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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 3, 202113 counties in Kansas

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-11-03Temperature 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 2021-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 2:57 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 8 more31 hr
Nov 3, 2:57 AM CDTFreeze WatchDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more11 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Kansas, 2021Every freeze warning in 2021

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.