Alert archive / Kansas / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Mar 26, 2006, 6:12 AM CST for 16 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2006, 6:12 AM CST (12:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2006, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:16 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 38 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 584 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 721 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KDDC 261212 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 612 AM CST SUN MAR 26 2006 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO BUFFET THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE DIGGING IN OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS THIS MORNING HAS PRODUCED A RUSH OF WARM AIR SURGING NORTH ACROSS KANSAS IN AN ATTEMPT TO EQUALIZE THE AIR PRESSURE. THE RESULT WILL BE VERY STRONG SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND LASTING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WIND SHOULD DROP BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY ABOUT 4 PM CST. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-262015- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.060326T1212Z-060326T2100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 612 AM CST SUN MAR 26 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH BY AROUND 8 AM THIS MORNING. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS BY MID 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 ON EAST-WEST ROADS...ESPECIALLY NEAR OBSTRUCTIONS LIKE GRAIN ELEVATORS. KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL. $$ JOHNSON
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KDDC 262040 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 240 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2006 KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-077>081-087>090-262145- /O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060326T2100Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND... MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 240 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE GRADUALLY DECREASED THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH 6 PM. $$ 28
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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.