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Wind Advisory 38, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 17, 201110 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 17, 2011, 12:51 PM CST for 10 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 17, 2011, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 17, 2011, 12:51 PM CST (18:51 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 17, 2011, 1:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 17, 2011, 5:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 12:00Z on 2011-11-17Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
2071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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.

752 
WWUS73 KDDC 171851
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1251 PM CST THU NOV 17 2011

...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LEAD TO STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY.

KSZ045-063-064-076>078-085>088-172300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0038.111117T1900Z-111117T2300Z/
NESS-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NESS CITY...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...
JETMORE...HANSTON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
1251 PM CST THU NOV 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 


* TIMING...THE STRONGER WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH 5 PM.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
  HIGH AS 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES NEED TO USE EXTRA
  CAUTION, ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
600 
WWUS73 KDDC 172313
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
513 PM CST THU NOV 17 2011

...WINDS ARE DIMINISHING ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

KSZ045-063-064-076>078-085>088-180015-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0038.000000T0000Z-111117T2300Z/
NESS-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NESS CITY...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...
JETMORE...HANSTON...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
513 PM CST THU NOV 17 2011

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

$$

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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.