NWS

It was a Freeze Advisory; now it’s a Freeze Warning for Ellis County tonight.

Cool high pressure will build into Kansas Tuesday and Tuesday night, and the combination of light winds, clear skies and dry air will allow temperatures to fall below freezing across much of western and central Kansas Wednesday morning.

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
153 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2016

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>087-081600-
/O.UPG.KDDC.FZ.A.0001.161109T0600Z-161109T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.FZ.W.0003.161109T0600Z-161109T1500Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAKEENEY…PFEIFER…HAYS…
SCOTT CITY…SCOTT STATE LAKE…DIGHTON…NESS CITY…LA CROSSE…
SYRACUSE…LAKIN…DEERFIELD…GARDEN CITY…JETMORE…HANSTON…
JOHNSON CITY…ULYSSES…SUBLETTE…SATANTA…CIMARRON…
MONTEZUMA…DODGE CITY…ELKHART…HUGOTON…LIBERAL…MEADE…
PLAINS CITY…FOWLER
153 AM CST TUE NOV 8 2016 /1253 AM MST TUE NOV 8 2016/

…FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT
TO 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TEMPERATURE…UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30.

* TIMING…COLDEST TEMPERATURES AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS…SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND CROPS MAY BE DAMAGED OR
KILLED. PROTECT FREEZE SENSITIVE PLANTS BY BRINGING THEM
INDOORS. IF YOU CANNOT BRING THEM IN…COVER THEM WITH LAYERS
OF NEWSPAPERS OR BLANKETS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.