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Wind Advisory 31, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 20, 201214 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 20, 2012, 9:04 AM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2012, 9:04 AM CDT (14:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2012-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1488 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 2012-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 308 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
1488 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-401 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

134 
WWUS73 KDDC 201404
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
904 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...

.A COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT JUST AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CREATE STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH UNTIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

KSZ031-046-064>066-078>081-086>090-201800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0031.120620T1404Z-120620T1800Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...
FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
904 AM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON OR UNTIL THE
  COLD FRONT PASSES.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. TRAVELERS ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED
  ROADS SHOULD PREPARE FOR GUSTY CROSSWINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
492 
WWUS73 KDDC 201749
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1249 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

KSZ031-046-064>066-078>081-086>090-201900-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-120620T1800Z/
ELLIS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...
FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1249 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY MID
TO LATE AFTERNOON WITH WINDS SHIFTING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 20
TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY. THESE WINDS...HOWEVER...ARE EXPECTED TO BE
BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis38 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.