Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 31, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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. && $$ 06
1 follow-up statement
492 WWUS73 KDDC 201749 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1249 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012 KSZ031-046-064>066-078>081-086>090-201900- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-120620T1800Z/ ELLIS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT- SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1249 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON WITH WINDS SHIFTING NORTH AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY. THESE WINDS...HOWEVER...ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 38 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.