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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 7, 201119 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 7, 2011, 2:05 AM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2011, 2:05 AM CDT (07:05 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2011, 4:11 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 2011-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 251 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 2011-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

013 
WWUS73 KDDC 070705
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
205 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011


KSZ030-031-043>046-062>065-075>079-085>088-071000-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-111007T0700Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.111007T0705Z-111007T1000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...
ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
205 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...LOOK FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH 5 AM
  THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL
  BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR 
  DRIVERS...PARTICULARLY ON EAST-WEST ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. 
  BLOWING DUST MAY BECOME A PROBLEM IN SOME AREAS AND REDUCE 
  VISIBILITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
865 
WWUS73 KDDC 070911
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
411 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING AND HAVE
DROPPED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

KSZ030-031-043>046-062>065-075>079-085>088-071015-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-111007T1000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...
ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
411 AM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny23 min
Oct 6, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny26 min
Oct 7, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny41 min
Oct 7, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney38 min
Oct 7, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stevens46 min
Oct 7, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott32 min
Oct 7, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny46 min
Oct 7, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens47 min

Nearby

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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.