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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 3, 201217 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2012, 2:02 AM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 3, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2012, 2:02 AM CST (08:02 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 3, 2012, 4:01 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark 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, 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), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

058 
WWUS73 KDDC 030802
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
202 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012

...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TODAY...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WITH A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND MIXING 
ACROSS THE REGION WILL LEAD TO STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS TODAY.

KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-040000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.120303T1600Z-120304T0000Z/
SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
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...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
202 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 /102 AM MST SAT MAR 3 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY 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 WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MID MORNING AND THEN PEAK
  IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW
  ADVISORY LEVEL BY EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
  ARE LIKELY.

* 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.

&&

$$

SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
036 
WWUS73 KDDC 032201
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
401 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012


KSZ043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-032315-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120304T0000Z/
SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
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...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
401 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 /301 PM MST SAT MAR 3 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DROPPED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SO THE ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

FINCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 2:10 AM CSTRed Flag WarningDDCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 11 more16 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.