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Wind Advisory 27, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 20, 20118 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 3:20 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCEllis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Scott, Trego16 hr

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.