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Wind Advisory 29, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 13, 2012Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 13, 2012, 11:33 AM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2012, 11:33 AM MDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2012, 2:50 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 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 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 784 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 12:00Z on 2012-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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.

351 
WWUS73 KDDC 131733
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1233 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

.WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON.

KSZ061-074-132100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0029.120613T1733Z-120613T2100Z/
HAMILTON-STANTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY
1233 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 /1133 AM MDT WED JUN 13 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT /3 PM MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

* TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM CDT OR 3 PM MDT. 

* WINDS...SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 45
  MPH.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
644 
WWUS73 KDDC 132050
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
350 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012

...WIND SPEED ARE NOT MEETING ADVISORY LEVELS...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS SUCH THAT ADVISORY LEVEL WIND SPEEDS ARE
NOT ANTICIPATED.

KSZ061-074-132200-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0029.000000T0000Z-120613T2100Z/
HAMILTON-STANTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...JOHNSON CITY
350 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2012 /250 PM MDT WED JUN 13 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE, BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

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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.