Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2005
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 12, 2005, 12:08 PM CST for 22 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2005, 12:08 PM CST (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2005, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 22 counties
Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KDDC 121808 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1208 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 ...A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5:00 PM CST... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ON ITS WEST SIDE OVER MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS AND THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS IN GENERAL. THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY AROUND 5:00 PM CST. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>079-084>087-122300- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.051112T1808Z-051112T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER 1208 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 /1108 AM MST SAT NOV 12 2005/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTY BY AROUND 5:00 PM CST. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH OR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL. ROADSIDE OBSTACLES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS MAY PRODUCE VIOLENT CROSS WINDS AT TIMES. $$ JOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KDDC 122241 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 441 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 ...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS HAS RELAXED...AND THE AXIS OF THE SURFACE TROUGH WHICH HELPED CAUSED STRONG AFTERNOON WINDS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THESE CONDITIONS HAVE ALLOWED WIND SPEEDS TO DROP BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>079-084>087-122345- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051112T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER 441 PM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 /341 PM MST SAT NOV 12 2005/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST (4 PM MST) THIS AFTERNOON. $$ 12
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.