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Wind Advisory 39, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 24, 201112 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 24, 2011, 11:05 AM CST for 12 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2011, 11:05 AM CST (17:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 2011-11-24Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 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.

054 
WWUS73 KDDC 241705
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1105 AM CST THU NOV 24 2011

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...

.SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES WILL LEAD TO
STRONG SOUTH WINDS TODAY.

KSZ045-046-064-065-077>080-086>089-250000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0039.111124T1705Z-111125T0000Z/
NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-
CLARK-COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION
1105 AM CST THU NOV 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BE STRONG THROUGH 6 PM.

* WINDS...EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
  GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 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
221 
WWUS73 KDDC 242337
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
537 PM CST THU NOV 24 2011

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

KSZ045-046-064-065-077>080-086>089-250045-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-111125T0000Z/
NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-
CLARK-COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION
537 PM CST THU NOV 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE FALLEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. THEREFORE, THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

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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.