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Wind Advisory 34, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 6, 2012, 9:52 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 7, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2012, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 7, 2012, 8:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
All 27 counties
Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 542 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
883 WWUS73 KDDC 061452 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 952 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD FRONT FRIDAY... .A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>077-084-085-062100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0034.120907T1000Z-120907T1700Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW 952 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 /852 AM MDT THU SEP 6 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ TO NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ TO NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN SHORTLY BEFORE 6 AM IN WAKEENEY, DIGHTON AND SYRACUSE AND AROUND 7 OR 8 AM IN GARDEN CITY, NESS CITY AND LA CROSSE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND NOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAKE SURE THAT LOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS ARE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ065-066-078>081-086>090-062100- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0034.120907T1300Z-120907T2000Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 952 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 3 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 3 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN BY 8 OR 9 AM IN LIBERAL, DODGE CITY, AND LARNED AND BY 10 AM IN MEDICINE LODGE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND 3 PM. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAKE SURE THAT LOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS ARE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ FINCH
3 follow-up statements
681 WWUS73 KDDC 062102 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 402 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD FRONT FRIDAY... .A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>077-084-085-070515- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0034.120907T1000Z-120907T1700Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW 402 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 /302 PM MDT THU SEP 6 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ TO NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ FRIDAY... * TIMING...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN SHORTLY BEFORE 6 AM IN WAKEENEY... DIGHTON AND SYRACUSE AND AROUND 7 OR 8 AM IN GARDEN CITY... NESS CITY AND LA CROSSE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND NOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAKE SURE THAT LOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS ARE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ065-066-078>081-086>090-070515- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0034.120907T1300Z-120907T2000Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 402 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 3 PM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN BY 8 OR 9 AM IN LIBERAL... DODGE CITY... AND LARNED AND BY 10 AM IN MEDICINE LODGE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND 3 PM. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAKE SURE THAT LOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS ARE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
134 WWUS73 KDDC 070446 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1146 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD FRONT FRIDAY... .A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>077-084-085-071300- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0034.120907T1000Z-120907T1700Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW 1146 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 /1046 PM MDT THU SEP 6 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM CDT /4 AM MDT/ TO NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ FRIDAY... * TIMING...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN SHORTLY BEFORE 6 AM IN WAKEENEY... DIGHTON AND SYRACUSE AND AROUND 7 OR 8 AM IN GARDEN CITY... NESS CITY AND LA CROSSE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND NOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAKE SURE THAT LOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS ARE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ065-066-078>081-086>090-071300- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0034.120907T1300Z-120907T2000Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1146 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 3 PM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN BY 8 OR 9 AM IN LIBERAL... DODGE CITY... AND LARNED AND BY 10 AM IN MEDICINE LODGE. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND 3 PM. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...MAKE SURE THAT LOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS ARE SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
334 WWUS73 KDDC 070722 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 222 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>077-084-085-072000- /O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0034.120907T1300Z-120907T2000Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-MORTON-STEVENS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD... HUGOTON...MOSCOW 222 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 /122 AM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH BY EARLY MORNING AND PEAK IN INTENSITY THROUGH NOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ KSZ065-066-078>081-086>090-072000- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0034.120907T1300Z-120907T2000Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE... FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 222 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH MID MORNING AND PEAK IN INTENSITY THROUGH NOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BY MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVERS ON EAST TO WEST ROADS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STRONG CROSSWINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 41 min |
| Sep 6, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Seward | 50 min |
| Sep 6, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 41 min |
| Sep 6, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 41 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.