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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 17, 2012, 3:29 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2012, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche 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, Pratt 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), 22 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 27 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
238 WWUS73 KDDC 172029 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 329 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND DAYTIME HEATING IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS ON SUNDAY. KSZ043-061-062-074-084-180430- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0015.120318T1800Z-120319T0100Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD 329 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 /229 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM CDT. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 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. && $$ FINCH
5 follow-up statements
303 WWUS73 KDDC 180138 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 838 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND DAYTIME HEATING IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS ON SUNDAY. KSZ043-061-062-074-084-180945- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0015.120318T1800Z-120319T0100Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD 838 PM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 /738 PM MDT SAT MAR 17 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM CDT. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT... AND EASILY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND LAWN FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
144 WWUS73 KDDC 180830 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 330 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS, ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. KSZ061-181630- /O.UPG.KDDC.WI.Y.0015.120318T1800Z-120319T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0005.120318T1500Z-120319T0000Z/ HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SYRACUSE 230 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM CDT. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, AS WELL AS MAKE DRIVING LARGE PROFILE VEHICLES DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ030-031-044>046-063>066-075>081-085>090-181630- /O.EXB.KDDC.WI.Y.0015.120318T1500Z-120319T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 330 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM CDT. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT... AND EASILY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND LAWN FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ043-062-074-084-181630- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0015.120318T1500Z-120319T0600Z/ SCOTT-KEARNY-STANTON-MORTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... JOHNSON CITY...ELKHART...RICHFIELD 330 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 8 PM CDT. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 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. && $$ RUSSELL
568 WWUS73 KDDC 181625 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1125 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. KSZ061-190000- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120319T0000Z/ HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SYRACUSE 1025 AM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM MDT. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE... AS WELL AS MAKE DRIVING LARGE PROFILE VEHICLES DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-074>081-084>090-190000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120319T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 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...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1125 AM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 1 AM. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 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. && $$ FINCH
183 WWUS73 KDDC 182100 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 400 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IN ADVANCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING. KSZ061-190600- /O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120319T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120319T0600Z/ HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SYRACUSE 300 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 12 AM. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING VERY DIFFICULT... AND EASILY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CARTS AND LAWN FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-074>081-084>090-190600- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120319T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 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...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD... HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 400 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 1 AM. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 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. && $$
084 WWUS73 KDDC 190554 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1254 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OVERNIGHT... .A SURFACE TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO INFLUENCE THE AREA IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THIS WILL TURN WINDS MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND ALLOW THE WINDS TO WEAKEN. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-190700- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120319T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON... MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA... COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1254 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 /1154 PM MDT SUN MAR 18 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ 33
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 11:38 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Scott, Stanton and 1 more | 31 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.