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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 20, 201122 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2011, 12:04 PM CST for 22 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2011, 12:04 PM CST (18:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2011, 3:49 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 22 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 12 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 2011-02-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 273 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
402 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.

017 
WWUS73 KDDC 201804
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1204 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND A
DRYLINE AS IT MOVES EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON.
STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE TODAY AND RESULT
IN A PERIOD OF SUSTAINED WINDS RANGING FROM 30 TO 35 MPH. THESE
GUSTY WINDS WILL FALL BACK INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE TOWARDS
SUNSET. 

KSZ043>046-062>066-075>081-085>090-210000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.110220T1804Z-110221T0000Z/
SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...
LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...
HAVILAND...PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...
FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1204 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING: STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECT THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. THESE
  WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BACK INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE BY
  6 PM.

* WINDS...WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS: DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  TRAVELING ON ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS.

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
702 
WWUS73 KDDC 202149
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
349 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WIND SPEEDS DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON...

.SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WERE DECREASING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST
AND PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO WORK ITS WAY
SOUTH INTO THE AREA. NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THIS FRONT PASSES
WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEED EARLY TONIGHT RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH. 

KSZ043>046-062>066-075>081-085>090-202300-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110221T0000Z/
SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...
LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...
HAVILAND...PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...
FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
349 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON.
THESE WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET AND THEN
BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE BACK INTO THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE.

$$

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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.