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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 22, 2011, 4:22 AM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 22, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2011, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2011, 7:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 22 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 649 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
576 WWUS73 KDDC 220922 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 422 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS TODAY AS SIGNIFICANT STORM CROSSES KANSAS... .A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM NEW MEXICO THROUGH KANSAS AND INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM AS DAYTIME HEATING ALLOWS STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO REACH THE SURFACE. KSZ046-061>066-074>081-084>090-221800- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0006.110322T1600Z-110323T0000Z/ RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 422 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /322 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING 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 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED AFTER 11 AM ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 96. THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN STRENGTH BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * WESTERLY WINDS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH PEAK WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE FOUND CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER AND DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WIND SPEEDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCE ESPECIALLY TO TRAVELERS DRIVING IN CROSS WIND AND AROUND LARGE OBSTACLES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS...FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS. && $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
823 WWUS73 KDDC 221723 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1223 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM WESTERN KANSAS AND INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM AS DAYTIME HEATING ALLOWS STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO REACH THE SURFACE. KSZ046-061>066-074>081-084>090-230000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110323T0000Z/ RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1223 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /1123 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 96. * WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH PEAK WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE FOUND CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER AND DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WIND SPEEDS OF THIS STRENGTH WILL CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCE ESPECIALLY TO TRAVELERS DRIVING IN CROSS WIND AND AROUND LARGE OBSTACLES SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS... FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS. && $$ 06
348 WWUS73 KDDC 230002 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 702 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 ...WINDS WERE ON THE DECREASE... .AS THE MAX HEATING OF THE DAY COMES TO AN END, SO DOES THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WHICH CAUSED STRONG WINDS TODAY. KSZ046-061>066-074>081-084>090-230115- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-110323T0000Z/ RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 702 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 /602 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND ADVISORY WAS CANCELLED DUE TO WINDS DROPPING BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW AT 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY THROUGH 9 PM CDT. $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 35 min |
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.