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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 21, 20116 counties in Kansas

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.

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, 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.

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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:19 PM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCEllis, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Scott and 2 more6 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.