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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Topeka, KS

April 20, 202418 counties in Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this frost advisory at Apr 20, 2024, 1:49 PM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 21, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2024, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 21, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2024, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS

Counties Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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 frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Apr 20, 12:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 12:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.