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Wind Advisory 30, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 29, 201120 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 29, 2011, 10:53 AM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 2011, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 2011, 4:01 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 11 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 2011-09-29Temperature 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 2011-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-63 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.

342 
WWUS73 KDDC 291553
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1053 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011

...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...

.AS AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE MIDWEST
STATES...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE
PLAINS. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL KEEP
WINDS RATHER STRONG MUCH OF THE DAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

KSZ030-031-045-046-063>066-076>081-085>090-300000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0030.110929T1553Z-110930T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-
GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...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
1053 AM CDT THU SEP 29 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 


* TIMING...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE
  LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY

* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN
  THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY
  WHERE CROSS WINDS ARE STRONG OVER OPEN AREAS AND AROUND LARGE
  OBSTACLES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

UMSCHEID
1 follow-up statement
250 
WWUS73 KDDC 292101
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
401 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011

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


KSZ030-031-045-046-063>066-076>081-085>090-292215-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0030.000000T0000Z-110930T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-
GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...
GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...
ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...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
401 PM CDT THU SEP 29 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

THE PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS WEAKENED ALLOWING FOR WINDS TO REMAIN
BELOW WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS. A FEW WIND GUSTS ABOVE 30 KNOTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS THEN DECREASE TO
AROUND 10 KNOTS OVERNIGHT.

$$

WAH

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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.