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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 11, 2011, 6:58 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2011, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2011, 9:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
396 WWUS73 KDDC 112358 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 658 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY EARLY TONIGHT... .WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS EARLY TONIGHT. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-120300- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0019.110511T2358Z-110512T0300Z/ 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 658 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 /558 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING: STRONG WEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNSET. AFTER SUNSET THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE BACK INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE BY 10 PM. * IMPACTS: THESE STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 18
1 follow-up statement
352 WWUS73 KDDC 120202 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 902 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...WINDS SUBSIDING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING... .WIND SPEEDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS EARLIER THIS EVENING HAD DECREASED TO 20 TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TOWARDS DAYBREAK. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>087-120315- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-110512T0300Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 902 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 /802 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAD DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 11, 4:25 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Morton and 3 more | 72 min |
| May 11, 5:37 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 11, 8:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 35 min |
| May 11, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 23 min |
| May 11, 9:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 44 min |
| May 11, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 35 min |
| May 11, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 45 min |
| May 11, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
Nearby
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.