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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 7, 201111 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 7, 2011, 10:27 AM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 7, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2011, 10:27 AM CDT (15:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 7, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 7, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
3 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, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2011-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 2011-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-674 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
478 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.

764 
WWUS73 KDDC 071527
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1027 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...

.A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
PARTS TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT MIXING DOWN TO
THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

KSZ031-046-065-066-078>081-088>090-072330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0024.110607T1800Z-110608T0200Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-
COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1027 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
  EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE
  WIND ADVISORY AREA. ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY
  CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. 

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
661 
WWUS73 KDDC 072045
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
345 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

...WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.SMOKE FROM THE FIRES IN ARIZONA HAVE REDUCED THE MIXING POTENTIAL
ACROSS WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. AS A
RESULT STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. 

KSZ031-046-065-066-078>081-088>090-072145-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-110608T0200Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-CLARK-
COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
345 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH SUNSET SO
THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$
RB

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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.