Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2011, 9:16 AM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2011, 9:16 AM CDT (14:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2011, 12:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 23 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards 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, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:13 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 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 3634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
473 WWUS73 KDDC 061416 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 916 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE FRONT PUSHES FURTHER SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA AND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. KSZ045-046-061>066-074>081-084>090-062100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0010.110406T1416Z-110406T2100Z/ NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 916 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011 /816 AM MDT WED APR 6 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING BY THIS EVENING. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. ANY OUTDOOR FIRES THAT IGNITE COULD QUICKLY BECOME OUT OF CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 32
1 follow-up statement
068 WWUS73 KDDC 061721 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1221 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011 ...STRONG WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER TODAY HAS MOVED FURTHER SOUTH INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER, WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. KSZ045-046-061>066-074>081-084>090-061830- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110406T2100Z/ NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1221 PM CDT WED APR 6 2011 /1121 AM MDT WED APR 6 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY SOMEWHAT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS FALLING BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE, THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER, WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY GUSTY AT TIMES AND COULD STILL PRESENT PROBLEMS IF ANY FIRES ARE IGNITED. $$ 32
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 3:43 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Morton and 3 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 10 more | 3 days |
Nearby
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.