Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 12, 2012, 3:24 AM CST for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2012, 3:24 AM CST (09:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2012, 1:18 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 24 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, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
430 WWUS73 KDDC 120924 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 324 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY... .A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN KANSAS INTO EASTERN MISSOURI BY EARLY AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG WINDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL PREVAIL TODAY. AS THE SUN HEATS THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AND WILL SUPPORT MIXING OF THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-075>081-086>090-121730- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.120112T1500Z-120113T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- 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...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON... MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 324 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 /224 AM MST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 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 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY AS THE SUN SETS. * IMPACTS...LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. WIND CURRENTS AROUND OBSTACLES SUCH AS ELEVATORS WILL MAKE CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTLY LOADED VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
460 WWUS73 KDDC 121720 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1120 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY... .A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM NORTHERN KANSAS INTO EASTERN MISSOURI BY EARLY AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG WINDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL PREVAIL TODAY. AS THE SUN HEATS THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH... THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AND WILL SUPPORT MIXING OF THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. KSZ043-044-061>063-075>078-086>088-121830- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0000Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-SEWARD- MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1120 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 /1020 AM MST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST...HOWEVER WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS IN THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE. $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-079>081-089-090-130000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1120 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS WITH WINDS DECREASING BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. WIND CURRENTS AROUND OBSTACLES SUCH AS ELEVATORS WILL MAKE CONTROL OF HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTLY LOADED VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ UMSCHEID
711 WWUS73 KDDC 121918 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 118 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-079>081-089-090-122030- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 118 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ FINCH
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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.