Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 25, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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. && $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 41 min |
| May 23, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 59 min |
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.