Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 27, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 20, 2011, 7:19 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2011, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 1:33 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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.
238 WWUS73 KDDC 210019 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 719 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY TONIGHT AS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE DEEPENS AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS WILL RESULT IN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. KSZ030-031-043>046-065-066-210830- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0027.110621T0019Z-110621T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON 719 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT TUESDAY. * TIMING: STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS. * WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE 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. && $$ RB
1 follow-up statement
139 WWUS73 KDDC 210633 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 133 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 KSZ030-031-043>046-065-066-210745- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-110621T1200Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON 133 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 3:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Ellis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Scott, Trego | 16 hr |
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.