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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 24, 2011, 3:12 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 24, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 2011, 3:12 AM CDT (08:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 24, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark 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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 3918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
053 WWUS73 KDDC 240812 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 312 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER EASTERN COLORADO TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WESTERN INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. WINDS WILL BE INCREASING BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE STRONG AND GUSTY UNTIL AROUND SUNSET. KSZ030-031-044>046-063>066-076>080-086>088-242100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0035.111024T1800Z-111025T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...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...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 312 AM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY MIDDAY AND CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS AND AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GERARD
2 follow-up statements
378 WWUS73 KDDC 242040 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 340 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER EASTERN COLORADO. THIS WILL RESULT IN A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WESTERN INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. KSZ030-031-044>046-063>066-076>080-086>088-250000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-111025T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 340 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS AND AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
191 WWUS73 KDDC 242335 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 635 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS A RESULT OF THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND THE LEE SIDE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO BEGINNING TO EDGE INTO FAR WESTERN KANSAS. KSZ030-031-044>046-063>066-076>080-086>088-250045- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0035.000000T0000Z-111025T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...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...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 635 PM CDT MON OCT 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE, THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ 32
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 3:04 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 16 hr |
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.