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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 22, 20239 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this freeze warning at Apr 22, 2023, 1:57 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 23, 2023, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 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 22, 2023, 1:57 AM CDT (06:57 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 23, 2023, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 23, 2023, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 21, 6:52 PM CDT, 7 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 6:52 PM CDT, 7 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 2:44 AM CDT, 23 hours 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
244 AM CDT Fri Apr 21 2023

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-220745-
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-
244 AM CDT Fri Apr 21 2023 /144 AM MDT Fri Apr 21 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

Elevated fire danger mainly for areas along and north of highway
50 where northwest winds will be 15-25 mph with gusts to 35 and
relative humidity values will fall to around 15-20%.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Frost will be possible Sunday morning for areas from Wakeeney to
St. John as lows fall into the upper 20s to lower 30s.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 2:59 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Gray, Haskell, Meade and 2 more18 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Kansas, 2023Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.