Alert archive / Kansas / Freeze Warnings in 2020
Freeze Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this freeze warning at Oct 23, 2020, 3:31 AM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 24, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 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 23, 2020, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 24, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2020, 9:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
All 26 counties
Allen County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 411 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 691 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Oct 23, 3:23 AM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 3:23 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 22, 11:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 1139 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2020 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-230900- Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase- Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper- Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette- 1139 PM CDT Thu Oct 22 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Scattered storms will be possible late tonight for areas generally east of Interstate 135. Small hail and 40 mph winds will be possible with the stronger storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Sub-freezing temperatures are possible Friday night through early Saturday morning, mainly across central Kansas, with colder and more widespread freezing conditions expected Sunday night through Tuesday night across the region. A widespread killing freeze is likely. Finally, a light wintry mix is possible late Sunday through Tuesday across the region. There remains too much uncertainty to nail down specifics at this point, so please stay tuned for later forecasts. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 23, 3:21 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 321 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2020 KSZ100-230900- Labette KS- 321 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2020 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Southeastern Labette County in southeastern Kansas... * Until 400 AM CDT. * At 320 AM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles southeast of Edna, or 8 miles west of Chetopa...moving northeast at 30 mph. hail up to the size of dimes will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Chetopa and Bartlett. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... The storms are not expected to become severe. && LAT...LON 3700 9530 3714 9507 3700 9508 TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 233DEG 26KT 3699 9524 DARMOFAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 3:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Labette | 39 min |
| Oct 23, 3:31 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | ICT | Cowley, Elk, Wilson | 12 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.