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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 20, 2011, 3:41 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 21, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2011, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
185 WWUS73 KDDC 202041 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 341 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON... .AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES MONDAY... STRONG MIXING IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER IS EXPECTED BEHIND A DRYLINE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. KSZ074>076-084>086-210545- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.110321T1900Z-110322T0000Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET 341 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
4 follow-up statements
816 WWUS73 KDDC 210358 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1058 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES MONDAY. STRONG MIXING IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER IS EXPECTED BEHIND A DRYLINE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL BRING STRONGER WINDS TO THE SURFACE. KSZ074>076-084>086-211200- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.110321T1900Z-110322T0000Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET 1058 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY. * WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
368 WWUS73 KDDC 210925 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 425 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES MONDAY. STRONG MIXING IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER IS EXPECTED BEHIND A DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL BRING STRONGER WINDS TO THE SURFACE. KSZ043>045-061>064-077-078-087-211730- /O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.110321T1900Z-110322T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-GRAY-FORD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...MEADE... FOWLER 425 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 /325 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ074>076-084>086-211730- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.110321T1900Z-110322T0000Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET 425 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 32
199 WWUS73 KDDC 211610 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1110 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WINDS ALOFT, COMBINED WITH STRONG MIXING IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE BEHIND A DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON, WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS AT THE SURFACE. KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>087-220000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.110321T1900Z-110322T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 1110 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 /1010 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE, WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 33
456 WWUS73 KDDC 220006 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 706 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS AS SUNSET APPROACHES. THEREFORE THE WINDS ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME. KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>087-220115- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110322T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER 706 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 /606 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 1:39 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Scott | 112 min |
| Mar 20, 3:31 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell and 11 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
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.