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Wind Advisory 32, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jun 23, 2012, 11:18 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2012, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 1267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 392 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
272 WWUS73 KDDC 231618 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1118 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... .A DEEP SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED IN NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL MOVE LITTLE TODAY, AND A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY THIS AFTERNOON, AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MID AFTERNOON IN MOST AREAS. KSZ045-046-063>066-075>081-085>088-232200- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.120623T1618Z-120623T2200Z/ NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1118 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...UNTIL 5 PM TODAY * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHTWEIGHT LAWN FURNITURE OR OTHER MATERIALS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING CHALLENGING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
213 WWUS73 KDDC 231652 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1152 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... .A DEEP SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED IN NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL MOVE LITTLE TODAY... AND A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY THIS AFTERNOON... AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MID AFTERNOON IN MOST AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR 50, HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE TO AROUND 105. KSZ030-031-240100- /O.NEW.KDDC.HT.Y.0001.120623T2100Z-120624T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS 1152 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * HEAT INDICES...MAXIMUM VALUES AROUND 105 * IMPACTS...VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CAUSE RAPID LOSS OF FLUIDS AND INCREASE THE THREAT OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. BE SURE THAT LIVESTOCK HAS ACCESS TO SHADE AND WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ KSZ045-046-063>066-075>081-085>088-232200- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-120623T2200Z/ NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 1152 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...UNTIL 5 PM TODAY * WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHTWEIGHT LAWN FURNITURE OR OTHER MATERIALS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING CHALLENGING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
936 WWUS73 KDDC 232157 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 457 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...WINDS ACROSS THE PLAINS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA... .A DEEP SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS WHICH CREATED THE STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON IS BEGINNING TO WEAKEN. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR 50... HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE TO AROUND 105. KSZ045-046-063>066-075>081-085>088-232300- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-120623T2200Z/ NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 457 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS, THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CDT. $$ KSZ030-031-240100- /O.CON.KDDC.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120624T0100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS 457 PM CDT SAT JUN 23 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * HEAT INDICES...MAXIMUM VALUES AROUND 105 * IMPACTS...VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CAUSE RAPID LOSS OF FLUIDS AND INCREASE THE THREAT OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. BE SURE THAT LIVESTOCK HAS ACCESS TO SHADE AND WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 11:52 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 8 hr |
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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.