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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 7, 20116 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 7, 2011, 3:17 AM CST for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 7, 2011, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2011, 3:17 AM CST (09:17 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 7, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 7, 2011, 3:24 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 00:00Z on 2011-01-07Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 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.

324 
WWUS73 KDDC 070917
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
317 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. WINDS
WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE IN SPEED BY LATE MORNING.

KSZ030-031-046-065-066-079-071800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.110107T1500Z-110107T2200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...
ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...KINSLEY...LEWIS
317 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT PORTIONS
  OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS FROM 9 AM THROUGH 4 PM.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUSTAINED
  BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
895 
WWUS73 KDDC 071747
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1147 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW THIS AFTERNOON...

.AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY, NORTH WINDS
WILL INCREASE IN SPEED. 

KSZ030-031-046-065-066-079-072200-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110107T2200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...
ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...KINSLEY...LEWIS
1147 AM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...STRONG NORTH ARE EXPECT THROUGH 4 PM CST.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AND BE GUSTY.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES 
  TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 70. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

12
719 
WWUS73 KDDC 072124
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
324 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...WINDS WERE BEGINNING TO SETTLE DOWN...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WAS RELAXING AND WINDS HAVE DECREASED.

KSZ030-031-046-065-066-079-072230-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110107T2200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...
ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...KINSLEY...LEWIS
324 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA, THEREFORE THE
ADVISORY IS CANCELLED.

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 12:11 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more40 hr

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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.