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Wind Advisory 17, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 4, 201117 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 4, 2011, 9:10 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2011, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark 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, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-05Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
4133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 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.

007 
WWUS73 KDDC 050210
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
910 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011

...STRONG WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING...

.AS A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO
25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-050600-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.110505T0210Z-110505T0600Z/
SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...
SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...
HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...
RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...
FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
910 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 /810 PM MDT WED MAY 4 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/
THURSDAY. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

06
2 follow-up statements
915 
WWUS73 KDDC 050447
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1147 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011

...STRONG WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING...

.AS A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE
TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-050600-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110505T0600Z/
SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...
SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...
HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN
1147 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 /1047 PM MDT WED MAY 4 2011/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

STRONG WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

KSZ084>088-050600-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110505T0600Z/
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
1147 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

* TIMING: WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH WITH A COLD FRONT THIS 
  EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER 
  GUSTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

06
754 
WWUS73 KDDC 050532
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1232 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2011

KSZ084>088-050645-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-110505T0600Z/
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
1232 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 3:41 PM CDTFire Weather WatchDDCClark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 13 more12 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.