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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 23, 2012, 3:58 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It took effect at May 23, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2012, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
111 WWUS73 KDDC 230858 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 358 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL PROPAGATE SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY LATE AFTERNOON. A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY FROM NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM SOUTH CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL KANSAS WILL SUPPORT STRONG, GUSTY WINDS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS SLIGHTLY. KSZ066-080-081-089-090-232100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0024.120523T1500Z-120523T2300Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 358 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. * IMPACTS...TURBULENT FLOW AROUND OBSTRUCTIONS SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS MAY MAKE VEHICLES MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. UNSECURED ITEMS IN YARDS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
576 WWUS73 KDDC 231647 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1147 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... .A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL PROPAGATE SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY LATE AFTERNOON. A SURFACE FRONT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY FROM NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM SOUTH CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL KANSAS WILL SUPPORT STRONG... GUSTY WINDS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS SLIGHTLY. KSZ066-080-081-089-090-232300- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120523T2300Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1147 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. * IMPACTS...TURBULENT FLOW AROUND OBSTRUCTIONS SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS MAY MAKE VEHICLES MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. UNSECURED ITEMS IN YARDS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 18
919 WWUS73 KDDC 232253 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 553 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS HAS SLACKENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS, WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. KSZ066-080-081-089-090-240000- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-120523T2300Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 553 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND THUS THE ADVISORY HAS NOW BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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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.