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Wind Advisory 25, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 20129 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 23, 2012, 11:56 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2012, 11:56 PM CDT (04:56 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 257 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-209 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3304 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

906 
WWUS73 KDDC 240456
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1156 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH ABOUT 4 AM CDT...

.A COLD FRONT WENT THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY EVENING,
BRINGING A BAND OF STRONG WINDS WITH IT. THESE WINDS WILL START TO
SUBSIDE BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM CDT.

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-240900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0025.120524T0456Z-120524T0900Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA
1156 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 /1056 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT /3 AM MDT/ THURSDAY.

* TIMING...CURRENTLY THROUGH 4 AM CDT THURSDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY AT 25MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS COULD MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVE WITH EXTRA CARE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton41 min
May 23, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton, Kearny59 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.