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Wind Advisory 42, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Dec 30, 2011, 3:09 PM CST for 8 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 31, 2011, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2011, 3:09 PM CST (21:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2011, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2011, 9:42 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 3031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
372 WWUS73 KDDC 302109 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 309 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...HIGH WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT. EXPECT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO SHIFT ABRUPTLY TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS FROM 50 TO 65 MPH. KSZ074-084>090-311000- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0042.111231T1800Z-120101T0000Z/ STANTON-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 309 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH A COLD FRONT AROUND NOON TO 2 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED...THEN DECREASE RAPIDLY BY 6 PM. * IMPACTS..THE STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-311000- /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.A.0005.111231T1800Z-120101T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT 309 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2011 /209 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH A COLD FRONT AROUND NOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS FROM 5O TO 65 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS EXPECTED GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 AND ALONG INTERSTATE 70. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS WILL BE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE HIGH WINDS. MAKE SURE TO SECURE ANY OUTSIDE ITEMS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IN THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ 06
2 follow-up statements
697 WWUS73 KDDC 310859 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 259 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OUT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. THIS WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO SHIFT ABRUPTLY TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 55 TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-311800- /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0005.111231T1800Z-120101T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0011.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT 259 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 /159 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE WIND WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH A COLD FRONT FROM AROUND 10 AM TO NOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS FROM 55 TO 65 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO PRATT. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE HIGH WINDS. MAKE SURE TO SECURE ANY OUTSIDE ITEMS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AWAY IN THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ074-084>090-311800- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0042.111231T1600Z-120101T0000Z/ STANTON-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 259 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH A COLD FRONT AROUND 10 AM TO 1 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED...THEN DECREASE RAPIDLY BY 6 PM. * IMPACTS..THE STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GERARD
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 3:09 PM CST | High Wind Watch | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 13 more | 12 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.