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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 17, 2011, 4:25 AM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 17, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2011, 4:25 AM CDT (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 24 counties
Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis 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, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
136 WWUS73 KDDC 170925 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 425 AM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL RETURN TO WESTERN KANSAS TODAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE IN THE NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES TODAY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT EXTENDED FROM UTAH INTO ARIZONA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL APPROACH THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY LATE AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN IN EASTERN COLORADO DURING THE DAY TODAY, AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-171730- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.110517T1500Z-110518T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION 425 AM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 /325 AM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG, GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE AND BECOME LESS GUST AFTER 700 PM. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
069 WWUS73 KDDC 171928 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 228 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL KEEP AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL KEEP STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS IN PLACE OVER WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD DECREASE SOMEWHAT AS SUNSET APPROACHES. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-180000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110518T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON- STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET... MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION 228 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 /128 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
514 WWUS73 KDDC 172339 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 639 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THIS EVENING WILL KEEP AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THIS WILL KEEP STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS IN PLACE OVER WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE IN THE EVENING. KSZ030-031-045-046-064-065-079-080-089-180045- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110518T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-EDWARDS-KIOWA-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...COLDWATER...PROTECTION 639 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY TO 20 TO 30 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT THIS STRENGTH THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. $$ KSZ043-044-061>063-074>078-084>088-180100- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110518T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 639 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 /539 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST IN RURAL AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ UMSCHEID
867 WWUS73 KDDC 180106 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 806 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 ...SOUTHEAST WINDS DECREASING WITH SETTING SUN... KSZ043-044-061>063-074>078-084>088-180215- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110518T0100Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 806 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011 /706 PM MDT TUE MAY 17 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH THE SETTING SUN. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE ALSO NO LONGER EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:26 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 7 more | 24 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.