Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 6, 2012, 9:43 PM CST for 18 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 10:15 PM CST. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2012, 9:43 PM CST (03:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 10:15 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 3132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 499 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
427 WWUS73 KDDC 070343 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 943 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWEST KANSAS FOR A FEW HOURS... .A LOW LEVEL JET STREAM MIXED DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS EVENING AND RE-ENFORCED THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WINDS. THESE STRONG SOUTH WINDS IN THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE WILL LAST FOR A FEW HOURS BEFOREKDDCRFWDDC SUBSIDING A LITTLE. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>065-076>080-086>089-070700- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0014.120307T0343Z-120307T0700Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION 943 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 1 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL HOWL AT 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT, AND EASILY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND LAWN FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 12
2 follow-up statements
029 WWUS73 KDDC 070417 CCA NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1015 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWEST KANSAS FOR A FEW HOURS... .A LOW LEVEL JET STREAM MIXED DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS EVENING AND RE-ENFORCED THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WINDS. THESE STRONG SOUTH WINDS IN THE 30 TO 45 MPH RANGE WILL LAST FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE DECREASING IN INTENSITY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>065-076>080-086>089-070700- /O.COR.KDDC.WI.Y.0014.120307T0415Z-120307T0700Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION 1015 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 1 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL HOWL AT 30 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT, AND EASILY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND LAWN FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 12
618 WWUS73 KDDC 070643 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1243 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 .THE VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WERE ON A DECREASING TREND AND AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY IS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>065-076>080-086>089-070745- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120307T0700Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-HASKELL- GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION 1243 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 AM...WITH WINDS DECREASING FURTHER TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY DAYBREAK AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. $$ UMSCHEID
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.