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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 4, 201213 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Aug 4, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 101 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2012, 1:41 AM CDT
In force
101 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 31 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 2012-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 603 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 00:00Z on 2012-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

963 
WWUS73 KDDC 040500
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1200 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012

...STRONG WINDS TONIGHT...

.STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A DEPARTING
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX.

KSZ063>066-077>081-087>090-040900-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.120804T0500Z-120804T0900Z/
FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
1200 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 4 AM THIS MORNING

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

06
1 follow-up statement
750 
WWUS73 KDDC 040641
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
141 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012

KSZ063>066-077>081-087>090-040745-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-120804T0900Z/
FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...
SUN CITY
141 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE
AT WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStevens44 min
Aug 3, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward49 min
Aug 3, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton30 min
Aug 3, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray48 min
Aug 3, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade62 min
Aug 3, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stevens51 min
Aug 3, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord62 min
Aug 3, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord45 min
Aug 3, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord30 min
Aug 3, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa65 min
Aug 3, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt56 min
Aug 4, 1:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord49 min

Nearby

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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.