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Wind Advisory 32, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 16, 2006, 2:45 AM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 16, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2006, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2006, 5:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 07:45 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 00:00Z, 7.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KDDC 160745 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 245 AM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS COMBINED WITH A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES HAS FORCED A VERY SHARP PRESSURE CHANGE BETWEEN THE MISSOURI VALLEY AND WESTERN KANSAS. AS A RESULT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALL DAY TODAY WITH SPEEDS TOPPING WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE AREA ALONG AND EAST OF A WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY AND MEADE LINE. THE STRONG WINDS SHOULD ABATE IN THE EVENING. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-087>090-161545- /O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.060916T1700Z-060916T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-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... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 245 AM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE REACHING SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL REMAIN AT THAT LEVEL THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON BUT WILL DIMINISH AFTER 600 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. $$ JOHNSON
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KDDC 161545 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1045 AM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTH DAKOTA...ALONG WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES...WILL PRODUCE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO AGAIN INCREASE ABOVE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING AS THE CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-087>090-162300- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.060916T1700Z-060916T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1045 AM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...REACHING SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW INTO THE EARLY EVENING...DIMINISHING AFTER 600 PM CDT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH OR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 26
000 WWUS73 KDDC 161702 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1202 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTH DAKOTA...ALONG WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES...WILL PRODUCE A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS WILL ALLOW WINDS TO AGAIN INCREASE ABOVE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING AS THE CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-084>086-162300- /O.EXA.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.060916T1700Z-060916T2300Z/ SCOTT-LANE-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY- MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...SYRACUSE... LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...ELKHART... RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET 1202 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 /1102 AM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT /5 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...REACHING SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW INTO THE EARLY EVENING...DIMINISHING AFTER 600 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. $$ KSZ030-031-045-046-064>066-078>081-087>090-162300- /O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-060916T2300Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...RUSH CENTER...JETMORE... HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND... PRATT...MEADE...FOWLER...ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER... PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 1202 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE...REACHING SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW INTO THE EARLY EVENING...DIMINISHING AFTER 600 PM CDT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH OR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 26
000 WWUS73 KDDC 162250 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 550 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...STRONG WINDS ARE SUBSIDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THAT PROMPTED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS ARE DIMINISHING. EXPECT GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 20 30 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-170000- /O.CAN.KDDC.WI.Y.0032.000000T0000Z-060916T2300Z/ 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 550 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 /450 PM MDT SAT SEP 16 2006/ ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 45 min |
| Sep 15, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 53 min |
| Sep 15, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 44 min |
| Sep 15, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 33 min |
| Sep 15, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 39 min |
| Sep 15, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 57 min |
| Sep 15, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 34 min |
| Sep 15, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 51 min |
| Sep 15, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 30 min |
| Sep 15, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 48 min |
| Sep 15, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 49 min |
| Sep 15, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 51 min |
| Sep 15, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 23 min |
| Sep 15, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 47 min |
| Sep 15, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 50 min |
| Sep 15, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 44 min |
| Sep 15, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Stafford | 56 min |
| Sep 15, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 52 min |
| Sep 15, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 32 min |
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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.