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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 15, 201114 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2011, 6:57 PM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2011, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2011, 9:09 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 225 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-04-15Temperature 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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.

374 
WWUS73 KDDC 152357
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
657 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...HIGH WIND EVENT WINDING DOWN...

.AS THE VIGOROUS UPPER LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HIGH WIND EVENT
TODAY CONTINUES TO PULL EAST...WINDS WILL CONTINUE A DOWNWARD
TREND IN STRENGTH AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-160300-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0014.110416T0000Z-110416T0300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
657 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DECREASING SLOWLY
  THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS ARE EXPECTED
  THROUGH 10 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-160100-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER
657 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 /557 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2011/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING. 

NORTHWEST WINDS ARE CONTINUING TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY FOLLOWING
THE HIGH WIND EVENT. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE
15 TO 25 MPH RANGE BY 9 PM CDT.

$$

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
190 
WWUS73 KDDC 160209
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
909 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...HIGH WIND EVENT IS OVER...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE POWERFUL STORM HAS RELAXED AND
WITH THE SETTING OF THE SUN...ATMOSPHERIC MIXING HAS ALSO
CEASED...LEADING TO MUCH WEAKER NORTHWEST WINDS.

KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-088>090-160315-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110416T0300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
909 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 2:31 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens18 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.