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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 12, 201111 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2011, 11:51 AM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2011, 11:51 AM CDT (16:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:57 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2011-04-12Temperature 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 2011-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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.

355 
WWUS73 KDDC 121651
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1151 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH OVER EASTERN COLORADO IS
RESULTING IN A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AND STRONG SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN KANSAS. THE STRONG WINDS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND SHOULD DIMINISH AS
SUNSET APPROACHES.

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>076-084>086-130100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.110412T1651Z-110413T0100Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-
STEVENS-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET
1151 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 /1051 AM MDT TUE APR 12 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS
  AND AROUND WIND BREAKS AND GRAIN ELEVATORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
375 
WWUS73 KDDC 122300
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
600 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING...

.SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN COLORADO HAS EDGED CLOSER TO THE 
KANSAS BORDER ALLOWING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO LOOSEN ACROSS
WESTERN KANSAS. THIS HAS ALLOWED THE WINDS TO SUBSIDE EARLY THIS
EVENING.

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>076-084>086-130000-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110413T0100Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-
STEVENS-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET
600 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2011 /500 PM MDT TUE APR 12 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA
EARLY THIS EVENING. THEREFORE, THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

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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.