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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2012, 2:28 PM CST for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 5, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2012, 2:28 PM CST (20:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 24 counties
Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis 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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 2876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
207 WWUS73 KDDC 042028 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 228 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY AND LAST THROUGH THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-046-050430- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120305T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.120305T1600Z-120306T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER 228 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MID MORNING AND THEN PEAK IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 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. && $$ KSZ043>045-061>066-074>080-084>088-050430- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.120305T1600Z-120306T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY... SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 228 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 /128 PM MST SUN MAR 4 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ MONDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MID MORNING AND THEN PEAK IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY AROUND ELEVATORS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS. LAWN FURNITURE AND LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 33
4 follow-up statements
259 WWUS73 KDDC 050304 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 904 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED MONDAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY AND LAST THROUGH THE ENTIRE AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>080-084>088-051100- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.120305T1600Z-120306T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...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...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 904 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 /804 PM MST SUN MAR 4 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ MONDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE DURING MID MORNING AND THEN PEAK IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY 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. && $$ FINCH
821 WWUS73 KDDC 050831 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 231 AM CST MON MAR 5 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INTENSIFY MID MORNING AND PEAK IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AS A LEE SURFACE TROUGH STRENGTHENS ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS. KSZ031-046-065-066-079-080-050945- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.120305T1600Z-120306T0000Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND 231 AM CST MON MAR 5 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WHILE ADVISORY CRITERIA ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY WITH 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS AND GUSTS TO 40 MPH EXPECTED MAINLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$ KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-060000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.120305T1600Z-120306T0000Z/ 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 231 AM CST MON MAR 5 2012 /131 AM MST MON MAR 5 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS 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 DURING MID MORNING AND THEN PEAK IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY 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. && $$ SUGDEN
851 WWUS73 KDDC 051725 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1125 AM CST MON MAR 5 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INTENSIFY AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AS A LEE SURFACE TROUGH STRENGTHENS ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-060000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1125 AM CST MON MAR 5 2012 /1025 AM MST MON MAR 5 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PEAK IN INTENSITY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY LEVEL BY EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT ALONG EAST-WEST ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY AROUND ELEVATORS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS. LAWN FURNITURE AND LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 32
424 WWUS73 KDDC 060009 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 609 PM CST MON MAR 5 2012 KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-060115- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ 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 609 PM CST MON MAR 5 2012 /509 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DROPPED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA SO THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ FINCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 9:15 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DDC | Ellis, Rush, Trego | 17 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:42 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:42 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Morton and 4 more | 46 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:41 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 9 more | 28 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.