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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 15, 200521 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Nov 15, 2005, 2:54 PM CST for 21 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Nov 15, 2005, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2005, 2:54 PM CST (20:54 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 15, 2005, 3:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 5:16 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 21 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 19 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 2005-11-15Temperature 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 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -190 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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 152054
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
254 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE...

.AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MISSOURI VALLEY TRACKS
EAST...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-160100-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051115T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.051115T2100Z-051116T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
254 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET AND THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF.

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.

$$

KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-152200-
/O.CAN.KDDC.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051115T2100Z/
HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...
JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW
254 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 /154 PM MST TUE NOV 15 2005/

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH
WIND WARNING.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE DECREASED INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE.
THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET AND THEN BEGIN TO TAPER
OFF INTO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE. 

$$
BURGERT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 152316
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
516 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...WINDS DECREASING OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

.THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT THAT CAUSED THE STRONG WINDS TODAY IS
SLOWLY WEAKENING.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-160030-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051116T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
516 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS WERE SUBSIDING BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

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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.