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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 4, 200524 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Oct 4, 2005, 7:05 AM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 4, 2005, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 2005, 7:05 AM CDT (12:05 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 4, 2005, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 4, 2005, 9:37 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 24 counties

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, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 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 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2005-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 793 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 12:00Z on 2005-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 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
793 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
347 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.

000 
WWUS73 KDDC 041205
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
705 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED AHEAD OF DEVELOPING STORM...

.A POWERFUL EARLY AUTUMN STORM SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES WILL CAUSE
SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS OF A DEEP SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN COLORADO
THIS AFTERNOON. THE ASSOCIATED PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO
TIGHTEN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE LOW AND
STRONG COLD FRONT.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-042015-
/X.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.051004T1900Z-051005T0300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-
STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
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...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION
705 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 /605 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON TO 25 TO 35 MPH.
THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE
EVENING HOURS. THE WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY GUSTY, WITH GUSTS
OVER 45 MPH AT TIMES, LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH OR WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 041529
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1029 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

KSZ066-081-090-050300-
/X.EXB.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.051004T1600Z-051005T0300Z/
STAFFORD-PRATT-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...PRATT...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
1029 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE EVENING
HOURS. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH
OR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG
CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>080-084>089-050300-
/X.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.051004T1600Z-051005T0300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-MORTON-
STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
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...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION
1029 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 /929 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING.

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE EVENING
HOURS. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH
OR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG
CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

06
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 050237
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
937 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005

...WINDS SETTLING DOWN A LITTLE...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXED SLIGHTLY AFTER SUNDOWN, ALLOWING
THE VERY STRONG WINDS TO SUBSIDE JUST A LITTLE. A COLD FRONT WILL
CROSS THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT, CAUSING WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE
NORTH-NORTHWEST EARLY WEDNESDAY. NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 20 TO 35
MPH BEHIND THE FRONT FOR A FEW HOURS WEDNESDAY MORNING.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-050345-
/X.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051005T0300Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
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...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...
STAFFORD...HUDSON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...
CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...
GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...
MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
937 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 /837 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. HOWEVER, YOU CAN STILL EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT
AS SOUTH WINDS BLOW AT 25 TO 30 MPH, GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.

$$

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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.