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Wind Advisory 39, NWS Dodge City, KS

December 3, 201216 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Dec 3, 2012, 10:48 AM CST for 16 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 2012, 10:48 AM CST (16:48 UTC)
Expired
Dec 3, 2012, 2:32 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Clark 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, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 12:00Z on 2012-12-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-12-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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.

073 
WWUS73 KDDC 031648
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1048 AM CST MON DEC 3 2012

...STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...

.STRONG NORTH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT.

KSZ043-044-061>064-074>078-084>088-032200-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0039.121203T1648Z-121203T2200Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-
GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...
HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA
1048 AM CST MON DEC 3 2012 /948 AM MST MON DEC 3 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST /3 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS FAR WESTERN KANSAS
  THROUGH 4 PM CST. THE HIGHER WINDS WILL REACH LOCATIONS FURTHER
  EAST BY NOON INCLUDING DODGE CITY.

* WINDS...NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING ON EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS MAY BE PROBLEMATIC.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$


FINCH
1 follow-up statement
629 
WWUS73 KDDC 032032
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
232 PM CST MON DEC 3 2012


KSZ043-044-061>064-074>078-084>088-032145-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0039.000000T0000Z-121203T2200Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-
GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...
MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...
HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...
MINNEOLA
232 PM CST MON DEC 3 2012 /132 PM MST MON DEC 3 2012/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DROPPED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA SO THE ADVISORY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$


FINCH

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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.