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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2011, 4:35 AM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 9, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2011, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 22 counties
Clark County, KS, 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, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 4126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
586 WWUS73 KDDC 090935 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 435 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO IMPACT SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THROUGH TODAY. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM THIS SYSTEM IN COMBINATION WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES BEHIND A DRYLINE WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND LASTING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>088-091900- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.110409T1700Z-110410T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 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...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA 435 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 /335 AM MDT SAT APR 9 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO EASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ALONG EAST/WEST ROADS AS WELL AS THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
803 WWUS73 KDDC 091827 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 127 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM THIS SYSTEM IN COMBINATION WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES BEHIND A DRYLINE WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>088-100100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110410T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA 127 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 /1227 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS AT ADVISORY LEVELS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ALONG EAST/WEST ROADS AS WELL AS THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SUGDEN
846 WWUS73 KDDC 092040 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 340 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM THIS SYSTEM IN COMBINATION WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES BEHIND A DRYLINE WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>088-100100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.110410T1600Z-110411T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110410T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 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...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA 340 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 /240 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS AT ADVISORY LEVELS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND SUBSIDE BY SUNSET. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN PEAK IN INTENSITY AROUND NOON AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY SUNSET SUNDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW. * IMPACTS...THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ALONG EAST/WEST ROADS AS WELL AS THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ066-080-081-089-090-100100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.110410T1600Z-110411T0100Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 340 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN PEAK IN INTENSITY AROUND NOON AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY SUNSET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW. * IMPACTS...THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SUGDEN
723 WWUS73 KDDC 100054 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 754 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL RETURN TO WESTERN KANSAS ON SUNDAY... .STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>079-084>088-100900- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110410T0100Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.110410T1600Z-110411T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 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...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA 754 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 /654 PM MDT SAT APR 9 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ SUNDAY. * WIND SPEEDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA HOWEVER GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH 10 PM. AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN PEAK IN INTENSITY AROUND NOON AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY SUNSET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW. * IMPACTS...THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ066-080-081-089-090-100900- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.110410T1600Z-110411T0100Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 754 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM CDT SUNDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN PEAK IN INTENSITY AROUND NOON AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY SUNSET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW. * IMPACTS...THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:45 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 18 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:32 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 15 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:40 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 21 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.