Trego-Ellis- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pheifer, and Hays 212 PM CDT Fri Apr 13 2018 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions expected. Winds gusting as high as 60 mph will cause whiteout conditions in blowing snow. Significant drifting of the snow is likely. Total snow accumulations of up to 2 inches are expected. * WHERE...Trego and Ellis Counties. * WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 7 PM CDT Saturday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel will be very dangerous to impossible. Damage to trees and power lines is likely. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout conditions, making travel extremely dangerous. Do not travel. If you must travel, have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded, stay with your vehicle. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1. && $$
518 WWUS43 KDDC 140851 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 351 AM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 KSZ030-031-150000- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-180415T0000Z/ Trego-Ellis- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pheifer, and Hays 351 AM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Blizzard conditions. Winds gusting as high as 60 mph will cause whiteout conditions in blowing snow. Additional snow accumulations of up to two inches are expected. * WHERE...Trego and Ellis Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel will be very dangerous to impossible. Damage to trees and power lines is likely. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Blizzard Warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibilities are likely. This will lead to whiteout conditions, making travel extremely dangerous. Do not travel. If you must travel, have a winter survival kit with you. If you get stranded, stay with your vehicle. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1. && $$
883 WWUS43 KDDC 141606 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1106 AM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...Blizzard warning is cancelled... .Little additional snow expected. KSZ030-031-141715- /O.CAN.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-180415T0000Z/ Trego-Ellis- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pheifer, and Hays 1106 AM CDT Sat Apr 14 2018 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... Periods of light snow may reduce visibility to a few miles at times through early afternoon, however whiteout conditions are not expected. Little to no additional snow accumulation is expected. A High Wind Warning continues through 7 pm. $$ MR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 10:13 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Pratt | 16 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.