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Wind Advisory 35, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 4, 20125 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 4, 2012, 12:56 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 2012, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 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 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2012-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 134 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 2012-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

045 
WWUS73 KDDC 040556
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1256 AM CDT THU OCT 4 2012

...STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR FOR A FEW HOURS EARLY THIS MORNING...

.A COLD FRONT WAS PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS
MORNING. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR A FEW HOURS
BEHIND THE FRONT.

KSZ075-076-084>086-040800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0035.121004T0556Z-121004T0800Z/
GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET
1256 AM CDT THU OCT 4 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR FOR A FEW HOURS IMMEDIATELY
  BEHIND THE FRONT.

* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE
  EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT
  ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON EAST WEST
  ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 2:32 PM CDTFreeze WatchDDCClark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant and 19 more24 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.