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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2011, 10:39 AM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2011, 10:39 AM CDT (15:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 21 counties
Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 2212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
420 WWUS73 KDDC 021539 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1039 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BLOW ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS TODAY... .A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY AND MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO FAR WESTERN KANSAS. AHEAD OF THE TROUGH...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE QUITE STRONG ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS LATE TODAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-062>065-074>079-084>088-022300- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.110402T1539Z-110402T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1039 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG SOUTH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AROUND HUGOTON...JOHNSON AND SCOTT CITY LATE THIS MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS SHIFTING TOWARD HAYS...DODGE CITY AND ASHLAND THIS AFTERNOON. * SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS AND IN AREAS AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS.| PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GERARD
3 follow-up statements
047 WWUS73 KDDC 021543 CCA NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1042 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BLOW ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS TODAY... .A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY AND MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO FAR WESTERN KANSAS. AHEAD OF THE TROUGH...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE QUITE STRONG ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS LATE TODAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-062>065-074>079-084>088-022300- /O.COR.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.110402T1542Z-110402T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA... JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1042 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG SOUTH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AROUND HUGOTON...JOHNSON AND SCOTT CITY LATE THIS MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS SHIFTING TOWARD HAYS...DODGE CITY AND ASHLAND THIS AFTERNOON. * SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS AND IN AREAS AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GERARD
493 WWUS73 KDDC 022054 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 354 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN EASTERN MONTANA WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY SUNDAY MORNING AND TO THE GREAT LAKES STATES BY MONDAY MORNING. A DEEP TROUGH IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES WILL SUPPORT STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON, BUT WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT TONIGHT. VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN DURING THE DAY SUNDAY, RESULTING IN ANOTHER PERIOD OF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN KANSAS SUNDAY MORNING AND ACROSS ALL BUT SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL BEHIND THE FRONT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. KSZ062>065-074>079-084>088-030500- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.110403T1600Z-110404T1000Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110402T2300Z/ KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA 354 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM CDT MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL DIMINSH THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY NOON SUNDAY. NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT BEHIND A COLD FRONT. * THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS AND IN AREAS AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. * THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS AND IN AREAS AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-030500- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.110403T1800Z-110404T0600Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110402T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER 354 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 1 PM SUNDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. * NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS AND IN AREAS AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ061-066-080-081-089-090-030500- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.110403T1600Z-110404T1000Z/ HAMILTON-STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 354 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 /254 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ SUNDAY TO 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ SUNDAY TO 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ MONDAY. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY EVENING BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY AROUND ELEVATORS AND WINDBREAKS. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
803 WWUS73 KDDC 022237 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 537 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN EASTERN MONTANA WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA BY SUNDAY MORNING AND TO THE GREAT LAKES STATES BY MONDAY MORNING. A DEEP TROUGH IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES WILL SUPPORT STRONG WINDS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN KANSAS SUNDAY MORNING AND ACROSS ALL BUT SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PREVAIL BEHIND THE FRONT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. KSZ030-031-043>046-030645- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110402T2300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.110403T1800Z-110404T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER 537 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SUNDAY TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY. * STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 1 PM SUNDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. * NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. * THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS AND IN AREAS AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ062>065-074>079-084>088-030645- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110402T2300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.110403T1600Z-110404T1000Z/ KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA 537 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM CDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 5 AM CDT MONDAY. * SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY NOON SUNDAY. NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT BEHIND A COLD FRONT. * THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST WEST ROADS AND IN AREAS AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS AND WIND BREAKS. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ061-066-080-081-089-090-030645- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.110403T1600Z-110404T1000Z/ HAMILTON-STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 537 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2011 /437 PM MDT SAT APR 2 2011/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ SUNDAY TO 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ SUNDAY TO 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ MONDAY. * STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY EVENING BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY AROUND ELEVATORS AND WINDBREAKS. BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 47 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.