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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 10, 202417 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 10, 2024, 8:20 PM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 12, 2024, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2024, 8:20 PM CST (02:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 12, 2024, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 12, 2024, 9:00 AM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 00:00Z on 2024-01-11Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2024-01-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory 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 wind chill advisory went out at Jan 10, 6:08 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 6:08 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 3:56 AM CST, 16 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
356 AM CST Wed Jan 10 2024

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-111000-
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-
356 AM CST Wed Jan 10 2024 /256 AM MST Wed Jan 10 2024/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

A weak winter storm system is expected to impact portions of western
and central Kansas sometime late Thursday into early Friday. The best
chance for snow is expected across central Kansas, including the I-70
corridor, with relatively light potential accumulations.

Arctic air is expected to surge into western Kansas this weekend,
resulting in possible dangerous wind chills late Friday night into
early Saturday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 8:20 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDDCEllis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more31 hr
Jan 11, 3:47 AM CSTWind Chill WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more5 days

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Kansas, 2024Every wind chill advisory in 2024

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.