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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 20, 200627 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at Sep 20, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Sep 21, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 21, 2006, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 21, 2006, 7:00 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 20:58 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, 9.0 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 2006-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2006-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -95 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 km3 km6 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
2069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
145 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-37 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 202100
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
400 PM CDT WED SEP 20 2006

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...

.AN DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WILL
STRENGTHEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE INTO
KANSAS THURSDAY. STRONG SURFACE WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-210400-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.060921T0000Z-060922T0000Z/
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
400 PM CDT WED SEP 20 2006 /300 PM MDT WED SEP 20 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING
TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7PM CDT/6 PM MDT/TONIGHT THROUGH
7PM CDT/6 PM CDT/THURSDAY.  

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. THESE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST THURSDAY 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.

$$

EKB
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 210318
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1018 PM CDT WED SEP 20 2006

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY...

.A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST
COLORADO TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO KANSAS THURSDAY. STRONG SURFACE
WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-211100-
/O.EXT.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.060921T1500Z-060922T0000Z/
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
1018 PM CDT WED SEP 20 2006 /918 PM MDT WED SEP 20 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO 7 PM
CDT /6 PM MDT/ THURSDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ TO
7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THURSDAY. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE
THURSDAY MORNING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. THESE
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY 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.

$$

12
000 
WWUS73 KDDC 210942
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
442 AM CDT THU SEP 21 2006

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...

.A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST
COLORADO EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN
KANSAS TODAY. STRONG SURFACE WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-211800-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.060921T1500Z-060922T0000Z/
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
442 AM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 /342 AM MDT THU SEP 21 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH SHORTLY AFTER 10
AM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA
LATER TODAY THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BEFORE
BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE LATE IN THE DAY.

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 211759
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1259 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006

...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...

.A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST
COLORADO EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN
KANSAS TODAY. STRONG SURFACE WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS
SYSTEM...STARTING FROM THE SOUTH THEN SHIFTING TO A NORTHWESTERLY
DIRECTION AS THE LOW MOVES EAST.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-220000-
/O.CON.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-060922T0000Z/
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
1259 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 /1159 AM MDT THU SEP 21 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH SHORTLY AFTER
10 AM. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT
TIMES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF LULL AS THE
CENTER OF THE SURFACE LOW MOVES BY...THEN WINDS WILL BLOW STRONGLY
FROM THE NORTHWEST BEFORE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE LATE IN THE DAY.

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 212352
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
652 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006

.THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE THAT HAS BROUGHT THE STRONG WINDS TO
SOUTHWEST KANSAS IS PULLING AWAY FROM THE AREA. AS A RESULT, THE
WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE AREA AND THE ADVISORY WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS PLANNED.

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-220100-
/O.EXP.KDDC.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-060922T0000Z/
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
652 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 /552 PM MDT THU SEP 21 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING.

STRONG LOW PRESSURE NOW OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS IS CONTINUING TO
LIFT NORTHEAST AWAY FROM SOUTHWEST KANSAS. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA DURING THE LAST HOUR AND THE ADVISORY WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS PLANNED. HOWEVER, WINDS WILL STILL BE
SUSTAINED FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH IN SOME
LOCATIONS THROUGH AROUND 8 PM CDT. 

$$

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.