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Wind Chill Advisory 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 16, 202124 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 16, 2021, 10:53 AM CST for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 16, 2021, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2021, 10:53 AM CST (16:53 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2021, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 17, 2021, 10:00 AM CST
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 24 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 2021-02-16Temperature 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 2021-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

151 
WWUS43 KDDC 161653
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1053 AM CST Tue Feb 16 2021

...Breezy conditions keeping wind chills down today...

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>090-170600-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210216T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.WC.Y.0004.210216T1700Z-210217T1600Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt-
Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Scott City, 
Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, La Crosse, Syracuse, Lakin,
Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, St. John, 
Stafford, Macksville, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, 
Montezuma, Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, 
Pratt, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, Minneola, 
Coldwater, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Medicine Lodge, and Kiowa
1053 AM CST Tue Feb 16 2021 /953 AM MST Tue Feb 16 2021/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/
WEDNESDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected in the -10 to -20 range.

* WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west 
  central Kansas.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on 
  exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...South winds of 15 to 25 mph today will keep
  wind chills dangerously low, despite temperatures warming
  through the single digits above zero. Overnight lows tonight
  will bottom out in the -4 to +2 range across much of western
  Kansas, and with a continued light south wind up to 10 mph, wind
  chills will remain very low through Wednesday morning.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves. 

&&

$$

KSZ074-084-085-161800-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210216T1700Z/
Stanton-Morton-Stevens-
Including the cities of Johnson City, Elkhart, and Hugoton
1053 AM CST Tue Feb 16 2021

...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CST THIS MORNING...

$$
2 follow-up statements
942 
WWUS43 KDDC 170415
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1015 PM CST Tue Feb 16 2021


KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>090-171600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210217T1600Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt-
Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Scott City, 
Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, La Crosse, Syracuse, Lakin,
Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, St. John, 
Stafford, Macksville, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, 
Montezuma, Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, 
Pratt, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, Minneola, 
Coldwater, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Medicine Lodge, and Kiowa
1015 PM CST Tue Feb 16 2021 /915 PM MST Tue Feb 16 2021/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /9 AM
MST/ WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills expected in the 10 to 20 degrees 
  below zero range.

* WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west 
  central Kansas.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on 
  exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves. 

&&

$$
830 
WWUS43 KDDC 170939
WSWDDC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
339 AM CST Wed Feb 17 2021

...Very cold wind chills this morning...

.Although wind chills will not be anywhere near as cold as they
were the last couple of mornings, look for wind chills still as 
low as around 15 below zero. Be prepared to have proper clothing 
for exposure and or eliminate exposure if possible. 

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>090-171545-
/O.CON.KDDC.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210217T1600Z/
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-Pratt-
Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
Including the cities of Wakeeney, Pfeifer, Hays, Scott City, 
Scott State Lake, Dighton, Ness City, La Crosse, Syracuse, Lakin,
Deerfield, Garden City, Jetmore, Hanston, Larned, St. John, 
Stafford, Macksville, Ulysses, Sublette, Satanta, Cimarron, 
Montezuma, Dodge City, Kinsley, Lewis, Greensburg, Haviland, 
Pratt, Liberal, Meade, Plains City, Fowler, Ashland, Minneola, 
Coldwater, Lake Coldwater, Protection, Medicine Lodge, and Kiowa
339 AM CST Wed Feb 17 2021 /239 AM MST Wed Feb 17 2021/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /9 AM
MST/ THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Wind chills as cold as 15 degrees below zero.

* WHERE...Portions of central, south central, southwest and west 
  central Kansas.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on 
  exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves. 

&&

$$

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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.