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Wind Advisory 36, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 2, 2011Barber County, Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 2, 2011, 3:50 AM CDT for Barber County, Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas. It took effect at Nov 2, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 2, 2011, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 2, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
Nov 2, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2011-11-02Temperature 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 2011-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
317 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.

330 
WWUS73 KDDC 020850
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
350 AM CDT WED NOV 2 2011

...IT WILL BECOME VERY WINDY TODAY...

.AS A COLD FRONT SINKS SOUTH, THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL TIGHTEN UP AND PRODUCE STRONG WINDS TODAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS
10 TO 20 MPH VERY EARLY TODAY WILL SHIFT NORTH AFTER THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE AND INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH 
AFTER 9 AM CDT. WINDS WILL START TO SUBSIDE AFTER 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING.

KSZ088>090-030000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0036.111102T1400Z-111103T0000Z/
CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
350 AM CDT WED NOV 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...AFTER WINDS SHIFT NORTH AROUND 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING,
  WINDS SPEED WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 
  OVER 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT,
  ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH
  AS TRASH CONTAINERS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN EASILY BE BLOWN
  AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
292 
WWUS73 KDDC 022343
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
643 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2011

...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES TO DECREASE AS A SURFACE AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES QUICKLY TO THE EAST. THEREFORE...WINDS HAVE
DECREASED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...

KSZ088>090-030045-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-111103T0000Z/
CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...
PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
643 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 


$$

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.