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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 24, 201117 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-10-24Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
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

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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.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 3:04 AM CDTRed Flag WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Stevens16 hr

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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.