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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

December 27, 200527 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2005, 3:16 AM CST for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 27, 2005, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2005, 3:16 AM CST (09:16 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2005, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 27, 2005, 6:00 PM CST
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 radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 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 00:00Z, 9.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2005-12-27Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2005-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
2902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 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 270916
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
316 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2005

...THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME QUITE WINDY...

.A COUPLE OF UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN
KANSAS TODAY AND RESULT IN SURFACE WINDS INCREASING BY MID DAY. 
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE WILL TIGHTEN AS THE UPPER
DISTURBANCE CROSS...THEN RELAX LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-271730-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.051227T1700Z-051227T2300Z/
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
316 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2005 /216 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON.

EXPECT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH BY
11 AM CST NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER...SPREADING TO THE WAKEENEY AND
DODGE CITY AREAS BY NOON...AND TO THE LARNED AND MEDICINE LODGE
AREAS BY 1 PM CST. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN ABATING AROUND 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

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.

$$

TSB
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 270926 CCA
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
322 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2005

...THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME QUITE WINDY...

.A COUPLE OF UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN
KANSAS TODAY AND RESULT IN SURFACE WINDS INCREASING BY MID DAY. 
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE WILL TIGHTEN AS THE UPPER
DISTURBANCES CROSS...THEN RELAX LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-271745-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.051227T1700Z-051227T2300Z/
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
322 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2005 /222 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON.

EXPECT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH BY
11 AM CST NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER...SPREADING TO THE WAKEENEY AND
DODGE CITY AREAS BY NOON...AND TO THE LARNED AND MEDICINE LODGE
AREAS BY 1 PM CST. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN ABATING AROUND 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

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.

$$

TSB
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 270929
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
329 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2005

...THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME QUITE WINDY...

.A COUPLE OF UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN
KANSAS TODAY AND RESULT IN SURFACE WINDS INCREASING BY MID DAY. 
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE WILL TIGHTEN AS THE UPPER
DISTURBANCES CROSS...THEN RELAX LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-271800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.051227T1700Z-051227T2300Z/
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
329 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2005 /229 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS
MORNING TO 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON.

EXPECT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH BY
11 AM CST NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER...SPREADING TO THE WAKEENEY AND
DODGE CITY AREAS BY NOON...AND TO THE LARNED AND MEDICINE LODGE
AREAS BY 1 PM CST. WIND SPEEDS WILL BEGIN ABATING AROUND 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

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.

$$

TSB
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 271754
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1154 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2005

...THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME QUITE WINDY...

.A COUPLE OF UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN
KANSAS TODAY AND RESULT IN SURFACE WINDS INCREASING BY MID DAY.
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE WILL TIGHTEN AS THE UPPER
DISTURBANCES CROSS...THEN RELAX LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO
EAST.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-280000-
/O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-051228T0000Z/
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
1154 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2005 /1054 AM MST TUE DEC 27 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY 600 PM CST. 

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 NEAR ROADSIDE OBSTACLES LIKE GRAIN ELEVATORS.
KEEP A TIGHT GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 272349
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
549 PM CST TUE DEC 27 2005


KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-280100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-051228T0000Z/
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
549 PM CST TUE DEC 27 2005 /449 PM MST TUE DEC 27 2005/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

THE STRONG WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS...THEREFORE
THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15
TO 25 MPH WILL STILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

$$
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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.