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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 26, 200616 counties in Kansas

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.

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, 0.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2006-03-26Temperature 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 2006-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 584 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
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

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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.

$$
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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.