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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 15, 202310 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this freeze warning at Apr 15, 2023, 2:04 AM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 16, 2023, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 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: Apr 15, 2023, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 16, 2023, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 16, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 22 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3373 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Apr 14, 11:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 11:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 4:04 AM CDT, 22 hours before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
404 AM CDT Fri Apr 14 2023

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-150915-
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
404 AM CDT Fri Apr 14 2023 /304 AM MDT Fri Apr 14 2023/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas,
south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

For areas south of highway 400 this afternoon...Very strong
winds, combined with low humidity, will create extremely volatile
conditions. Fires will spread very quickly with spot fires common.
Fire control will be extremely difficult.

After 2 pm, increasing chance for severe thunderstorm development
along and east of Highway 283. Damaging wind to 75 mph and hail
in excess of 2 inches possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Freezing temperatures Saturday night and Sunday morning may
damage tender vegetation.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed east of highway 183 after 3 pm.

MR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 8:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
827 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0746 PM     HAIL             9 SW SUN CITY           37.29N 99.03W
04/14/2023  E1.50 INCH       COMANCHE           KS   PUBLIC

            SOCIAL MEDIA POST...TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON
            RADAR.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 14, 8:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
842 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0748 PM     HAIL             PRESTON                 37.76N 98.56W
04/14/2023  E1.50 INCH       PRATT              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 9:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 10:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 11:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	26 min
Apr 14, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	32 min
Apr 14, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	31 min
Apr 14, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	35 min
Apr 14, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt, Stafford	23 min
Apr 14, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	52 min
Apr 14, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	31 min
Apr 14, 9:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	45 min
Apr 14, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	39 min
Apr 14, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	45 min
Apr 14, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stafford	29 min

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Kansas, 2023 Every freeze warning in 2023

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.