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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2012, 3:42 AM CST for 9 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 28, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2012, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2012, 6:59 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 436 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
755 WWUS73 KDDC 280942 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 342 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TODAY... .A VERY INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN PLAINS TODAY. THE DRY INTRUSION SECTOR OF THE STORM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BY LATE MORNING AND OVERSPREAD FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY MIDDAY. THE WELL- MIXED VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST TO THE HIGHWAY 283 CORRIDOR BY LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THIS DRY INTRUSION SECTOR OF THE STORM DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-281745- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0004.120228T1700Z-120229T0100Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... 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...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 342 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 /242 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON... WITH DUST POTENTIALLY BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 283. IN OPEN AREAS...BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW 2 MILES... AND PERHAPS DOWN TO A HALF MILE IN SOME AREAS WHERE FIELDS ARE PARTICULARLY DUSTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-281745- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0010.120228T1800Z-120229T0100Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 342 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY NOON AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH LATE DAY. STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY AROUND ELEVATORS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS. LAWN FURNITURE AND LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
703 WWUS73 KDDC 281805 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1205 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...EXPECT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... .A VERY INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NEBRASKA TODAY, RESULTING IN STRONG WINDS MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THE VERY DRY AIR MASS IN THE DRY SLOT OF THIS UPPER SYSTEM WILL SPREAD VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS EASTWARD TO THE HIGHWAY 283 CORRIDOR. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-290100- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120229T0100Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... 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...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1205 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 /1105 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS BLOW AND SPREAD EAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON... WITH DUST POTENTIALLY BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 283. IN OPEN AREAS...BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW 2 MILES...AND PERHAPS DOWN TO A HALF MILE IN SOME AREAS WHERE FIELDS ARE PARTICULARLY DUSTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-290100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0100Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1205 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE DAY. STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY AROUND ELEVATORS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS. LAWN FURNITURE AND LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 12
940 WWUS73 KDDC 290032 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 632 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-290145- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120229T0100Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... 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...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 632 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 /532 PM MST TUE FEB 28 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO BELOW HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-290145- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0100Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 632 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 7 PM. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY AROUND ELEVATORS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS. LAWN FURNITURE AND LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
424 WWUS73 KDDC 290059 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 659 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-290200- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T0100Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 659 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ARE ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:19 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 51 min |
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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.