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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 21, 2011, 3:20 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 21, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2011, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 21, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Ellis County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
539 WWUS73 KDDC 210820 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 320 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE ON THE BACKSIDE OF A DEPARTING POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. THIS WILL CAUSE NORTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TODAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-212100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0028.110621T1400Z-110622T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER 320 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY MID MORNING AND LAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS 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. && $$ 06
1 follow-up statement
242 WWUS73 KDDC 211825 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 125 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL BE CAPABLE OF MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE ON THE BACKSIDE OF A DEPARTING POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE NORTHWEST WINDS TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-220000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-110622T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER 125 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS: MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:19 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Ellis, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Scott and 2 more | 6 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.