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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 12, 200522 counties in Kansas

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 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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-11-12Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

$$

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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.