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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 11, 201113 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1424 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -176 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

&&

$$


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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.

$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 2:24 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 3 more18 hr
May 11, 4:25 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCGrant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Morton and 3 more72 min
May 11, 5:37 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 5 more3 hr
May 11, 8:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord35 min
May 11, 9:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord23 min
May 11, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman44 min
May 11, 9:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush35 min
May 11, 10:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Rush45 min
May 11, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman49 min

Nearby

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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.