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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 1, 200615 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Jan 1, 2006, 12:08 PM CST for 15 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2006, 12:08 PM CST (18:08 UTC)
Expired
Jan 1, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
In force
6 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, 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), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2006-01-01Temperature 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 2006-01-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 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 011808
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1208 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN KANSAS...

.A DEEP SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM NEAR GARDEN
CITY TO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON, AND STRONG SURFACE
WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW. COOLING ALOFT WITH A DEEP
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ASSIST WITH MIXING STRONGER
WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR THE UPPER LEVEL
COLD POOL ALSO WILL ASSIST WITH ENHANCING STRONG, GUSTY SURFACE
WINDS.

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>078-084>088-020000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.060101T1808Z-060102T0000Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
1208 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006 /1108 AM MST SUN JAN 1 2006/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 40 MPH 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.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 012135
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
335 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON OVER WESTERN
KANSAS...

.A DEEP SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL
KANSAS INTO EASTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. STRONG SURFACE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE LOW. COOLING ALOFT WITH A DEEP UPPER
LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ASSIST WITH MIXING STRONGER WINDS
DOWN TO THE SURFACE. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR THE UPPER LEVEL COLD
POOL ALSO WILL ASSIST WITH ENHANCING STRONG...GUSTY SURFACE
WINDS.

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>078-084>088-020000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060102T0000Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
335 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006 /235 PM MST SUN JAN 1 2006/

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

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

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH
WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 15
TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH AROUND 6 PM.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 012348
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
548 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006


KSZ043-044-061>063-074>078-084>088-020100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060102T0000Z/
SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...
ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA
548 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006 /448 PM MST SUN JAN 1 2006/

...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 WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS HAVE SUBSIDED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.


$$
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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.