Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 30, NWS Dodge City, KS
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 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.
- 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
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
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.