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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this frost advisory at Oct 20, 2021, 3:11 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 21, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2021, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 21, 2021, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
956 WWUS73 KDDC 200811 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 311 AM CDT Wed Oct 20 2021 KSZ030-031-043>045-063-202100- /O.NEW.KDDC.FR.Y.0002.211021T0900Z-211021T1400Z/ Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Finney- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, and Garden City 311 AM CDT Wed Oct 20 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Trego, Ellis, Scott, Lane, Ness and Finney Counties. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 9 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
141 WWUS73 KDDC 201548 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1048 AM CDT Wed Oct 20 2021 KSZ030-031-043>045-063-211400- /O.CON.KDDC.FR.Y.0002.211021T0900Z-211021T1400Z/ Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Finney- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, and Garden City 1048 AM CDT Wed Oct 20 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Ness, Lane, Finney, Scott, Ellis and Trego Counties. * WHEN...From 4 AM to 9 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. && $$
550 WWUS73 KDDC 211332 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Dodge City KS 832 AM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021 KSZ030-031-043>045-063-211445- /O.EXP.KDDC.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-211021T1400Z/ Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Finney- Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Scott City, Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, and Garden City 832 AM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... $$
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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.