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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 9, 201216 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 9, 2012, 1:47 AM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jun 9, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2012, 1:47 AM CDT (06:47 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 9, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 9, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 2012-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

514 
WWUS73 KDDC 090647
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
147 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...

.A LEE SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS COMBINED WITH DIURNAL
MIXING WILL CREATE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BEGINNING BY LATE MORNING
AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-100200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0028.120609T1500Z-120610T0200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
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...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT
147 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 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 9 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND
  NOON AND THEN DECREASE BELOW CRITERIA TOWARDS DUSK.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHERLY AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TRAVELERS ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED
  ROADS SHOULD PREPARE FOR GUSTY CROSSWINDS. IN ADDITION...THE
  STRONG WINDS CAN EASILY BLOW LIGHT WEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH
  CONTAINERS AND LAWN FURNITURE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
480 
WWUS73 KDDC 100145
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
845 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012

...WINDS ARE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING...

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-100245-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-120610T0200Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
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...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT
845 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

WITH THE LOSS OF SURFACE HEATING, WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO LESS
THAN ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.


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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.