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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2006, 2:46 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2006, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2006, 8:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 3476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 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 061946 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 246 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...POWERFUL STORM TO BRING STRONG WINDS TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY... .A VERY DEEP AND SLOW MOVING SPRING STORM WILL BRING VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FELT IN FAR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY WITH THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXPERIENCING THE VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES EAST. KSZ065-066-079>081-089-090-070300- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0018.060406T2000Z-060407T0300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.HW.A.0001.060407T1300Z-060407T2300Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 246 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 PM CDT. ON FRIDAY...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 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. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>088-070400- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.A.0001.060407T1300Z-060407T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 246 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 /146 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ 28
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KDDC 070151 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 851 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...POWERFUL STORM TO BRING STRONG WINDS TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON FRIDAY... .A VERY DEEP AND SLOW MOVING SPRING STORM WILL BRING VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS ON FRIDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FELT IN FAR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY WITH THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS EXPERIENCING THE VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES EAST. KSZ065-066-079>081-089-090-071000- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-060407T0300Z/ /O.CON.KDDC.HW.A.0001.060407T1300Z-060407T2300Z/ PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN... STAFFORD...HUDSON...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA... SUN CITY 851 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING. ON FRIDAY HIGH WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-061>064-074>078-084>088-071000- /O.CON.KDDC.HW.A.0001.060407T1300Z-060407T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL... KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA 851 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006 /751 PM MDT THU APR 6 2006/ ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CDT /7 AM MDT/ FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT ALL OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH WIND EVENT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 3:41 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 24 hr |
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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.