Alert archive / Kansas / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this freeze warning at Nov 3, 2021, 1:53 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 4, 2021, 2:00 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
- Nov 3, 2021, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 4, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
834 WWUS73 KDDC 031853 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 153 PM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021 KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-041500- /O.UPG.KDDC.FZ.A.0004.211104T0700Z-211104T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.W.0004.211104T0700Z-211104T1500Z/ Scott-Lane-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray- Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade- Including the cities of Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Elkhart, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, and Fowler 153 PM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021 /1253 PM MDT Wed Nov 3 2021/ ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM CDT /1 AM MDT/ TO 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THURSDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Portions of southwest and west central Kansas. * WHEN...From 2 AM CDT /1 AM MDT/ to 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-041500- /O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.211104T0700Z-211104T1500Z/ Trego-Ellis-Ness-Rush-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Stafford-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa- Pratt-Clark-Comanche-Barber- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Ness City, La Crosse, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, St. John, Stafford, Macksville, Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, Pratt, Ashland, Minneola, Coldwater, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Medicine Lodge, and Kiowa 153 PM CDT Wed Nov 3 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west central Kansas. * WHEN...From 2 AM to 10 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$
1 follow-up statement
408 WWUS73 KDDC 041502 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1002 AM CDT Thu Nov 4 2021 KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-041615- /O.EXP.KDDC.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-211104T1500Z/ Scott-Lane-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray- Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade- Including the cities of Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Syracuse, Lakin, Deerfield, Garden City, Johnson City, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, Montezuma, Elkhart, Hugoton, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, and Fowler 1002 AM CDT Thu Nov 4 2021 /902 AM MDT Thu Nov 4 2021/ ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-041615- /O.EXP.KDDC.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-211104T1500Z/ Trego-Ellis-Ness-Rush-Hodgeman-Pawnee-Stafford-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa- Pratt-Clark-Comanche-Barber- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Ness City, La Crosse, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, St. John, Stafford, Macksville, Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, Pratt, Ashland, Minneola, Coldwater, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Medicine Lodge, and Kiowa 1002 AM CDT Thu Nov 4 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2:57 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 8 more | 31 hr |
| Nov 3, 2:57 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 11 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.