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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Wichita, KS

May 1, 2026Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this frost advisory at May 1, 2026, 12:35 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas. It took effect at May 2, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2026, 12:35 PM CDT (17:35 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2026, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 2, 2026, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS

Counties Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at May 1, 12:06 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 12:06 PM CDT, 29 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.