Alert archive / Kansas / Frost Advisories in 2021
Frost Advisory 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this frost advisory at Oct 21, 2021, 2:48 PM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska; Yuma County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 22, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2021, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 22, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2021, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
Counties Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
711 WWUS73 KGLD 211948 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 148 PM MDT Thu Oct 21 2021 COZ090-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-042-NEZ079>081-220600- /O.NEW.KGLD.FR.Y.0004.211022T0600Z-211022T1400Z/ Yuma-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan- Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- Including the cities of Yuma, Wray, St. Francis, Bird City, Atwood, Oberlin, Norton, Goodland, Colby, Hoxie, Hill City, Sharon Springs, Oakley, Quinter, Grinnell, Grainfield, Leoti, Benkelman, Culbertson, Trenton, Stratton Ne, Palisade, and McCook 148 PM MDT Thu Oct 21 2021 /248 PM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021/ ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 8 AM MDT /9 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Kansas, northeast Colorado and southwest Nebraska. * WHEN...From midnight MDT /1 AM CDT/ tonight to 8 AM MDT /9 AM CDT/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
476 WWUS73 KGLD 220202 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 802 PM MDT Thu Oct 21 2021 COZ090-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-042-NEZ079>081-221400- /O.CON.KGLD.FR.Y.0004.211022T0600Z-211022T1400Z/ Yuma-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan- Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- Including the cities of Yuma, Wray, St. Francis, Bird City, Atwood, Oberlin, Norton, Goodland, Colby, Hoxie, Hill City, Sharon Springs, Oakley, Quinter, Grinnell, Grainfield, Leoti, Benkelman, Culbertson, Trenton, Stratton Ne, Palisade, and McCook 802 PM MDT Thu Oct 21 2021 /902 PM CDT Thu Oct 21 2021/ ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MDT /1 AM CDT/ TONIGHT TO 8 AM MDT /9 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of northwest and west central Kansas, northeast Colorado and southwest Nebraska. * WHEN...From midnight MDT /1 AM CDT/ tonight to 8 AM MDT /9 AM CDT/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$
713 WWUS73 KGLD 221401 NPWGLD URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Goodland KS 801 AM MDT Fri Oct 22 2021 COZ090-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-042-NEZ079>081-221515- /O.EXP.KGLD.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-211022T1400Z/ Yuma-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan- Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- Including the cities of Yuma, Wray, St. Francis, Bird City, Atwood, Oberlin, Norton, Goodland, Colby, Hoxie, Hill City, Sharon Springs, Oakley, Quinter, Grinnell, Grainfield, Leoti, Benkelman, Culbertson, Trenton, Stratton Ne, Palisade, and McCook 801 AM MDT Fri Oct 22 2021 /901 AM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021/ ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Temperatures across the Advisory area have improved since sunrise allowing for expiration. $$ JN
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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.