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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 11, 200627 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2006, 7:34 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Apr 11, 2006, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2006, 7:34 AM CDT (12:34 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 11, 2006, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 11, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
9 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 12:36 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, 0.6 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 12:00Z on 2006-04-11Temperature 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 2006-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 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 111234
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
734 AM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

...STRONG DRY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL EJECT OUT
INTO THE HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM
PASSES THROUGH. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS
WILL PROMOTE AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-112045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.060411T1600Z-060411T2300Z/
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
734 AM CDT TUE APR 11 2006 /634 AM MDT TUE APR 11 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CDT /10 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
AFTER 10 AM CDT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM 1 TO 4 PM
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND LOCALLY HIGHER. EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL
EXIST TODAY...ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE PREVENTED WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AFTER 5 PM CDT.

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.

$$

UMSCHEID
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 111544
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1044 AM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL EJECT OUT
INTO THE HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM
PASSES THROUGH. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS
WILL PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE DANGER.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-112300-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.060411T1600Z-060411T2300Z/
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
1044 AM CDT TUE APR 11 2006 /944 AM MDT TUE APR 11 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS
AFTERNOON. 

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH
AFTER 11 AM CDT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM 1 TO 4 PM
WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST TODAY. ANY
OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE PREVENTED WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
AFTER 5 PM CDT.

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 111923
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
223 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL EJECT OUT
INTO THE HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM
PASSES THROUGH. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS
WILL PROMOTE EXTREME FIRE DANGER.

KSZ046-061-062-064>066-074>081-084>090-112030-
/O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-060411T2300Z/
RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-
CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...
LAKIN...DEERFIELD...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
223 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006 /123 PM MDT TUE APR 11 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

$$

KSZ030-031-043>045-063-120100-
/O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-060412T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA
223 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TROUGH 5
PM. THEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH AND THE WINDS WILL BRIEFLY
INCREASE FROM THE NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

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 112049
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
349 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...

.VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING BEFORE FINALLY DIMINISHING. A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NEBRASKA TRAILED A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN
KANSAS INTO COLORADO. THE FRONT WILL BE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE
AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING AN INITIAL BURST OF STRONG NORTH WIND
WHICH WILL THEN SUBSIDE. THE WIND WILL DROP BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS
BY AROUND 8 PM CDT.

KSZ046-064>066-076>081-086>090-120100-
/O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-060412T0100Z/
RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE...
HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...
SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...
BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...
LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...
COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
349 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT
MOVING SOUTH INTO THE AREA WILL SHIFT THE STORNG WINDS NORTHERLY
FOR THE AREA NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH
BELOW ADVIOSRY LEVELS BY AROUND 800 PM CDT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 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>045-063-120100-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-060412T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-FINNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...GARDEN CITY...
KALVESTA
349 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT
MOVING SOUTH INTO THE AREA WILL SHIFT THE STORNG WINDS NORTHERLY
FOR THE AREA NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH
BELOW ADVIOSRY LEVELS BY AROUND 800 PM CDT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 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.

$$

JOHNSON
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 120052
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
752 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

.WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AS SUNSET APPROACHES
THIS EVENING. THEREFORE, THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 8 PM.

KSZ030-031-043>046-063>066-076>081-086>090-120200-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-060412T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-
HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-
BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...
LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...SUBLETTE...
SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...
LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...LIBERAL...KISMET...
MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...
MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
752 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2006

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

$$

LACY

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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.