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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 6, 201123 counties in Kansas

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.

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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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-04-06Temperature 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 2011-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
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

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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.

&&

$$

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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.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 3:43 AM CDTFire Weather WatchDDCGrant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Morton and 3 more25 hr
Apr 6, 2:19 PM CDTFire Weather WatchDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 10 more3 days

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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.