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Wind Advisory 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 19, 2012, 1:40 PM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2012, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 6:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties 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, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 750 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
162 WWUS73 KDDC 191840 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 140 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD FRONT TODAY. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>077-200000- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.120519T1840Z-120521T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- 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...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA 140 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 /1240 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH 5PM IN PLACS LIKE JOHNSON AND LAKIN. FURTHER NORTHEAST IN PLACES LIKE JETMORE, AND HAYS, THE STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY 2 OR 3 PM AND PERSIST THROUGH 7 PM. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND EASILY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FINCH
3 follow-up statements
747 WWUS73 KDDC 191922 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 222 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD FRONT TODAY. KSZ066-078-079-200000- /O.EXB.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120520T0000Z/ STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS 222 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM AND PERSIST THROUGH 7 PM. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND EASILY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>077-200000- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120520T0000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- 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...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA 222 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 /122 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH 5 PM IN PLACS LIKE JOHNSON AND LAKIN. FURTHER NORTHEAST IN PLACES LIKE JETMORE AND HAYS...THE STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY 2 OR 3 PM AND PERSIST THROUGH 7 PM. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND EASILY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FINCH
763 WWUS73 KDDC 192211 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 511 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. KSZ061-062-074-075-192315- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120520T0000Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES 511 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 /411 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>079-200100- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120520T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- 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...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS 511 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW FOR A FEW HOURS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH 8 PM BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO SETTLE DOWN. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...AND EASILY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CONTAINERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 12
268 WWUS73 KDDC 192349 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 649 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...THE WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA... .AS HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY MOVES IN AND A COLD FRONT PUSHES FARTHER SOUTH THIS EVENING, WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>079-200100- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-120520T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD- HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON... LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE... SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY... LEWIS 649 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THUS THE ADVISORY HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED. $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 23 min |
| May 19, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 48 min |
| May 19, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 34 min |
| May 19, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 22 min |
| May 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 23 min |
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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.